Who Was Alive
Ahaz
Published by Guillaume Rouille (1518?-1589), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ahaz

King of Judah

Born 763 BC · died 727 BC, aged 35 or 36

Who was alive at the same time as Ahaz?

  1. Ahab, 918–852 BC
  2. Jehu, 876–814 BC
  3. Jehoram of Israel, 870–841 BC
  4. Ahaziah of Israel, 870–851 BC
  5. Amos, 814–740 BC
  6. Sargon II, c. 765 – 705 BC
  7. Ahaz, 763–727 BC
  8. Hoshea, 759–723 BC
  9. Numa Pompilius, 753–671 BC
  10. Sennacherib, c. 745 – 681 BC
  11. Tullus Hostilius, 710–642 BC
  12. Archilochus, 688 – c. 645 BC
  13. Ashurbanipal, 685–631 BC
  14. Ancus Marcius, 675–616 BC

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Only 5 people we track were surely alive alongside Ahaz

Our coverage of the ancient world is thin: we only include people whose birth and death can be dated to within 25 years.

The nearest lives we can place: Jehu died about 50 years before Ahaz was born, Jehoram of Israel died about 77 years before Ahaz was born, Ahaziah of Israel died about 87 years before Ahaz was born, Ahab died about 88 years before Ahaz was born, Tullus Hostilius was born about 16 years after Ahaz died and Archilochus was born about 38 years after Ahaz died.

When Ahaz was born, Amos was 50 or 51.

When Ahaz died, Numa Pompilius was 25 or 26 and Hoshea was 31 or 32.

Born during Ahaz’s lifetime: Sennacherib, Numa Pompilius and Hoshea.

Where Ahaz and the nearest lives were born

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