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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)]]''
[[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 ==
Jehoahaz was the son of Jehu, but the [[Bible]] does not state the year of his birth. He did not serve as [[viceroy]] in his father's reign for any appreciable length of time.
He came to his throne in the twenty-third year of the reign of King [[Joash]] of the [[Southern Kingdom]] and died in the same year as did Joash.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=1}}</ref> He did, however, have a son and successor, also named [[Joash of Israel|Joash]], to whom he granted the executive viceroyship in the last (or the next before last) year of his reign.
== 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>
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}} 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/>
== Death and Succession ==
Jehoahaz made his son viceroy in the last or next-to-last year of his reign. He died quietly, and his son immediately consulted the prophet [[Elisha]] for advice on how to cope with the Syrians.
== References ==
<references/>
== See Also ==
* [[Elisha]]
* [[Northern Kingdom]]
* [[Southern Kingdom]]
* [[Biblical chronology dispute]]
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[[Category:Bible character]]
[[Category:Biography]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:History]]
[[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 ==
Jehoahaz was the son of Jehu, but the [[Bible]] does not state the year of his birth. He did not serve as [[viceroy]] in his father's reign for any appreciable length of time.
He came to his throne in the twenty-third year of the reign of King [[Joash]] of the [[Southern Kingdom]] and died in the same year as did Joash.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=13|verses=1}}</ref> He did, however, have a son and successor, also named [[Joash of Israel|Joash]], to whom he granted the executive viceroyship in the last (or the next before last) year of his reign.
== 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>
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}} 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/>
== Death and Succession ==
Jehoahaz made his son viceroy in the last or next-to-last year of his reign. He died quietly, and his son immediately consulted the prophet [[Elisha]] for advice on how to cope with the Syrians.
== References ==
<references/>
== See Also ==
* [[Elisha]]
* [[Northern Kingdom]]
* [[Southern Kingdom]]
* [[Biblical chronology dispute]]
[[Category:Bible]]
[[Category:Bible character]]
[[Category:Biography]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:History]]