* 609 BC: Jehoahaz succeeds his father Josiah as King of Judah, but is quickly deposed by Necho, who installs Jehoahaz's brother Jehoiakim in his place.

On his return march, he found that the Judeans had selected Jehoahaz to succeed his father Josiah, whom Necho deposed and replaced with Jehoiakim.

Although he was two years younger than his brother, Eliakim, he was elected to succeed his father on the throne at the age of twenty-three, under the name Jehoahaz.

On his return march, Necho found that Jehoahaz had been selected to succeed his father, Josiah.

On his return from Syria and Mesopotamia, Necho II captured and deposed Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah who had just succeeded his father on the throne.

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Zedekiah was the third son of Josiah, and his mother was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, thus he was the brother of Jehoahaz (,,, ).

This period spanned the reigns of five kings of Judah: Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoichin, and Zedekiah.

Jehoahaz or Joachaz in the Douay-Rheims and some other English translations (; Iōakhaz ; ) was king of Judah ( 3 months in 609 BC ) and son of king Josiah whom he succeeded and Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Shallum succeeded Josiah as king of Judah, under the name Jehoahaz.

* Jehoahaz, King of Israel, r. c. 814 – 798 BC

* King of Judah also known as Jehoahaz.

* c. 850 BC: Jerusalem is sacked by Philistines, Arabs and Ethiopians, who looted King Jehoram's house, and carried off all of his family except for his youngest son Jehoahaz.

The Bible records that shortly after this battle, Jerusalem was sacked by Philistines, Arabs and Ethiopians, who looted King Jehoram's house, and carried off all of his family except for his youngest son Jehoahaz.

This depiction is consistent with the remains of these birds found at other Israelite Iron Age sites, when the rooster was used as a fighting bird ; they are also pictured on other seals from the period as a symbol of ferocity, such as on the one engraved on a late-seventh-century BC red jasper seal inscribed " Jehoahaz, son of the king ", which likely it belonged to Jehoahaz of Judah " while he was still a prince during his father's life.

Ahaz (; Akhaz ; ; an abbreviation of Jehoahaz, " Yahweh has held ") was king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham.

Josiah's son Jehoahaz of Judah is deposed by the Egyptians and replaced as ruler of Jerusalem by his brother Jehoiakim.

Jehoahaz was the first king of Judah to die in exile.

Jehoiakim was installed as king of Judah by pharaoh Necho II in 608 BC, who deposed his younger brother Jehoahaz after a reign of only three months and took him to Egypt, where he died.

# Jehoahaz of Judah, king of Judah

Jehoahaz was taken captive to Egypt, where he became the first king of Judah to die in exile.

All of the kings of Judah lived and died in Judah except for Ahaziah ( who died at Megiddo in Israel ), Jehoahaz ( who died a prisoner in Egypt ) and Jeconiah and Zedekiah who were deported as part of the Babylonian captivity.

Two of their sons, Jehoahaz and Zedekiah also became Kings of Judah.

A whole theology may be deduced from the large number of Biblical names referring to acts, actions, and attributes of the deity ; thus: YHWH " gives " ( Elnathan, Jonathan ); " increases the family " ( Eliasaph ); " is gracious " ( Elhanan, Hananeel ); " has mercy " ( Jerahmeel ); " blesses " ( Barachel, Berechiah ); " loves " ( Jedidiah, Eldad ); " helps " ( Eleazar, Azareel, Azariah ); " benefits " ( Gamaliel ); " holds fast " ( Jehoahaz ); " is strong " ( Uzziel, Azaziah ); " delivers " ( Elpalet, Eliphalet ); " comforts " ( Nehemiah ); " heals " ( Rephael ); " conceals " ( Elzaphan, Zephaniah ); " establishes " ( Eliakim ); " knows " ( Eliada ); " remembers " ( Zechariah ); " sees " ( Hazael, Jahaziel ); " hears " ( Elishama ); " answers " ( Anaiah ); " speaks " ( Amariah ); " is praised " ( Jehaleel ); " is asked " ( Shealtiel ); " comes " ( Parks ); " lives " ( Jehiel ); " shoots " ( Jeremiah ); " thunders " ( Raamiah ; Nehemiah 7: 7 ); " gladdens " ( Jahdiel, Jehdeiah ); " judges " ( Elishaphat, Jehoshaphat, Shephatiah ); " is just " ( Jehozadak ); " is king " ( Elimelech, Malchiel ); " is lord " ( Bealiah ); " is great " ( Gedaliah ); " is perfect " ( Jotham ); " is high " ( Jehoram ); " is glorious " ( Jochebed ); " is incomparable " ( Michael, literally " who is like God?

On Josiah's death, Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz ( or Shallum ) was proclaimed king, but after three months pharaoh Necho II deposed him and replaced him with the eldest son, Eliakim, who adopted the name Jehoiakim and became king at the age of twenty-five.

() Necho deposed Jehoahaz, who had been king for only three months, and replaced him with his older brother, Jehoiakim.

Necho then took Jehoahaz back to Egypt as his prisoner, () never to return.

This “ deliverer ” must have been the Assyrian emperor, Adad-nirari III ( 810-783 ), who came to the throne during Jehoahaz ’ s reign.

Jehoahaz died in exile in Egypt.

2 Chronicles relates that a raid consisting of Philistines, Arabs and Ethiopians looted the king's house, and carried off all of his family except for his youngest son Jehoahaz.

c. 790 BC ), whose name means “ Yahweh has given ,” was a king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel and the son of Jehoahaz.

Jehoahaz or Joachaz (; Iōakhaz ; ) was the name of several people mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

As Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and a deliverer was given to relieve Israel from the Aramean.

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