Ahaz

And thus he becomes Ahaz, that is, ` embracing, 'for by obedience knowledge is increased according to that, "They have proclaimed the worship of the Lord, and have understood His doings."

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

Jeho-ahaz (ch.xxi. 17); here he is called Ahaz-iah, which is the same name and of the same signification, only the words of which it is compounded are transposed.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721

Jehoahaz I or "Ahaz" made Hezekiah his co-rex -- for about his last year, and no longer.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

Jehoahaz I or "Ahaz" made Hezekiah his co-rex -- for about his last year, and no longer.

CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] NormanOrr 2010

I elaborate in my book, Isaiah told Ahaz, the king of Judea, that by the time the child of the young woman, a boy, was old enough to know right from wrong, Ahaz's enemies, the kings of Israel and Syria Pekah and Rezin would be dead.

Vincent Bugliosi: Why Do I Doubt Both The Atheists And The Theists? Vincent Bugliosi 2011

I elaborate in my book, Isaiah told Ahaz, the king of Judea, that by the time the child of the young woman, a boy, was old enough to know right from wrong, Ahaz's enemies, the kings of Israel and Syria Pekah and Rezin would be dead.

Vincent Bugliosi: Why Do I Doubt Both The Atheists And The Theists? Vincent Bugliosi 2011

Is there really any way someone could doubt, reading just Isaiah 7-9, that the birth in question was to be a sign for king Ahaz, and it was the time frame before the child eats solid food, before he says the first words rather than the mode of birth that was to be miraculous.

J. R. R. Tolkien Referees NIV vs. JB Smackdown in Nineveh James F. McGrath 2009

V. quickly: Saint Matthew refers to a verse or two from the prophet Isaiah which told King Ahaz ... that ‘the Lord shall give you a sign; a virgin will conceive and bear a son.’

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

I have stated this is several different ways, and made stuff up about kingship, Ahaz and Isaiah, in the case that it is an Isaianic original oracle.

between the rock and the cold, cold sea -- Day hawkwing_lb 2008

We should like to know what this dial of Ahaz was; whether it was the work of a dialmaker named Ahaz, or whether it was a present made to a king of that name, it is an object of curiosity.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007