2CH-22:1 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.

2CH-22:2 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.

2CH-22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for

his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

2CH-22:4 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.

2CH-22:5 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.

2CH-22:6 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.

2CH-22:7 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.

2CH-22:8 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.

2CH-22:9 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.

2CH-22:10 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.

2CH-22:11 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.

2CH-22:12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years:

 and Athaliah reigned over the land.

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