2 Chronicles 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.
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.
