The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 22
1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place,
because the band of men who came with
the Arabians to the camp had slain all the
oldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king
of Judah reigned.
2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old when
he began to reign, and he reigned one
year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was
Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s
house, because his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.
4 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s
sight, as did Ahab’s house, for they were
his counselors after the death of his father,
to his destruction.
5 He also followed their counsel, and
went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of
Israelto war againstHazael king of Syria at
Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded
Joram.
6 He returned to be healed in Jezreel
of the wounds which they had given him
at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael
king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram,
king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram
the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was
sick.
7 Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of
God, in that he went to Joram; for when
he had come, he went out with Jehoram
against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house.
8 When Jehu was executing judgment
on Ahab’s house, he found the princes
of Judah and the sons of the brothers of
Ahaziah serving Ahaziah, and killed them.
9 He sought Ahaziah, and they caught
him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and
they brought him to Jehu and killed him;
and they buried him, for they said, “He is
the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.” The house of
Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
10 Now when Athaliah the mother of
Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
arose and destroyed all the royal offspring
of the house of Judah.
11 But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and
stealthily rescued him from among the
king’s sons who were slain, and put him
and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram,the wife ofJehoiada the priest(for she
was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from
Athaliah, so that she didn’t kill him.
12 He was with them hidden in God’s
house six years while Athaliah reigned
over the land.