Ahaz is a 4 letter English word.
You can make 12 anagrams from letters in Ahaz (aahz).
They advanced against Ahaz, and overran his helpless country.
No doubt these proceedings helped to heighten the unpopularity of Ahaz.
Do you remember the miracle of the dial of Ahaz, mentioned in the Bible?
To convince him of the truth of this he requested Ahaz to demand a sign.
Hezekiah (724–696), the son of Ahaz, was the very opposite of his father.
Ahaz was indifferent to these prophecies because his heart was otherwhere.
But who shall cause the shadow to go backward upon the dial of Ahaz?
Ahaz may have had this lesson impressed on his mind by his visit to Tiglath-Pileser.
So perhaps, for the same reason, JehoAhaz was shortened into Ahaz.
Yet let not Ahaz exult too much in the immediate deliverance!