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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahaziah of Judah has received more than 466,250 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ahaziah of Judah is the 2,547th most popular politician (down from 1,918th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Israel (down from 80th in 2019) and the 37th 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 2,547 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lentulus Batiatus, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Aybak, and Krum. After him are Sa'id of Egypt, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Alexander Ypsilantis, Musa ibn Nusayr, and Léon Gambetta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900 BC, Ahaziah of Judah ranks 9. Before him are Athaliah, Uzziah, Shalmaneser III, Jehu, Jehoram of Judah, and Jehoash of Israel. After him are Caranus of Macedon, Jehoahaz of Israel, Shammuramat, Menua, Takelot II, 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 95 out of 466. Before him are Nicodemus (-50), Abu Nidal (1937), Pope Theodore I (600), Cyril of Jerusalem (313), Isaac Luria (1534), and Pontius Pilate's wife (6). After him are Dan Shechtman (1941), Antigonus II Mattathias (-100), Epiphanius of Salamis (315), Tzipi Livni (1958), Aaron Ciechanover (1947), and Uri Geller (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Ahaziah of Judah ranks 37. Before him are Amon of Judah (-660), Yitzhak Navon (1921), Jeconiah (-700), Unas (-2400), Ahaziah of Israel (-870), and Manasseh (-709). After him are Antigonus II Mattathias (-100), Tzipi Livni (1958), Berenice (28), Yigal Allon (1918), Philip the Tetrarch (-4), and Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212).

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