1	And the inhabitants# of Jerusalem made# Ahaziah his youngest son king# in his stead: for the band of men that came# with the Arabians to the camp had slain# all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned# .
			2	Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign# , and he reigned# one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
			3	He also walked# in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor# to do wickedly# .
			4	Wherefore he did# evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors# after the death of his father to his destruction.
			5	He walked# also after their counsel, and went# with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead# : and the Syrians smote# Joram.
			6	And he returned# to be healed# in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given# him at Ramah, when he fought# with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down# to see# Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick# . [which...: Heb. wherewith they wounded him] [Azariah: also called, Ahaziah, or, Jehoahaz]
			7	And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming# to Joram: for when he was come# , he went out# with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed# to cut off# the house of Ahab. [destruction: Heb. treading down]
			8	And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment# upon the house of Ahab, and found# the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered# to Ahaziah, he slew# them.
			9	And he sought# Ahaziah: and they caught# him, (for he was hid# in Samaria,) and brought# him to Jehu: and when they had slain# him, they buried# him: Because, said# they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought# the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep# still the kingdom.
			10	But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw# that her son was dead# , she arose# and destroyed# all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
			11	But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took# Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole# him from among the king's sons that were slain# , and put# him and his nurse# in a bedchamber# . 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 slew# him not. [Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba]
			12	And he was with them hid# in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned# over the land.