2 Chronicles 22

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Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

¹Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs^a had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

¹And those dwelling in Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for all the older sons had been killed by the raiders who came in with the Arabs to the camp. And Ahaziah son of Joram king of Judah reigned.

²Ahaziah was twenty-two years old^a when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

²Ahaziah was a son of twenty and two years in his reigning, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And the name of His mother was Athaliah daughter of Omri.

³Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

³He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.

⁴And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

⁴And he did evil in the eyes of YHWH, like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, for destruction to him.

⁵Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans^a wounded Joram.^b

⁵Also in their counsel he walked, and he went with Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. And the Aramaeans wounded Jehoram.

⁶So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah^a when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah^b son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

⁶And he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that he had received at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

⁷Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son^a of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

⁷And from God was the downfall of Ahaziah for his coming to Joram. And when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu son of Nimshi, whom YHWH had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

Jehu Kills the Princes of Judah

⁸So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.

⁸And it came to pass, in Jehu executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah who served Ahaziah, and he killed them.

⁹Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.”

So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

⁹And he searched for Ahaziah, and they caught him, and he was hiding in Samaria. And they brought him to Jehu, and they killed him and buried him, for they said, “He is son of Jehoshaphat, who sought YHWH with all his heart.” And there was no one from the house of Ahaziah to retain power over the kingdom.

Athaliah and Joash

¹⁰When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

¹⁰And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she arose and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah.

¹¹But Jehoshabeath^a daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

¹¹And Jehoshabeath the daughter of the king took Joash son of Ahaziah, and she stole him away from the midst of the sons of the king who were being killed, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. And Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Joram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest—for she was the sister of Ahaziah—hid him from the face of Athaliah, so that she did not kill him.

¹²And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

¹²And he was with them in the house of God hiding six years, and Athaliah reigned over the land.