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His mother’s name <i>was</i> Athaliah the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>granddaughter of Omri. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Therefore he did evil in the sight of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He also followed their advice, and went with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>His going to Joram was God’s occasion for Ahaziah’s <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>downfall; for when he arrived, he went out with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> had anointed to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>cut off the house of Ahab. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And it happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who served Ahaziah, that he killed them. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, “because,” they said, “he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> with all his heart.”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Chr-22-9">So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom.</span></p> <h3> Athaliah Reigns in Judah</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Chr-22-10"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered, and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she did not kill him. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he was hidden with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-11647a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:2">2 Chronicles 22:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>twenty-two,</i> <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Kgs.8.26" href="/passage/?search=2Kgs.8.26&version=NKJV">2 Kin. 8:26</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-11647b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:2">2 Chronicles 22:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>daughter</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-11650c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:5">2 Chronicles 22:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Joram,</i> v. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Chr.22.7" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.22.7&version=NKJV">7</span>; <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Kgs.8.28" href="/passage/?search=2Kgs.8.28&version=NKJV">2 Kin. 8:28</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-11651d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:6">2 Chronicles 22:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. <i>Ahaziah</i> and <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Kgs.8.29" href="/passage/?search=2Kgs.8.29&version=NKJV">2 Kin. 8:29</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-11652e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:7">2 Chronicles 22:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>crushing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-11652f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:7">2 Chronicles 22:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Joram,</i> vv. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Chr.22.5" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.22.5&version=NKJV">5</span>, <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Chr.22.7" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.22.7&version=NKJV">7</span>; <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Kgs.8.28" href="/passage/?search=2Kgs.8.28&version=NKJV">2 Kin. 8:28</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-11652g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:7">2 Chronicles 22:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>destroy</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-11656h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Chronicles 22:11">2 Chronicles 22:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Jehosheba,</i> <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="2Kgs.11.2" href="/passage/?search=2Kgs.11.2&version=NKJV">2 Kin. 11:2</span></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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