AHAZIAH, king of Judah, the son of Jehoram and Athaliah, succeeded his father in the kingdom of Judah, A.M. 3119. He walked in the ways of Ahab's house, to which he was allied. He reigned only one year, and was slain by Jehu the son of Nimshi.
A-HEAD, a sea-term, signifying farther onward than the ship, or at any distance before her, lying immediately on that point of the compass to which her stem is directed. It is used in opposition to a-stern, which expresses the situation of any object behind the ship.