achazya · Ahaziah

What it means

achazya (אֲחַזְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ahaziah”.

A name meaning "Yah has grasped" (has taken by the hand). It is borne by two kings: Ahab's son, king of Israel (1 Kings 22:51–2 Kings 1), and a king of Judah, son of Joram (2 Kings 8:25–9:29).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×3
• 2 Kings×20
• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×13

• 1 Kings 22:40

  Ahab lay down with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

• 1 Kings 22:49

  Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat was not willing.

• 1 Kings 22:51

  Ahaziah son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in year seventeen of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

• 2 Kings 1:2

  Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room that was in Samaria and became sick. He sent messengers and said to them, “Go, consult Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will live through this sickness.”

• 2 Kings 1:18

  The rest of the acts of Ahaziah, what he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

• 2 Kings 8:24

  Joram lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 8:25

  In year twelve of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Joram, king of Judah, began to reign.

• 2 Kings 8:26

  Ahaziah was twenty two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Athaliah, daughter of Omri, king of Israel.

• 2 Kings 8:29

  King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah son of Joram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was sick.

• 2 Kings 9:16

  Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there; and Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

• 2 Kings 9:21

  Joram said, “Hitch up.” And his chariot was hitched up, and Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and they found him at the plot of Naboth the Jezreelite.

• 2 Kings 9:23

  Joram turned his hands and fled and said to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!”

• 2 Kings 9:27

  Ahaziah king of Judah saw this and fled by the way of Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him and said, “Him too! Strike him!” And they struck him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

• 2 Kings 9:29

  In year eleven of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had begun to reign over Judah.

• 2 Kings 10:13

  and Jehu found the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, “Who are you?” They said, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah, and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the lady.”

• 2 Kings 11:1

  Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, and she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring.

• 2 Kings 11:2

  But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, him and his nurse, and put them in the room of the beds; and they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death.

• 2 Kings 12:18

  Joash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Joram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had consecrated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of YHWH and of the house of the king, and sent it to Hazael king of Aram; and he went away from Jerusalem.

• 2 Kings 13:1

  In year twenty-three of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned seventeen years.

• 2 Kings 14:13

  And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash son of Ahaziah, Joash king of Israel seized at Beth-shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

• 1 Chronicles 3:11

  Joram, his son; Ahaziah, his son; Joash, his son;

• 2 Chronicles 20:35

  After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

• 2 Chronicles 20:37

  Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you allied yourself with Ahaziah, YHWH has made a breach in your works.” And the ships were broken, and they were not able to go to Tarshish.

• 2 Chronicles 22:1

  The inhabitants of Jerusalem made king in his place Ahaziah, his youngest son, for the band that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older ones. So Ahaziah son of Joram, king of Judah, reigned.

• 2 Chronicles 22:2

  Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah daughter of Omri.

• 2 Chronicles 22:7

  The ruin of Ahaziah was from Elohim, by coming to Joram; for when he came, he went out with Joram against Jehu son of Nimshi, whom YHWH had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

• 2 Chronicles 22:8

  And it happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the officials of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and he killed them.

• 2 Chronicles 22:9

  He sought Ahaziah, and they captured him —he was hiding in Samaria— and brought him to Jehu, and put him to death; and they buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought YHWH with all his heart.” And there was no one in the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for the kingdom.

• 2 Chronicles 22:10

  Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, and she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 22:11

  But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put him and his nurse in the room of the beds. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Joram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest —for she was the sister of Ahaziah— hid him from Athaliah, and she did not put him to death.

And 7 more times.