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.
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.
22:3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his
mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
22:4 Wherefore 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 his destruction.
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 Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
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.
22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was from God by coming to
Joram: for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against
Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off
the house of Ahab.
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.
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 retain the kingdom.
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.
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 bed chamber. 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.
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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