Ἄχαζ

Ahaz

Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Sep 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 113 words
King of Jerusalem. He sent the silver in the treasuries to Tilgath-Pilesar, the Assyrians' king, asking that he save him from the Syrians and the Israelites. And that man sent him aid and marched against Damascus. Ahaz met him there and saw an altar and being pleased with it he took measurements of it and sent to Jerusalem commanding Uriah the priest to build such a one there. And he came back and sacrificed on it to the gods tof the Syrians and he shut up the temple of God.1 And when he had died, his son by Raboa, the daughter of Zechariah, Hezekiah, ruled in Jerusalem and was more pious than all.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἄχαζ, βασιλεὺς Ἱερουσαλήμ. οὗτος τὸ ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς ἀργύριον ἔπεμψε Θεγλαφαλασὰρ, τῷ Ἀσσυρίων βασιλεῖ, δεόμενος ῥυσθῆναι Σύρων τε καὶ Ἰσραηλιτῶν. κἀκεῖνος αὐτῷ βοηθῶν ἐπεστράτευσε Δαμασκῷ. ἐνταῦθα αὐτῷ συντυχὼν Ἄχαζ ἐθεάσατο θυσιαστήριον καὶ ἀρεσθεὶς αὐτῷ μέτρα τε αὐτοῦ λαβὼν ἀπέστειλεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ κελεύσας Οὐρίᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ τοιοῦτον αὐτόθι οἰκοδομῆσαι. καὶ ἀναζεύξας ἔθυσεν ἐπ' αὐτῷ τοῖς Σύρων θεοῖς τὸν ναὸν ἀποκλείσας τοῦ θεοῦ. τούτου δὲ τελευτήσαντος, ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἐζεκίας καὶ Ῥαβούα τῆς Ζαχαρίου θυγατρὸς βασιλεύει ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἁπάντων εὐσεβέστερος.

Betacode
*)/axaz, basileu\s *(ierousalh/m. ou(=tos to\ e)n toi=s qhsauroi=s a)rgu/rion e)/pemye *qeglafalasa\r, tw=| *)assuri/wn basilei=, deo/menos r(usqh=nai *su/rwn te kai\ *)israhlitw=n. ka)kei=nos au)tw=| bohqw=n e)pestra/teuse *damaskw=|. e)ntau=qa au)tw=| suntuxw\n *)/axaz e)qea/sato qusiasth/rion kai\ a)resqei\s au)tw=| me/tra te au)tou= labw\n a)pe/steilen ei)s *(ierousalh\m keleu/sas *ou)ri/a| tw=| i(erei= toiou=ton au)to/qi oi)kodomh=sai. kai\ a)nazeu/cas e)/qusen e)p' au)tw=| toi=s *su/rwn qeoi=s to\n nao\n a)poklei/sas tou= qeou=. tou/tou de\ teleuth/santos, o( ui(o\s au)tou= *)ezeki/as kai\ *(rabou/a th=s *zaxari/ou qugatro\s basileu/ei e)n *(ierousalh\m a(pa/ntwn eu)sebe/steros.

Notes (2)

  1. Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.
    For Ahaz see also under epsilon 277, (theta 89), phi 24.
  2. 1This story is recounted in the Septuagint: 2 Kings 16.7-16 and 2 Chronicles 28.20-25. ↩
  3. 22 Chronicles 29.1 gives Hezekiah's mother's name as Abijah. ↩

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Revision history6 revisions · last 2 Jan 2016
  1. tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  4. x-refs — David Whitehead
  5. added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. modified translation — Catharine Roth
  7. Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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