person · P0405
Achazyahu אחזיהו
Grandson of Achav through his mother Atalyah, king for a single year. Visiting his wounded uncle Yehoram of Israel at Yizre'el, he was caught in Yehu's coup and died of his wounds at Megiddo — the same purge that destroyed the house of Achav.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- אחזיהו
- Also known as
- Ahaziah of Judah, Achazyahu ben Yehoram
- Era
- bible
- Parents
- Yehoram of Yehudah
- Children
- Yoash
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3036–3059 AM (reigned 3058–3059, one year; twenty-two at accession)
- Academic
- reigned c. 841 BCE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈23 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Jerusalem
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the twelfth year of Yoram ben Achav, Achazyahu ben Yehoram became king of Yehudah: twenty-two years old, he reigned one year in Jerusalem; his mother was Atalyahu, granddaughter of Omri.
Directly stated in the cited source.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| Fleeing Yehu's coup, he was shot in his chariot at the ascent of Gur; he fled to Megiddo and died there, and his servants brought him to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in the city of David. | biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The fragmentary lines of the Tel Dan Stele are widely restored as an Aramean king's boast of killing "[Jeho]ram son of [Ahab] king of Israel" and "[Ahaz]iahu son of [Jehoram] king of the house of David" — if the restoration is right, a contemporary monument records this king's death.
The royal names are partly reconstructed; the reading is common but not certain, and the stele's author claims the killings that Kings assigns to Yehu.
|
external archaeology | ★★★☆☆ | |
| The placement (reigned 3058–3059 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the regnal years stated in Kings are chained forward from the division of the kingdom in 2964 AM on the traditional (Seder Olam) timeline, with sub-year reigns counted as zero. The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
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tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |