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Ahaziah of Judah

900 BC - 842 BC

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Ahaziah of Judah (Hebrew: אֲחַזְיָהוּ, ʼĂḥazyāhū; Greek: Ὀχοζίας Okhozias; Latin: Ahazia) or Jehoahaz I (2 Chronicles 21:17; 25:23), was the sixth king of Judah, and the son of Jehoram and Athaliah, the daughter (or possibly sister) of king Ahab of Israel. He was also the first Judahite king to be descended from both the House of David and the House of Omri, through his mother and successor, Athaliah. According to 2 Kings 8:26, Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to reign, and reigned for one year in Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 22:2 gives his age as 42 years when his reign began in Jerusalem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahaziah of Judah is the 2,499th most popular politician (up from 2,547th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Israel (up from 95th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Israeli Politician.

Ahaziah of Judah is most famous for being the king of Judah when the Assyrians conquered the city of Jerusalem in 722 BC.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahaziah of Judah ranks 2,499 out of 19,576. Before him are Lala Mustafa Pasha, Louis II of Anjou, Charles II of Navarre, François Grimaldi, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, and Charles, Duke of Vendôme. After him are Alfonso VII of León and Castile, Robert R. Livingston, Martin of Aragon, Muršili II, Heinrich Lübke, and Marcus Atilius Regulus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900 BC, Ahaziah of Judah ranks 9. Before him are Athaliah, Shalmaneser III, Uzziah, Jehu, Jehoram of Judah, and Caranus of Macedon. After him are Jehoash of Israel, Jehoahaz of Israel, Coenus of Macedon, Shoshenq III, Menua, and Hazael. Among people deceased in 842 BC, Ahaziah of Judah ranks 2. Before him is Jehoram of Judah.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ahaziah of Judah ranks 90 out of 466. Before him are Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Manasseh (-709), Yochanan Vollach (1945), Pontius Pilate's wife (6), Isaac Herzog (1960), and Aaron Ciechanover (1947). After him are Micah (-737), Ezer Weizman (1924), Al-Maqdisi (945), Epiphanius of Salamis (315), Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212), and Antigonus II Mattathias (-100).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Ahaziah of Judah ranks 34. Before him are Ahaziah of Israel (-870), Amon of Judah (-660), Uzziah (-900), Unas (-2400), Manasseh (-709), and Isaac Herzog (1960). After him are Ezer Weizman (1924), Al-Maqdisi (945), Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212), Antigonus II Mattathias (-100), Yoav Galant (1958), and Philip the Tetrarch (-4).

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