And after [0310] this did Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Judah [03063] join [02266] himself with Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Israel [03478], who did [06213] very wickedly [07561]:
Then Eliezer [0461] the son [01121] of Dodavah [01735] of Mareshah [04762] prophesied [05012] against Jehoshaphat [03092], saying [0559], Because thou hast joined [02266] thyself with Ahaziah [0274], the Lord [03068] hath broken [06555] thy works [04639]. And the ships [0591] were broken [07665], that they were not able [06113] to go [03212] to Tarshish [08659].
And the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] made [04427] Ahaziah [0274] his youngest [06996] son [01121] king [04427] in his stead: for the band of men [01416] that came [0935] with the Arabians [06163] to the camp [04264] had slain [02026] all the eldest [07223]. So Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] reigned [04427].
Forty [0705] and two [08147] years [08141] old [01121] was Ahaziah [0274] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] one [0259] year [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. His mother's [0517] name [08034] also was Athaliah [06271] the daughter [01323] of Omri [06018].
And the destruction [08395] of Ahaziah [0274] was of God [0430] by coming [0935] to Joram [03141]: for when he was come [0935], he went out [03318] with Jehoram [03088] against Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Nimshi [05250], whom the Lord [03068] had anointed [04886] to cut off [03772] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256].destruction: Heb. treading down
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu [03058] was executing judgment [08199] upon the house [01004] of Ahab [0256], and found [04672] the princes [08269] of Judah [03063], and the sons [01121] of the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274], that ministered [08334] to Ahaziah [0274], he slew [02026] them.
And he sought [01245] Ahaziah [0274]: and they caught [03920] him, (for he was hid [02244] in Samaria [08111],) and brought [0935] him to Jehu [03058]: and when they had slain [04191] him, they buried [06912] him: Because, said [0559] they, he is the son [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092], who sought [01875] the Lord [03068] with all his heart [03824]. So the house [01004] of Ahaziah [0274] had no power [03581] to keep [06113] still the kingdom [04467].
But when Athaliah [06271] the mother [0517] of Ahaziah [0274] saw [07200] that her son [01121] was dead [04191], she arose [06965] and destroyed [01696] all the seed [02233] royal [04467] of the house [01004] of Judah [03063].
But Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of the king [04428], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] that were slain [04191], and put [05414] him and his nurse [03243] in a bedchamber [04296] [02315]. So Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Jehoram [03088], the wife [0802] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], (for she was the sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274],) hid [05641] him from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that she slew [04191] him not.Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba