And the inhabitantsof Jerusalemmade Ahaziahhis youngestsonkingin his stead: forthe band of menthat camewith the Arabiansto the camphad slainallthe eldest. So Ahaziahthe sonof Jehoramkingof Judahreigned. Fortyand twoyearsold was Ahaziahwhen he began to reign, and he reignedoneyearin Jerusalem. His mother's namealso was Athaliahthe daughterof Omri. Healsowalkedin the waysof the houseof Ahab: forhis motherwashis counselorto do wickedly. Wherefore he didevilin the sightof the LORDlike the houseof Ahab: fortheywerehis counselorsafterthe deathof his fatherto his destruction. He walkedalsoafter their counsel, and wentwithJehoramthe sonof Ahabkingof Israelto waragainstHazaelkingof Syriaat Ramoth-gilead: and the SyrianssmoteJoram. And he returnedto be healedin Jezreelbecause ofthe woundswhichwere givenhim at Ramah, when he foughtwith Hazaelkingof Syria. And Azariahthe sonof Jehoramkingof Judahwent downto seeJehoramthe sonof Ahabat Jezreel, becausehewas sick. And the destructionof Ahaziahwasof Godby comingtoJoram: for when he was come, he went outwithJehoramagainstJehuthe sonof Nimshi, whomthe LORDhad anointedto cut offthe houseof Ahab. And it came to pass, that, when Jehuwas executing judgmentuponthe houseof Ahab, and foundthe princesof Judah, and the sonsof the brethrenof Ahaziah, that ministeredto Ahaziah, he slewthem. And he soughtAhaziah: and they caughthim, (for hewas hidin Samaria,) and broughthim toJehu: and when they had slainhim, they buriedhim: Because, saidthey, he is the sonof Jehoshaphat, whosoughtthe LORDwith allhis heart. So the houseof Ahaziahhad nopowerto keep stillthe kingdom. But when Athaliahthe motherof Ahaziahsawthather sonwas dead, she aroseand destroyedallthe seedroyalof the houseof Judah. But Jehoshabeath, the daughterof the king, tookJoashthe sonof Ahaziah, and stolehim from amongthe king's sonsthat were slain, and puthim and his nursein a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughterof kingJehoram, the wifeof Jehoiadathe priest, ( forshewasthe sisterof Ahaziah,) hidhim fromAthaliah, so that she slewhim not. And he waswiththem hidin the houseof Godsixyears: and Athaliahreignedoverthe land.