2Chronicles:22:1-9

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* 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 . * 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 . * He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab , for his mother advised him to do wickedly . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 .

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