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And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place (
for all the first ones had been slain by the troop that came in with the Arabians to the battle )
and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram the king of Judah reigned .
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Ahaziah was a son of forty two years when he began to reign ,
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem ;
and the name of his mother was Athaliah the daughter of Omri .
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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab ,
for his mother was his counselor to do evilly .
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And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah ,
like the house of Ahab ,
for they were his counselors after the death of his father ,
for his destruction .
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He also walked in their counsel ,
and went with Joram the son of Ahab the king of Israel to battle against Hazael the king of Syria ,
in Ramoth-gilead ;
and the Syrians struck Jehoram ;
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and he returned to be healed in Jezreel ,
because of the wounds with which they had stricken him in Ramah ,
when fighting with Hazael the king of Syria .
And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram the king of Judah ,
went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel ,
for he was ill .
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Now ,
the destruction of Ahaziah was from God ,
for coming to Jehoram ;
and when he had come he went out with Jehoram to Jehu the son of Nimshi ,
whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab .
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And it happened ,
when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab ,
that he found the leaders of Judah ,
and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah ,
the servants of Ahaziah ,
and killed them .
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And he sought out Ahaziah ,
and they captured him (
and he was hiding himself in Samaria )
and brought him to Jehu ,
and put him to death ,
and buried him ;
for they said ,
He is the son of Jehoshaphat ,
who sought Jehovah with all his heart .
And there was none in the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom .
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And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead ,
and she rose up and spoke to destroy all the seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah .
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And Jehoshabeath the daughter of the king took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the sons of the king who were put to death ,
and put him and his nurse into the store room of the bedroom .
And Jehoshabeath ,
the daughter of king Jehoram ,
the wife of Jehoiada the priest ,
because she was the sister of Ahaziah ,
hid him from the face of Athaliah ;
and she did not put him to death .
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And he was with them in the house of God hiding himself six years ,
and Athaliah reigned over the land .