2Chronicles:22

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ylt @2Chronicles:22:1 @And the inhabitants of Jerusalem cause Ahaziah his youngest son to reign in his stead , (for all the elder had the troop slain that came in with the Arabians to the camp ,) and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigneth . ylt @2Chronicles:22:2 @A son of twenty and two years [is ] Ahaziah in his reigning , and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem , and the name of his mother [is ] Athaliah daughter of Omri ; ylt @2Chronicles:22:3 @he also hath walked in the ways of the house of Ahab , for his mother hath been his counsellor to do wickedly . ylt @2Chronicles:22:4 @And he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah , like the house of Ahab , for they have been his counsellors , after the death of his father , for destruction to him . ylt @2Chronicles:22:5 @Also , in their counsel he hath walked , and goeth with Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel to battle against Hazael king of Aram , in Ramoth-Gilead , and they of Ramah smite Joram ; ylt @2Chronicles:22:6 @and he turneth back to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds with which they had smitten him in Ramah , in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram . And Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah hath gone down to see Jehoram son of Ahab , in Jezreel , for he [is ] sick ; ylt @2Chronicles:22:7 @and from God hath been the destruction of Ahaziah , to come unto Joram : and in his coming he hath gone out with Jehoram unto Jehu son of Nimshi , whom Jehovah anointed to cut off the house of Ahab . ylt @2Chronicles:22:8 @And it cometh to pass , in Jehu 's executing judgment with the house of Ahab , that he findeth the heads of Judah and sons of the brethren of Ahaziah , ministers of Ahaziah , and slayeth them . ylt @2Chronicles:22:9 @And he seeketh Ahaziah , and they capture him , (and he is hiding himself in Samaria ), and bring him in unto Jehu , and put him to death , and bury him , for they said , 'He [is ] son of Jehoshaphat , who sought Jehovah with all his heart ;' and there is none to the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom . ylt @2Chronicles:22:10 @And Athaliah mother of Ahaziah hath seen that her son is dead , and she riseth and destroyeth the whole seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah . ylt @2Chronicles:22:11 @And Jehoshabeath daughter of the king taketh Joash son of Ahaziah , and stealeth him from the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death , and putteth him and his nurse into the inner part of the bed-chambers , and Jehoshabeath daughter of king Jehoram , wife of Jehoiada the priest , because she hath been sister of Ahaziah , hideth him from the face of Athaliah , and she hath not put him to death . ylt @2Chronicles:22:12 @And he is with them in the house of God hiding himself six years , and Athaliah is reigning over the land .

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