1Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.stylus2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17, 2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17, 2 Kings 8:242Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.stylus2 Chronicles 21:6, 1 Kings 16:28, 2 Kings 8:26, 2 Chronicles 21:6, 1 Kings 16:283Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.stylusGenesis 27:12, Genesis 27:13, Genesis 27:12, Genesis 27:13, Deuteronomy 13:64And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.stylusProverbs 13:20, Proverbs 13:20, 2 Chronicles 24:17, 2 Chronicles 24:18, 2 Chronicles 24:175Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram;stylusPsalms 1:1, 2 Chronicles 18:3, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 8:28, 2 Kings 8:296so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.stylus2 Kings 9:15, 2 Kings 9:15, 2 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 22:1, 2 Kings 10:137Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.stylus2 Kings 9:21, 2 Chronicles 10:15, 2 Kings 9:21, 2 Chronicles 10:15, 1 Kings 12:158So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.stylus2 Kings 10:10, 2 Kings 10:14, 2 Kings 10:10, 2 Kings 10:149Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah 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.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.stylus1 Kings 14:13, 2 Kings 9:27, 2 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 22:110When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.stylus2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 11:3, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 11:3, 2 Chronicles 22:211But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.stylus1 Kings 15:4, 2 Samuel 7:13, 2 Kings 11:2, Proverbs 21:30, Psalms 76:1012And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.stylusHabakkuk 1:12, Psalms 12:8, Psalms 27:5, Psalms 73:18, Psalms 73:19