page_title: 2 Kings 18
section_title: Ahaz
hierarchical_section_title: 2 Kings 18 / Extra biblical documentation / Ahaz
caption_attribution_description: English: Nimrud Tablet K 3751, per Rawlinson's editio princeps
context_page_description: 2 Kings 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. This chapter records the events during the reign of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, a part of the section comprising 2 Kings 18:1 20:21, with a parallel version in Isaiah 36–39.
context_section_description: Other than in the Books of Kings, Ahaz is mentioned in the Book of Isaiah, Books of Chronicles, Gospel of Matthew (1:9), and Assyrian inscriptions (ANET 282–284), such as the " Nimrud Tablet K.3751", which is the first ancient record for the name "Judah" (Yaudaya or KUR.ia-ú-da-a-a) and "Ahaz" (written as "Jeho-ahaz").
  Several bullae  with the printed name of Ahaz have been found:
  a royal bulla with the inscription: “Belonging to Ahaz (son of) Jehotam, King of Judah.”
  stone seal in scarab beetle shape with the inscription: "Belonging to Ushna servant of Ahaz"
  a royal bulla with the inscription: "Belonging to Hezekiah [son of] Ahaz king of Judah" (between 727–698 BCE).
caption: The text of Nimrud Tablet K.3751 in Sir Henry Rawlinson's Editio princeps, which contains the name of "Ahaz (written as "Jeho-ahaz") of Judah".
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