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Ahaziah
Succeeds Jehoram in Judah |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:1 |
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Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah,
his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabs
to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of
Judah began to reign. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:2 |
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Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became
king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah,
the granddaughter of Omri. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:3 |
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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab,
for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:4 |
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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. |
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Ahaziah
Allies with Jehoram of Israel |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:5 |
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He also walked according to their counsel, and
went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king
of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:6 |
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So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the
wounds which they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael
king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see
Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:7 |
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Now the destruction of Ahaziah was from God,
in that he went to Joram. For when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu
the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. |
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Jehu
Murders Princes of Judah |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:8 |
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It came about when Jehu was executing judgment
on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's
brothers ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:9 |
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He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught him
while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death and
buried him. For they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD
with all his heart." So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the
power of the kingdom. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:10 |
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Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw
that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house
of Judah. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:11 |
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But Jehoshabeath the king's daughter took Joash
the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons who were being put
to death, and placed him and his nurse in the 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 would not put him to death. |
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| 2 Chronicles 22:12 |
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He was hidden with them in the house of God
six years while Athaliah reigned over the land. |
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