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Jehoahaz in the Bible.

The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel. He reigned over Israel about 857–840 BC, by Ussher’s count. The King James Version names Jehoahaz in 14 verses, from 2 Kings 10:35 to 2 Chronicles 25:25. The King James Version also gives the name Jehoahaz to 1 other person, listed on this page.

Jehoahaz’s family.

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Who Jehoahaz was.

The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35). He reigned seventeen years, and followed the evil ways of the house of Jeroboam. The Syrians, under Hazael and Benhadad, prevailed over him, but were at length driven out of the land by his son Jehoash (13:1-9, 25).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Places in Jehoahaz’s story.

  • Samarianamed with him in 4 verses
  • Syrianamed with him in 3 verses

Each opens its own page: where it is on the map and every verse.

All 14 verses that name this Jehoahaz.

2 Kings 12

  • 2 Kings 10:35And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
  • 2 Kings 13:1In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
  • 2 Kings 13:4And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
  • 2 Kings 13:7Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
  • 2 Kings 13:8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
  • 2 Kings 13:9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
  • 2 Kings 13:10In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
  • 2 Kings 13:22But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
  • 2 Kings 13:25And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
  • 2 Kings 14:1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
  • 2 Kings 14:8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
  • 2 Kings 14:17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

2 Chronicles 2

  • 2 Chronicles 25:17Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

Other people called Jehoahaz.

Jehoahaz, a son of king Josiah, who was elected to succeed his father on….

Named in 8 verses; he reigned over Judah about 609–609 BC, by Ussher’s count.

  • 2 Kings 23:30And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
  • 2 Kings 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
  • 2 Kings 23:34And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
  • 1 Chronicles 3:15And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:2Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
  • Jeremiah 22:11For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

Questions about Jehoahaz.

Who was Jehoahaz in the Bible?

The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel. The King James Version names Jehoahaz in 14 verses, from 2 Kings 10:35 to 2 Chronicles 25:25.

Who was Jehoahaz’s father?

Jehu.

Who was Jehoahaz’s child?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Joash.

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