2 Chronicles
Chapter Twenty-Two
1 ¶ Then the inhabitants
of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders
who came with the Arabians into the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah
the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned.
2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year
in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri.
3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him
to do wickedly.
4 Therefore 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 also followed their advice, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king
of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians
wounded Joram.
6 Then he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which he had received
at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of
Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel,
because he was sick.
7 His going to Joram was God's occasion for Ahaziah's downfall; for when he
arrived, 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 happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and
found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers who served Ahaziah,
that he killed them.
9 Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria),
and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, "because,"
they said, "he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all
his heart." So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the
kingdom.
10 ¶ Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead,
she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being murdered, and put
him and his nurse in a bedroom. 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 did not kill him.
12 And he was hidden with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah
reigned over the land.
Go to Chapter Twenty-Three
Home / Bible studies / Bible Survey / Special Studies / General Articles / Non-Bible Articles / Sermons / Sermon Outlines / Links / Questions and Answers / What Saith The Scriptures /Daily Devotional / Correspondence Courses / What is the Church of Christ / Book: Christian Growth / Website Policy / E-mail / About Me /