Ahaz "Jehoahaz" Bar Jotham King of Judah

• Preferred Name: Ahaz "Jehoahaz" Bar Jotham King of Judah
  
• Alternate Name: Ahaz (Jehoahaz) Bar Jotham King of Judah
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 716 BC
  
• Reign as King - Coregency: ABT 732 BC with note: Description: Reign 732–716 BC, Ahaz's reign commenced at the age of 20, in the 17th year of the reign of Pekah of Israel. It is described in 2 Kings 16; Isaiah 7-9; and 2 Chronicles 28. He was Coregency: 736–732 BC, Sole reign: 732–729 BC, then Coregent : 729–716 BC.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Melekh Yehudah
  
• FSID: LJYK-G54
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ahaz (Hebrew: אָחָז, ʼĀḥāz ; "has held"; Greek: Ἄχαζ Akhaz; Latin: Ahaz;[1] an abbreviation of Jehoahaz, "Yahweh has held") was king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham. Ahaz was 20 when he became king of Judah and reigned for 16 years.
  
  Edwin R. Thiele concluded that Ahaz was coregent with Jotham from 736/735 BC, and that his sole reign began in 732/731 and ended in 716/715 BC. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 744 – 728 BC.
  
  The Gospel of Matthew lists Ahaz of Judah in the genealogy of Jesus. He is also mentioned in the Isaiah 14:28 according to the King James Version.
  
  King Ahaz made an alliance with the King of Assyria, Tiglath-pileser, in order to repel an attack from Syria and Israel.
  
  He died at the age of 36 and was succeeded by his son, Hezekiah. Because of his wickedness he was "not brought into the sepulchre of the kings" (2 Chronicles 28:27). An insight into Ahaz's neglect of the worship of the Lord is found in the statement that on the first day of the month of Nisan that followed Ahaz's death, his son Hezekiah commissioned the priests and Levites to open and repair the doors of the Temple and to remove the defilements of the sanctuary, a task which took 16 days.
  
  === Jesus Genealogy ===
  The Gospel of Matthew lists Ahaz of Judah in the genealogy of Jesus. He is also mentioned in the Isaiah 14:28 according to the King James Version.