{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H271",
  "lemma": "אָחָז",
  "transliteration": "ʼÂchâz",
  "definition": "Achaz, the name of a Jewish king and of an Israelite",
  "kjv": "Ahaz.",
  "occurrences": 41,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H270",
      "lemma": "אָחַז",
      "transliteration": "ʼâchaz",
      "meaning": "to seize",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H270"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אָחָז n.pr.m. (he has grasped)",
    "1. king of Judah, son of Jotham, father of Hezekiah",
    "2. son of Micah, & great-grandson of Jonathan"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 15:38",
      "text": "Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Ahaz his son reigned in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=38"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:1",
      "text": "In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:2",
      "text": "Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He didn’t do that which…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:5",
      "text": "Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war. They besieged Ahaz…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:7",
      "text": "So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:8",
      "text": "Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the LORD’s house, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:10",
      "text": "King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and King…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:11",
      "text": "Urijah the priest built an altar. According to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Urijah the priest made it…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:15",
      "text": "King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, the evening meal…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 16:16",
      "text": "Urijah the priest did so, according to all that King Ahaz commanded.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/16?v=16"
    }
  ],
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