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 ====== Ahaz, king of Judah ====== ====== Ahaz, king of Judah ======
  
 +  * [[Isaiah 7]] - attacked by [[Rezin]] of Syria and [[Pekah]] of Israel
  
-=== Events === +  ​2 Chr. 27:9 Ahaz's father, ​[[Jotham]], dies, and he begins his reign. 
- +  * He was 22 years old when he began his reign, and ruled for 16 years (2 Chr. 28:1) (735-720 BC) 
-  ​[[Isiah 7]] attacked by [[Rezin]] of Syria and [[Pekah]] of Israel+  * He was a wicked king, being idolatrous and did human sacrifice of his own children (2 Chr. 28:3) 
 +  * Even though the Lord told him, through the prophet Isaiah, that he would be fine (Isa. 7:1-7), he formed an alliance with [[Assyria]] (2 Kings 16:7) 
 +  * He sent gold and silver from the temple as a tribute to the Assyrians (2 Kings 16:​8). ​ He also forced the nobility to give as well (2 Chr. 28:21) 
 +  * He had pagan altars, similar to the ones in Damascus, built in his kingdom (2 Kings 16:10-11) 
 +  * He closed the temple, and initiated pagan worship (2 Chr. 28:24-25) 
 +  * He dies and is buried in Jerusalem (2 Chr. 28:27)
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