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Chapter 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. |
| 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.
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| 3 | He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his
counselor to do wickedly. |
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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. |
| 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. |
