aThen the inhabitants of Jerusalem
made
1Ahaziah
, his youngest
son
, king
in his place
, for the band
of men who came
with bthe Arabs
to the camp
had slain
all
the older
sons. So Ahaziah
the son
of Jehoram
king
of Judah
began to reign
.
Ahaziah was 1twenty-two
years
old
when he became
king
, and he reigned
one
year
in Jerusalem
. And his mother's
name
was Athaliah
, the 2granddaughter
of Omri
.
He also walked
in the ways
of the house
of Ahab
, for his mother
was his counselor
to do
wickedly
.
He did evil
in the sight
of the LORD
like the house
of Ahab
, for they were his counselors
after
the death
of his father
, to ahis destruction
.
He also walked
according to their counsel
, and went
with Jehoram
the son
of Ahab
king
of Israel
to wage
war
against
Hazael
king
of Aram
at Ramoth-gilead
. But the 1 aArameans
2wounded
3Joram
.
So he returned to be healed
in Jezreel
of the wounds
1which
they had inflicted
on him at Ramah
, when he fought
against
Hazael
king
of Aram
. And 2Ahaziah
, the son
of Jehoram
king
of Judah
, went
down
to see
Jehoram
the son
of Ahab
in Jezreel
, because
he was sick
.
Now athe destruction of Ahaziah
was from God
, in that 1he went
to Joram
. For when he came
, bhe went
out with Jehoram
against
Jehu
the son
of Nimshi
, cwhom
the LORD
had anointed
to cut
off
the house
of Ahab
.
aIt came about when Jehu
was executing
judgment
on the house
of Ahab
, he found
the princes
of Judah
and the sons
of Ahaziah's
brothers
ministering
to Ahaziah
, and slew
them.
aHe also sought Ahaziah
, and they caught
him while he was hiding
in Samaria
; they brought
him to Jehu
, put
him to death
band buried
him. For they said
, "He is the son
of Jehoshaphat
, cwho
sought
the LORD
with all
his heart
." So there
was no
one
of the house
of Ahaziah
to retain
the power
of the kingdom
.
aNow when Athaliah the mother
of Ahaziah
saw
that her son
was dead
, she rose
and destroyed
all
the royal
1offspring
of the house
of Judah
.
But Jehoshabeath the king's
daughter
took
Joash
the son
of Ahaziah
, and stole
him from among
the king's
sons
who were being put
to death
, and placed
him and his nurse
in the bedroom
. So Jehoshabeath
, the daughter
of King
Jehoram
, the wife
of Jehoiada
the priest
(for she was the sister
of Ahaziah
), hid
him from Athaliah
so that she would not put
him to death
.
He was hidden with them in the house
of God
six
years
while Athaliah
reigned
over
the land
.