The Book of Isaiah

Chapter 1 V.1 Part 4.1

Now let’s check out the third king listed here:

Isa 1:1 

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

Ahaz:

possessor. (1.) A grandson of Jonathan (1Ch 8:35; 9:42).

(2.) The son and successor of Jotham, king of Judah (16; Isa. 7-9; 2 Chr. 28).

2Ch 28:1  Ahaz [was] twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:

2Ch 28:2  For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

Baal = “lord”

1) supreme male divinity of the Phoenicians or Canaanites

 2Ch 28:3  Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

Hinnom = “lamentation”

1) a valley (deep and narrow ravine) with steep, rocky sides located southwest of Jerusalem, separating Mount Zion to the north from the hill of evil counsel’ and the sloping rocky plateau of the ‘plain of Rephaim’ to the south

 2Ch 28:4  He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

 2Ch 28:5  Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.

Aram or Arameans = “exalted”

1) Aram or Syria the nation

2) the Syrian or Aramean people

Damascus = “silent is the sackcloth weaver”

1) an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem

 2Ch 28:6  For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, [which were] all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.

Pekah = “opened”

1)    son of Remaliah, originally a captain of king Pekahiah of Israel, murdered Pekahiah, usurped the throne and became the 18th king of the northern kingdom of Israel

Remaliah = “protected by Jehovah”

1) father of king Pekah of the northern kingdom of Israel

 2Ch 28:7  And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah [that was] next to the king.

Zichri = “memorable”

1) the father of Eliezer, the chief of the Reubenites in the reign of David

2) the father of Amasiah, a descendant of Judah

3) a son of Izhar and grandson of Kohath

4) a descendant of Eliezer the son of Moses

5) a son of Asaph, elsewhere called ‘Zabdi’ and ‘Zaccur’

6) a priest of the family of Abijah, in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua

7) a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shimhi

8) a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Shashak

9) a descendant of Benjamin of the sons of Jeroham

10) father of Joel and descendant of Benjamin

11) a father of Elishaphat, one of the conspirators with Jehoiada

12) a Ephraimite hero in the invading army of Pekah the son of Remaliah

(This name seems to live up to its meaning. Look how many times this person or persons of this name are mentioned.)

Ephraim = “double ash-heap: I shall be doubly fruitful”

1) second son of Joseph, blessed by him and given preference over first son, Manasseh

2) the tribe, Ephraim

3) the mountain country of Ephraim

4) sometimes used name for the northern kingdom (Hosea or Isaiah)

5) a city near Baal-hazor

6) a chief gate of Jerusalem

Maaseiah = “work of Jehovah”

1) a descendant of Jeshua who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

2) a priest of the sons of Harim who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

3) a priest of the sons of Pashur who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

4) a descendant of Pahath-moab who had taken a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

5) father of Azariah

6) one who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people

7) a Levite who assisted when Ezra read the law to the people

8) one of the heads of the people whose descendants signed the covenant with Nehemiah

9) a Benjamite ancestor of Sallu

10) a priest who took part in the musical service at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Ezra

Azrikam = “help against the enemy”

1) son of Neariah and descendant of Zerubbabel of the royal line of Judah

2) a Benjamite, eldest son of Azel and descendant of Saul

3) a Levite, ancestor of Shemaiah in the time of Nehemiah

4) governor of the palace of king Ahaz of Judah and victim of murder by Zichri

Elkanah = “God has possessed” or “God has created”

1) Samuel’s father

2) a ruler in Jerusalem in the time of king Ahaz

3) one of David’s mighty warriors

4) son of Korah

5) several Levites

On an unrelated note: Check out Myki’s post. Peace.