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1 And the inhabitants of
Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men
that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the
son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Forty and two years old was
Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s
name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 He also walked in the ways of the house
of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of
the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death
of his father to his destruction.
5 He walked also after their counsel, and
went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of
Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel
because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael
king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see
Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of
God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against
Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was
executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and
the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught
him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had
slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of
Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had
no power to keep still the kingdom.
10 But when Athaliah the
mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the
seed royal of the house of Judah.
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the
king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons
that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. 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 slew him not.
12 And he was with them hid in the house
of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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