22:1 And
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
made
Ahaziah,
his
youngest
son,
king
in
his
place,
for
the
band
of
men
that
came
with
the
Arabians
to
the
camp
had
killed
all
the
older
sons.
So
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah
reigned.
22:2 Ahaziah
was
twenty-two
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother's
name
was
Athaliah,
the
granddaughter
of
Omri.
22:3 He
also
walked
in
the
ways
of
the
house
of
Ahab,
for
his
mother
was
his
counselor
in
doing
wickedly.
22:4 He
did
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD,
as
the
house
of
Ahab
had
done.
For
after
the
death
of
his
father
they
were
his
counselors,
to
his
undoing.
22:5 He
even
followed
their
counsel
and
went
with
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel
to
make
war
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria
at
Ramoth-gilead.
And
the
Syrians
wounded
Joram,
22:6 and
he
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
of
the
wounds
that
he
had
received
at
Ramah,
when
he
fought
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
And
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah
went
down
to
see
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
in
Jezreel,
because
he
was
wounded.
22:7 But
it
was
ordained
by
God
that
the
downfall
of
Ahaziah
should
come
about
through
his
going
to
visit
Joram.
For
when
he
came
there,
he
went
out
with
Jehoram
to
meet
Jehu
the
son
of
Nimshi,
whom
the
LORD
had
anointed
to
destroy
the
house
of
Ahab.
22:8 And
when
Jehu
was
executing
judgment
on
the
house
of
Ahab,
he
met
the
princes
of
Judah
and
the
sons
of
Ahaziah's
brothers,
who
attended
Ahaziah,
and
he
killed
them.
22:9 He
searched
for
Ahaziah,
and
he
was
captured
while
hiding
in
Samaria,
and
he
was
brought
to
Jehu
and
put
to
death.
They
buried
him,
for
they
said,
"He
is
the
grandson
of
Jehoshaphat,
who
sought
the
LORD
with
all
his
heart."
And
the
house
of
Ahaziah
had
no
one
able
to
rule
the
kingdom.
22:10 Now
when
Athaliah
the
mother
of
Ahaziah
saw
that
her
son
was
dead,
she
arose
and
destroyed
all
the
royal
family
of
the
house
of
Judah.
22:11 But
Jehoshabeath,
the
daughter
of
the
king,
took
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah
and
stole
him
away
from
among
the
king's
sons
who
were
about
to
be
put
to
death,
and
she
put
him
and
his
nurse
in
a
bedroom.
Thus
Jehoshabeath,
the
daughter
of
King
Jehoram
and
wife
of
Jehoiada
the
priest,
because
she
was
a
sister
of
Ahaziah,
hid
him
from
Athaliah,
so
that
she
did
not
put
him
to
death.
22:12 And
he
remained
with
them
six
years,
hidden
in
the
house
of
God,
while
Athaliah
reigned
over
the
land.