Jehoahaz
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
one of the idolatrous to escape their lips and therefore took means intentionally their lips, Kings of Israel, who succeeded his father, Jehu, in the means intentionally to mispronounce it by altering its vowel points to sovereignty, 857 b. c. by altering its vowel His those of Adonai, iniquitous courses led to his defeat and humiliation onai, or, when the two occur together, of Elohim, less sacred or, when the names for God ; his country being invaded by the armies of Elohim, less sacred . This practice arose from their having of Syria. After a wicked and stormy is practice arose from misinterpreted such passages reign of 17 years he died, 840 B. C. terpreted such passas Deut. xxviii: 58; Lev Also the name of a King of Judah, commonly ti: 58; Lev. xxiv: 11, 15, 16; Exod. xx: 7. What the real . xxiv: 11, vowel points called the younger, a son of Josiah, who 7. What the real , and consequently the proper , obtaining a party, usurped the throne to ad consequently the pronunciation, should be is now doubtful. the exclusion of his elder brother; his on, should be is now Many critics contend for Hebrew, short reign of a few months, however, was ritics contend for He- Yahveh, some for Yahvah, and some for brought to a close by his capitivity, and me for Yahvah, and Yahavoh. It is committal as a close prisoner to Egypt It is generally derived from havah, an old form of haiah generally de- He . an old form of haiah = is. The import of the name is exort of the name is ex-
What Has Changed in the Last Century
The two men Collier's describes in 1921 are still the two men we know: Jehoahaz son of Jehu, who ruled Israel while Hazael's Syrians overran the country, and Jehoahaz son of Josiah, deposed after three months and carried off to Egypt. What has moved is the calendar. Collier's dates the Israelite king's reign 857-840 B.C.; the chronology worked out by Edwin Thiele in 1951 and generally followed since puts him roughly 814-798 B.C., and dates the Judaean Jehoahaz's deposition by Pharaoh Necho II firmly to 609 B.C. Outside evidence has also thickened: the Tel Dan stele, found in 1993 and usually credited to Hazael, boasts of victories over Israel in just the period Collier's calls a "wicked and stormy reign."
Written for this edition, 2026.