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And the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389]made[H4427]Ahaziah[H274] his youngest[H6996]son[H1121]king[H4427] in his stead: for the band of men[H1416] that came[H935] with the Arabians[H6163] to the camp[H4264] had slain[H2026] all the eldest[H7223]. So Ahaziah[H274] the son[H1121] of Jehoram[H3088]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]reigned[H4427].
2Forty[H705] and two[H8147]years[H8141]old[H1121] was Ahaziah[H274] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]one[H259]year[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]. His mother's name[H8034] also was Athaliah[H6271] the daughter[H1323] of Omri[H6018].
3
He also walked[H1980] in the ways[H1870] of the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256]: for his mother[H517] was his counsellor[H3289] to do wickedly[H7561].
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Wherefore he did[H6213]evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] like the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256]: for they were his counsellors[H3289]after[H310] the death[H4194] of his father[H1] to his destruction[H4889].
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He walked[H1980] also after their counsel[H6098], and went[H3212] with Jehoram[H3088] the son[H1121] of Ahab[H256]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] to war[H4421] against Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758] at Ramothgilead[H7433]: and the Syrians[H7421]smote[H5221]Joram[H3141].
6
And he returned[H7725] to be healed[H7495] in Jezreel[H3157] because of the wounds[H4347] which were given[H5221] him at Ramah[H7414], when he fought[H3898] with Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758]. And Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Jehoram[H3088]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] went down[H3381] to see[H7200]Jehoram[H3088] the son[H1121] of Ahab[H256] at Jezreel[H3157], because he was sick[H2470].
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And the destruction[H8395] of Ahaziah[H274] was of God[H430] by coming[H935] to Joram[H3141]: for when he was come[H935], he went out[H3318] with Jehoram[H3088] against Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Nimshi[H5250], whom the LORD[H3068] had anointed[H4886] to cut off[H3772] the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256].
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And it came to pass, that, when Jehu[H3058] was executing judgment[H8199] upon the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256], and found[H4672] the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063], and the sons[H1121] of the brethren[H251] of Ahaziah[H274], that ministered[H8334] to Ahaziah[H274], he slew[H2026] them.
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And he sought[H1245]Ahaziah[H274]: and they caught[H3920] him,(for he was hid[H2244] in Samaria[H8111],) and brought[H935] him to Jehu[H3058]: and when they had slain[H4191] him, they buried[H6912] him: Because, said[H559] they, he is the son[H1121] of Jehoshaphat[H3092], who sought[H1875] the LORD[H3068] with all his heart[H3824]. So the house[H1004] of Ahaziah[H274] had no power[H3581] to keep[H6113] still the kingdom[H4467].
10
But when Athaliah[H6271] the mother[H517] of Ahaziah[H274]saw[H7200] that her son[H1121] was dead[H4191], she arose[H6965] and destroyed[H1696] all the seed[H2233]royal[H4467] of the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063].
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But Jehoshabeath[H3090], the daughter[H1323] of the king[H4428], took[H3947]Joash[H3101] the son[H1121] of Ahaziah[H274], and stole[H1589] him from[H6440]among[H8432] the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121] that were slain[H4191], and put[H5414] him and his nurse[H3243] in a bedchamber[H2315]. So Jehoshabeath[H3090], the daughter[H1323] of king[H4428]Jehoram[H3088], the wife[H802] of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest,(for she was the sister[H269] of Ahaziah[H274],) hid[H5641] him from[H6440]Athaliah[H6271], so that she slew[H4191] him not.
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And he was with them hid[H2244] in the house[H1004] of God[H430]six[H8337]years[H8141]: and Athaliah[H6271]reigned[H4427] over the land[H776].