AHBAN
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AHIJAH
been much injured by a fall from the roof-gallery of his palace, had the infatuation to send to consult the oracle of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, respecting his recove^'. But the messengers were met and sent back by Elijah, who announced to the king that he should rise no more from the bed on which he lay (1 Kings xxii, 51, to 2 Kings i, 50). — Kitto, s. v. See Iskael, Kingdom of.
2. The son of Jehoram by Athaliah (daughter of Ahab and Jezebel), and sixth king of the separate kingdom of Judah ; otherwise called Jehoahaz (2 Chron. xxi, 17; xxv, 23), and Azariah (2 Chron. xxii, 6). In 2 Kings viii, 2G, we read that he was 22 years old at his succession, but in 2 Chron. xxii, 2, that his age at that time was 42. The former number is certainly right (comp. ver. 1), as in 2 Chron. xxi, 5, 20, we see that his father Jehoram was 40 when he died, which would make him younger than his own son, so that a transcriber must have confounded 23 (22) and 3.^2 (42). (See the treatises on this difficulty in Latin by Lilienthal [Regiom. 1750], and in German by Miihlenfeld [Nordhaus. 1753].) He reigned but one year (B.C. 884-883), and that ill, being guided by his idolatrous mother (2 Kings viii, 24-29). He joined his uncle Jehoram of Israel in an expedition against Hazael, king of Damascene-Syria, for the recovery of Ramoth-Gilead, and afterward paid him a visit while he la}' wounded in his summer palace of Jezreel. The two kings rode out in their several chariots to meet Jehu (q. v.) ; and when Jehoram was shot through the heart Ahaziah attempted to escape, but was pursued as far as the pass of Gur, and being there mortally wounded, had only strength to reach Mcgiddo, where he died (Granmiiller, llarmonia vitas Achasiie, Jen. 1717). His bodj' was conveyed by his servants in a chariot to Jerusalem for interment (2 Kings ix, 22-28). The variation in 2 Chron. xxii, 7-9, is not substantial (see Poole's Synopsis, in loc.). It appears from the latter passage that Jehu was right in considering Ahaziah as included in his commission to root out the house of Ahab, his presence in Jezreel at the time of Jehu's op- erations being an arrangement of Providence for ac- complishing his doom. See Judah, Kingdom of.
Ah'ban (Heb. Achban', "|3HX, brother o/"the wise, i. e. discreet, otherwise = "3f"!X, amiable; Sept. 'Ay_«/3«P v. r. 'OZ,a, Vulg. Ahobban), the first named of the two sons of Abishur bv Abihail, of the descendants of Ju- dah (1 Chron. ii, 29), B.C. long after 1612.
A'her (Heb. Acker', ^nx, after; Sept. 'Aop), a de- scendant of Benjamin (1 Chron. vii, 12), the same per- son as Aharaii (1 Chron. viii, 1), or Ahiram (q. v.).
A'hi (Heb. Achi', ^HX, my brother [comp. Am-], the name of two men.
1. (Sept. 'A^i.) The first named of the four sons of Shamer. a chieftain of the tribe of Asher (1 Chron. vii, 34), B.C. long post 1612.
2. (Sept. dde\<pog, but most copies omit.) A son of Abdiel, and chieftain of the tribe of Gad, resident in Bashan (1 Chron. v, 15), B.C. apparently cir. 782.
Ahi-. See Ah-.
Ahi'ah, another mode of Anglicizing (1 Sam. xiv, 3, 18 ; 1 Kings iv, 3 ; 1 Chron. viii, 7) the name Am- JAH (q. v.).
Ahi'am (Heb. Achiam', dXiHN, mother's brother, perh. for Achiab' ' , 2X"irtX, father' s brother ; Sept. 'A^i- aji v. r. 'A/jvdv and 'A\i^i), a son of Sharar the Harar- ite, and one of David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. xxiii, 33; 1 Chron. xi, 35), B.C. 1046. See David.
Ahi'an(Heb. Achyan , ^T)^, brotherly ; Sept.'AnV v, r. 'Ai'/O, the first named of the four sons of Shemi- dah, of the family of Manasseh (1 Chron. vii, 19), B.C. post 1856.
Ahie'zer (Heb. Achie'zer, TT"",nx, brother of help, i. e. helpful ; Sept. 'Ax^s£(0, tne name of two men.
1. A son of Ammishaddai, and phylarch or chief of the tribe of Dan at the time of the exode (Num. i, 12 ; ii, 25; x, 25). He made an offering for the service of the tabernacle, like his compeers (Num. vii, 66, 71), B.C. 1657.
2. The chief of the Benjamite warriors and slingers that repaired to David at Ziklag (1 Chron. xii, 3), B.C. 1054.
Ahi'hud, the name of two men, alike in our ver- sion, but different in the original.
1. (Heb. Achichud', irPHX, brother [or friend] of union; Sept. 'In^iX"^ v- r- '^"V'X^i tne second named of the two later sons of Bela the son of Benjamin (1 Chron. viii, 7), B.C. post 1856. See Shaharaim. Perhaps the same as Abihud (ver. 3). See Jacob.
2. (Heb. Achihud', IISTWS, brother [i. e. lover'] of renonn; Sept. 'Ayn^p), a son of Shelomi, and phylarch of the tribe of Asher ; one of those appointed by Moses to superintend the partition of Canaan (Num. xxxiv, 27), B.C. 1618.
Ahi'jah (Heb. A ch>yah' , !"I*Hit, brother [i. e. friend] of Jehovah, also in the prolonged form Achiya'hu, ilVt^-IX, 1 Kings xiv, 4, 5, 6, 18 ; 2 Chron. x, 5 ; Sept. 'A\td or 'A\ia, but omits in 1 Chron, ii, 25, oi Atmrat dSt\<poi ainuiv in 1 Chron. xxvi, 20, 'Ala in Neh. x, 26 ; Auth. Vers. "Ahiah" in 1 Sam. xiv, 3, 18 ; 1 Kings iv, 3 ; 1 Chron. viii, 7), the name of several men.