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| | Jehoahaz (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06) |
 | | The territory beyond Jordan, embracing 2 1/2 tribes, or one-fourth of the whole kingdom, had been lost in warfare with the Syrian king, Hazael (2 Kings 10:32-33). |
 | | It centered round a sacred tree or pole, and was probably connected with phallic worship (compare 1 Kings 15:13, where Maacah, mother of Asa, is said to have "made an abominable image for an Asherah" in Jerusalem). |
 | | Arrived at Riblah on his Mesopotamian expedition, he put Jehoahaz in bonds, and later carried him prisoner to Egypt, where he died; raised his brother Jehoiakim to the throne as a vassal king; and imposed on the realm a fine of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. |
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