Dual Panel1The residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> made his youngest <06996> son <01121> Ahaziah <0274> king <04427> in his place <08478>, for <03588> the raiding party <01416> that invaded <0935> the city with the Arabs <06163> had killed <02026> all <03605> the older sons. So Ahaziah <0274> son <01121> of Jehoram <03088> became king <04428> of Judah <03063>.
2Ahaziah <0274> was twenty-two <08147> <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427> and he reigned <04427> for one <0259> year <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Athaliah <06271>, the granddaughter <01323> of Omri <06018>.
3He <01931> followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004>, for <03588> his mother <0517> gave <07561> him evil <07561> advice <03289>.
4He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> like Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> because <03588>, after <0310> his father’s <01> death <04194>, they <01992> gave <03289> him advice <03289> that led to his destruction <04889>.
5He followed <01980> their advice <06098> and <01571> joined <01980> Ahab’s <0256> son <01121> King <04428> Joram <03088> of Israel <03478> in a battle <04421> against <05921> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758> at Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> in which the Syrians <07421> defeated <05221> Joram <03141>.
6Joram returned <07725> to Jezreel <03157> to recover <07495> from the wounds <04347> he received <05221> from the Syrians in Ramah <07414> when he fought <03898> against <0854> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>. Ahaziah <05838> son <01121> of King <04428> Jehoram <03088> of Judah <03063> went down <03381> to visit <07200> Joram <03088> son <01121> of Ahab <0256> in Jezreel <03157>, because <03588> he <01931> had been wounded <02470>.
7God <0430> brought <01961> about Ahaziah’s downfall <08395> through his visit <0935> to Joram <03141>. When Ahaziah <0274> arrived <0935>, he went out <03318> with <05973> Joram <03088> to <0413> meet Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250>, whom <0834> the Lord <03068> had commissioned <04886> to wipe out <03772> Ahab’s <0256> family <01004>.
8While <01961> Jehu <03058> was dishing out punishment <08199> to <05973> Ahab’s <0256> family <01004>, he discovered <04672> the officials <08269> of Judah <03063> and the sons <01121> of Ahaziah’s <0274> relatives <0251> who were serving <08334> Ahaziah <0274> and killed <02026> them.
9He looked for <01245> Ahaziah <0274>, who <01931> was captured <03920> while hiding <02244> in Samaria <08111>. They brought <0935> him to <0413> Jehu <03058> and then executed <04191> him. They did give <06912> him a burial <06912>, for <03588> they reasoned <0559>, “He is the son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092>, who <0834> sought <01875> the Lord <03068> with his whole <03605> heart <03824>.” There was no one <0369> in Ahaziah’s <0274> family <01004> strong <03581> enough to rule <06113> in his place <04467>.
10When Athaliah <06271> the mother <0517> of Ahaziah <0274> saw <07200> that <03588> her son <01121> was dead <04191>, she was determined <06965> to destroy <01696> the entire <03605> royal <04467> line <02233> of Judah <03063>.
11So <03947> Jehoshabeath <03090>, the <0853> daughter <01323> of King <04428> Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s <0274> son <01121> Joash <03101> and sneaked <01589> him away <01589> from <08432> the rest of the royal <04428> descendants <01121> who were to be executed <05414> <04191>. She hid him and his nurse <03243> in the room <02315> where the bed <04296> covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath <03090> the daughter <01323> of King <04428> Jehoram <03088>, wife <0802> of Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> and sister <0269> of Ahaziah <0274>, hid him from <06440> Athaliah <06271> so she could not <03808> execute <04191> him.
12He remained <01961> in hiding <02244> in <0854> God’s <0430> temple <01004> for six <08337> years <08141>, while Athaliah <06271> was ruling <04427> over <05921> the land <0776>.