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: ''This article is about the king of the [[Northern Kingdom]]. For the three other kings known by this name, see [[Jehoahaz (disambiguation)]]''

: ''This article is about the king of the [[Northern Kingdom]]. For the three other kings known by this name, see [[Jehoahaz (disambiguation)]]''

[[Jehoahaz]] ([[Hebrew]] '''יהורםאחז''' [[YHWH]] has held) (r. 856-839 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 542-3</ref> or r. 814-797 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 275</ref>) was the eleventh king of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] and the first of four generations of the [[House of Jehu]] to follow its founder, [[Jehu]].

'''Jehoahaz''' ([[Hebrew]] '''יהורםאחז''' [[YHWH]] has held) (r. 856-839 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 542-3</ref> or r. 814-797 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 275</ref>) was the eleventh king of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] and the first of four generations of the [[House of Jehu]] to follow its founder, [[Jehu]].

== Accession and synchrony ==

== Accession and synchrony ==

== Military Disaster ==

== Military Disaster ==

Jehoahaz never once made any effort to turn his kingdom away from the false religion that [[Jeroboam I]] had set up--or from the worship of [[Asherah]], in that the people of [[Samaria]] still kept an Asherah pole in a [[high place]] in or near that city.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=2,6}}</ref>

Jehoahaz never once made any effort to turn his kingdom away from the false religion that [[Jeroboam I]] had set up—or from the worship of [[Asherah]], in that the people of [[Samaria]] still kept an Asherah pole in a [[high place]] in or near that city.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=2,6}}</ref>

The result was the most severe military disaster that [[God]] had yet visited upon the Northern Kingdom.<ref name=GeoCities>Authors unknown. "[http://www.geocities.com/thekingsofisrael/biography_JehoahazOfIsrael.html King Jehoahaz of Israel - Biography]." ''The Kings of Israel'', hosted at http://www.geocities.com/ Retrieved June 10, 2007.</ref> The [[Syria]]ns, under the command of King [[Hazael]] and his son (and probably viceroy) [[Benhadad II]], conducted a series of devastating raids on that kingdom.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=3}}</ref> In those raids they captured many Israelite cities, and left Jehoahaz with a tiny remnant of an army consisting of 50 cavalrymen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 infantrymen.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=7}}</ref>

The result was the most severe military disaster that [[God]] had yet visited upon the Northern Kingdom.<ref name=GeoCities>Authors unknown. "[http://www.geocities.com/thekingsofisrael/biography_JehoahazOfIsrael.html King Jehoahaz of Israel - Biography]." ''The Kings of Israel'', hosted at http://www.geocities.com/ Retrieved June 10, 2007.</ref> The [[Syria]]ns, under the command of King [[Hazael]] and his son (and probably viceroy) [[Benhadad II]], conducted a series of devastating raids on that kingdom.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=3}}</ref> In those raids they captured many Israelite cities, and left Jehoahaz with a tiny remnant of an army consisting of 50 cavalrymen, 10 chariots, and 10,000 infantrymen.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=7}}</ref>

In desperation, Jehoahaz actually prayed to [[God]], and God did send help. The Bible says only that God sent "a savior" and does not specify what sort of savior that was.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=4-5}}</ref><ref name=GeoCities/>

In desperation, Jehoahaz actually prayed to [[God]], and God did send help. The Bible says only that God sent "a savior" and does not specify what sort of savior that was.<ref name=GeoCities/><ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=4-5}}</ref>

== Death and Succession ==

== Death and Succession ==

== References ==

== References ==

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== See Also ==

== See also ==

* [[Elisha]]

* [[Elisha]]

* [[Northern Kingdom]]

* [[Northern Kingdom]]