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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.