2 Chronicles 22
Ahaziah’s Reign
22:1 The residents of Jerusalem1 made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.2 So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two3 years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter4 of Omri.
22:3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty,5 for his mother gave him evil advice.6
22:4 He did evil in the sight of7 the
22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram.15 When Ahaziah16 arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the
Athaliah is Eliminated
22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line22 of Judah.23 22:11 So Jehoshabeath,24 the daughter of King Jehoram,25 took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away26 from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him. 22:12 He remained in hiding in God’s temple27 for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.