2Chronicles:22
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And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead :
for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest .
So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned .
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Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ,
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name also 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 counsellor to do wickedly .
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Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab :
for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction .
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He walked also after their counsel ,
and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead :
and the Syrians smote Joram .
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And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah ,
when he fought with Hazael king of Syria .
And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel ,
because he was sick .
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And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram :
for when he was come ,
he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi ,
whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab ,
and found the princes of Judah ,
and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah ,
that ministered to Ahaziah ,
he slew them .
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And he sought Ahaziah :
and they caught him , (
for he was hid in Samaria ,)
and brought him to Jehu :
and when they had slain him ,
they buried him :
Because ,
said they ,
he is the son of Jehoshaphat ,
who sought the LORD with all his heart .
So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom .
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But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead ,
she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah .
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But Jehoshabeath ,
the daughter of the king ,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah ,
and stole him from among the king '
s sons that were slain ,
and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber .
So Jehoshabeath ,
the daughter of king Jehoram ,
the wife of Jehoiada the priest , (
for she was the sister of Ahaziah ,)
hid him from Athaliah ,
so that she slew him not .
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And he was with them hid in the house of God six years :
and Athaliah reigned over the land .
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