Talk:Jehoahaz I

This article is a dual submission of original work. I am the same person as User:Temlakos at CreationWiki, and this article is based upon this version of the CreationWiki article, which is entirely my own work.-TerryH^Talk 22:14, 4 June 2007 (EDT)

After discussing it with Temlakos, I edited the section on the conception of Hezekiah to show research supporting the idea that Ahaz had an arranged child-marriage similar to the ones practiced by the Egyptian dynasties of that time period.

Two of my reference links are to an Egyptian tourism website, which was written by an anonymous Egyptian antiquarian. Though it seems to be universally accepted, it would greatly improve the quality of the references if someone can find a primary source stating that King Tut married at age 9, and replace my reference with it.Grifken 18:48, 15 October 2007 (EDT)

Several of the references in this section are to Bible dictionaries when the text of the Scripture plainly states the fact. I suggest that it would be better to reference the primary source (the Bible in this case) than a dictionary or encyclopedia. Grifken 18:48, 15 October 2007 (EDT)

The very last sentence in the last section of this article seems to imply that Hezekiah was a co-regent for 7/8ths of his father's reign. Given that Ahaz ruled 16 years, that would seem unlikely. What Ussher probably meant by saying Hezekiah was viceroy during his father's last year is that Ahaz died in the middle of his last year of reign. Hezekiah took the throne as viceroy - acting king - until his inauguration and annointing the following Nissan 1, according to the accession-year custom of the kings of Judah. The dead king was credited the entire last year of his reign, and his successor counted the year starting on Nissan 1 as his first year, even though he had already ruled for part of the previous year. This is discussed in great depth by Floyd Nolan Jones in The Chronology of the Old Testament referenced in the article.Grifken 18:48, 15 October 2007 (EDT)

Under Domestic Affairs, the claim is made that Ahaz built the sundial that Hezekiah measured time on as a pagan astrological device. This is pure supposition, even if it is quoted from a Bible encyclopedia. It is far more likely that Solomon, who searched out all things, built the sundial.

Prior to the fixing of the calendar with leap years, sundials were used to determine when the equinoxes and solstices occurred. The King would need one just like every country today has an official clock from which all other clocks are set. Using a sundial or gnomon to measure the sun's progress through the year does not require astrology or paganism, though it has often been turned to such ends.Grifken 19:21, 15 October 2007 (EDT)