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Meaning and etymology of the name Ahaziah
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Ahaziah 
There are two men named Ahaziah in the Bible, and they are uncle and nephew. Ahaziah the first (mostly called  - Ahazyahu) is a son of king Ahab of Israel and Jezebel, who reigned for only two years. When he falls out of a window and gets injured, he sends messengers to Ekron to inquire of Baal-zebub whether he would heal. But the angel of YHWH tells the prophet Elijah of this, and he informs the king that he will surely die. And because he has no son, his brother Jehoram ascends to the throne.
The second Ahaziah is a son of Jehoram and Athaliah, who is a granddaughter of Omri, the father of Ahab (2 Kings 8:26). He is also mostly called Ahazyahu and once even  - Jehoahaz, which is identical to Ahazyahu but with its two elements reversed - 2 Chronicles 21:17).
After only one year of idolatrous rule, Ahaziah is shot by Israel's king Jehu, near Ibleam and dies at Megiddo. He was then twenty-three years old.
The name Ahaziah consists of two elements:
and a footstool is attached to Solomon's throne (2 Chronicles 9:18). Jacob holds on to Esau's heel (Genesis 25:26), Ruth holds on to her cloak (Ruth
2) The second part of the name Ahaziah is the appellative  , Jah, or Yahu, which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton  , YHWH, or Yahweh.
For a meaning of the name Ahaziah, both BDB Theological Dictionary and NOBS Study Bible Name List read Yawhweh Has Grasped. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Upheld Of the Lord.
Related names are
Ahaz,
Ahuzzam,
Ahuzzath,
Ahzai,
Jahzerah,
Jehoahaz and
Joahaz.
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