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Ahaz was a grandson of [[Text:EBD:Jonathan (EBD)|Jonathan]] ([[1 Chronicles 8:35]]; [[1 Chronicles 9:42]]).

Ahaz was the son and successor of [[Text:EBD:Jotham (EBD)|Jotham]], [[Text:EBD:King (EBD)|king]] of [[Text:EBD:Judah (EBD)|Judah]] ([[Text:EBD:2 Kings 16]]; Isaiah 7-9; [[2 Chronicles 28]]). He gave himself up to a [[Life (EBD)|life]] of evil and [[Text:EBD:Idolatry (EBD)|idolatry]]. Notwithstanding the remonstrances and warnings of [[Text:EBD:Isaiah (EBD)|Isaiah]], [[Text:EBD:Hosea (EBD)|Hosea]], and [[Text:EBD:Micah (EBD)|Micah]], he appealed for help against [[Text:EBD:Rezin (EBD)|Rezin]], king of [[Text:EBD:Damascus (EBD)|Damascus]], and [[Text:EBD:Pekah (EBD)|Pekah]], king of [[Text:EBD:Israel (EBD)|Israel]], who threatened [[Text:EBD:Jerusalem (EBD)|Jerusalem]], to [[Text:EBD:Tiglath-Pileser III. (EBD)|Tiglath-pileser]], the king of [[Text:EBD:Assyria (EBD)|Assyria]], to the great injury of his kingdom and his own humilating subjection to the Assyrians ([[Text:EBD:2 Kings 16:7]], [[2 Kings 16:9]]; [[2 Kings 15:29]]). He also introduced among his people many heathen and idolatrous customs ([[Isaiah 8:19]]; [[Isaiah 38:8]]; [[2 Kings 23:12]]). He died at the age of thirty-five years, after reigning sixteen years (B.C. 740-724), and was succeeded by his son [[Hezekiah (EBD)|Hezekiah]]. Because of his wickedness he was "not brought into the [[Text:EBD:Sepulchre (EBD)|sepulchre]] of the kings."