Ahaziah

King of Israel · 897–896 BC

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His Reign

Reigned
two years 1 Kings 22:51
Began
in Jehoshaphat’s 17th year 1 Kings 22:51
Before Him
Ahab
After Him
Jehoram

In the Sight of the LORD

“he did evil in the sight of the LORD” 1 Kings 22:52

Ussher’s Years

Viceroy for His Father 899–897 BC
“Achab in the 17. year of the reigne of Jehosaphat, joyned his son Achazia with him in the rule of the kingdom”
Began to Reign 897–896 BC
“So soon as he was dead, all the land of Moab fell away”

Ahab made him viceroy in Jehoshaphat's seventeenth year (1 Kings 22:51); he reigned alone after Ahab fell at Ramothgilead.

Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed.

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