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Ahaziah of Israel

870 BC - 851 BC

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Ahaziah (Hebrew: אֲחַזְיָה, romanized: ʾĂḥazyā, "Yah has grasped"; also Greek: Ὀχοζίας, Ochozias in the Septuagint and the Douai-Rheims translation) was the eighth king of the northern Kingdom of Israel and the son of Ahab and Jezebel. Like his father, he reigned from Samaria. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 850–849 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 853–852 BC. The author of the Books of Kings criticized him for following the ways of his father Ahab and his mother Jezebel, and for making Israel sin "in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat". Biblical commentator Albert Barnes notes that the phrase "in the way of his mother" does not occur anywhere else in the Hebrew Bible, and demonstrates the strong feeling of the writer of the Books of Kings as to the influence of Jezebel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahaziah of Israel is the 2,030th most popular politician (up from 2,042nd in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Israel (up from 86th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Israeli Politician.

Ahaziah of Israel is most famous for being the king of Israel when the Assyrians invaded.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahaziah of Israel ranks 2,030 out of 19,576. Before him are Fouad Mebazaa, Li Zicheng, Conrad of Montferrat, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Scipio Aemilianus, and Tomislav Nikolić. After him are Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Ferdinand I of Portugal, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Scorpion I, James II of Aragon, and B. D. Jatti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 870 BC, Ahaziah of Israel ranks 1. After him is Jehoram of Israel. Among people deceased in 851 BC, Ahaziah of Israel ranks 1. 

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ahaziah of Israel ranks 78 out of 466. Before him are Zedekiah (-617), Jehoash of Judah (-843), Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), Cyril of Jerusalem (313), Penitent thief (-18), and Jeconiah (-700). After him are Amon of Judah (-660), Canaan (null), Uzziah (-900), Pope Theodore I (600), Unas (-2400), and Yuval Noah Harari (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Ahaziah of Israel ranks 28. Before him are Manasseh of Judah (-800), Josiah (-648), Zedekiah (-617), Jehoash of Judah (-843), Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), and Jeconiah (-700). After him are Amon of Judah (-660), Uzziah (-900), Unas (-2400), Manasseh (-709), Isaac Herzog (1960), and Ahaziah of Judah (-900).

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