<vn='1'>And the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="274">Ahaziah</s> his <sn="6996">youngest</s><sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">king</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the band of <sn="1416">men</s> that <sn="935">came</s> with the <sn="6163">Arabians</s> to the <sn="4264">camp</s> had <sn="2026">slain</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7223">eldest</s>. So <sn="274">Ahaziah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3088">Jehoram</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="4427">reigned</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="705">Forty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> was <sn="274">Ahaziah</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="8141">year</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. His <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> also was <sn="6271">Athaliah</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6018">Omri</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1931">He</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="1980">walked</s> in the <sn="1870">ways</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="517">mother</s><sn="1961">was</s> his <sn="3289">counselor</s> to do <sn="7561">wickedly</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Wherefore he <sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> like the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="1961">were</s> his <sn="3289">counselors</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of his <sn="1">father</s> to his <sn="4889">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>He <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="1571">also</s> after their <sn="6098">counsel</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="3088">Jehoram</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="4421">war</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s> at <sn="7433">Ramoth</s> -gilead: and the <sn="761">Syrians</s><sn="5221">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3141">Joram</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="7725">returned</s> to be <sn="7495">healed</s> in <sn="3157">Jezreel</s> because <sn="3588">of</s> the <sn="4347">wounds</s><sn="834">which</s> were <sn="5221">given</s> him at <sn="7414">Ramah</s>, when he <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="*853"></s> with <sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>. And <sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3088">Jehoram</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> went <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3088">Jehoram</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> at <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="2470">sick</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="8395">destruction</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="1961">was</s> of <sn="4480 430">God</s> by <sn="935">coming</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3141">Joram</s>: for when he was <sn="935">come</s>, he went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="3088">Jehoram</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="3058">Jehu</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5250">Nimshi</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="4886">anointed</s> to cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that, when <sn="3058">Jehu</s> was executing <sn="8199">judgment</s><sn="5973">upon</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and the <sn="1121">sons</s> of the <sn="251">brethren</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, that <sn="8334">ministered</s> to <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, he <sn="2026">slew</s> them. </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="1245">sought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="274">Ahaziah</s>: and they <sn="3920">caught</s> him, (for <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="2244">hid</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>,) and <sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="413">to</s><sn="3058">Jehu</s>: and when they had <sn="4191">slain</s> him, they <sn="6912">buried</s> him: <sn="3588">Because</s>, <sn="559">said</s> they, <sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3092">Jehoshaphat</s>, <sn="834">who</s><sn="1875">sought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3824">heart</s>. So the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s> had <sn="369">no</s><sn="3581">power</s> to keep <sn="6113">still</s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>But when <sn="6271">Athaliah</s> the <sn="517">mother</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> her <sn="1121">son</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, she <sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="1696">destroyed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2233">seed</s><sn="4467">royal</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>But <sn="3090">Jehoshabeath</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>, and <sn="1589">stole</s> him from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s> that were <sn="4191">slain</s>, and <sn="5414">put</s> him and his <sn="3243">nurse</s> in a <sn="2315 4296">bedchamber</s>. So <sn="3090">Jehoshabeath</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="3088">Jehoram</s>, the <sn="802">wife</s> of <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, ( <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">she</s><sn="1961">was</s> the <sn="269">sister</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>,) <sn="5641">hid</s> him <sn="4480 6440">from</s><sn="6271">Athaliah</s>, so that she <sn="4191">slew</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he <sn="1961">was</s><sn="854">with</s> them <sn="2244">hid</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="8141">years</s>: and <sn="6271">Athaliah</s><sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>