Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: 1 Chronicles
• Religion: Under the influence of his mother Athaliah, Ahaziah introduced forms of worship that offended the Yahwistic party.
• _ORDI: 38th great grandson of Adam and Eve

Notes:

Died:
Killed by Jehu in a coup at Gur in Iblea

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King of Judah Joash ben Ahaziah was born in 843 BC in Israel; died in 797 BC in Israel.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: 1 Chronicles
• _MILT: During his reign a raid by Philistines, Arabs and Ethiopians looted the king's house, and carried off all of his family except for his youngest son Jehoahaz.
• _ORDI: 37th great grandson of Adam and Eve

Notes:

Died:
Joram received a letter of warning from Elijah. After this, Jehoram suffered a painful inflammation of the abdomen, and he died two years later

Joram married Queen Consort of Judah. Athaliah seized the throne of Judah and ordered the execution of all possible claimants to the throne Athaliah in Jehoram formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Isr. Athaliah (daughter of King of Israel Ahab and Queen of Israel Jezebel) died in 836 BC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: As queen, Athaliah used her power to establish the worship of Baal in Judah

Notes:

Died:
Executed after Jehoash was proclaimed King of Judah

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: 1 Chronicles
• Religion: He suppressed idolatrous worship and in the third year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent out priests and Levites over the land to instruct the people in the Law
• _MILT: Moabites formed a great and powerful confederacy with the surrounding nations, and marched against Jehoshaphat. The king prayed in the court of the Temple, "O our God, will you not judge them?" And his eneimes slew one another.
• _ORDI: 36th great grandson of Adam and Eve

Notes:

Died:
Soon after his victory Jehoshaphat died after a reign of twenty-five years at the age of sixty

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: The Bible presents Ahab as a wicked king. He is criticised for following the ways of his wife Jezebel, killing his subject Naboth, and leading the nation of Israel into idolatry
• _MILT: 853 BC; The Battle of Qarqar is mentioned in extra-biblical records, where Shalmaneser III of Assyria fought a great confederation of princes from Cilicia, Northern Syria, Israel, Ammon, and the tribes of the Syrian desert, including Ahab the Israelite

Notes:

Died:
Ahab with Jehoshaphat of Judah went to recover Ramoth-Gilead from the Arameans. During this battle, Ahab disguised himself, but he was mortally wounded by an unaimed arrow

Ahab married Queen of Israel Jezebel. Jezebel died in 842 BC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Jezebel incited her husband King Ahab to abandon the worship of Yahweh and encourage worship of the deities Baal and Asherah instead. Jezebel persecuted the prophets of Yahweh, and fabricated evidence of blasphemy against an innocent landowner

Notes:

Died:
After Jehu overthrew king Joram, he ordered Jezebel's servants to throw her from the window. Her blood splashed on the wall and horses, and Jehu's horse trampled her corpse

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: 1 Chronicles
• Religion: Asa was zealous in maintaining the traditional worship of God, and in rooting out idolatry, with its accompanying immoralities
• _MILT: After concluding a battle with Zerah of Egypt in the 10th year of his reign, there was peace in Judah
• _ORDI: 35th great grandson of Adam and Eve