1 E os moradores de Jerusalém, em lugar de Jeorão, fizeram rei a Acazias, seu filho mais moço, porque a tropa, que viera com os árabes ao arraial, tinha matado a todos os mais velhos. Assim reinou Acazias, filho de Jeorão, rei de Judá.

2 Era da idade de quarenta e dois anos, quando começou a reinar, e reinou um ano em Jerusalém; e era o nome de sua mãe Atalia, filha de Onri.

3 Também ele andou nos caminhos da casa de Acabe, porque sua mãe era sua conselheira, para proceder impiamente.

4 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, como a casa de Acabe, porque eles eram seus conselheiros depois da morte de seu pai, para a sua perdição.

5 Também andou nos conselhos deles, e foi com Jorão, filho de Acabe, rei de Israel, à peleja contra Hazael, rei da Síria, junto a Ramote de Gileade; e os sírios feriram a Jorão.

6 E voltou para curar-se em Jizreel, das feridas que lhe fizeram em Ramá, pelejando contra Hazael, rei da Síria; e Acazias, filho de Jeorão, rei de Judá, desceu para ver a Jorão, filho de Acabe, em Jizreel, porque estava doente.

7 Foi, pois, da vontade de Deus, que Acazias, para sua ruína, visitasse Jorão; porque chegando ele, saiu com Jorão contra Jeú, filho de Ninsi, a quem o Senhor tinha ungido para desarraigar a casa de Acabe.

8 E sucedeu que, executando Jeú juízo contra a casa de Acabe, achou os príncipes de Judá e os filhos dos irmãos de Acazias, que serviam a Acazias, e os matou.

9 Depois buscou a Acazias (porque se tinha escondido em Samaria), e o alcançaram, e o trouxeram a Jeú, e o mataram, e o sepultaram; porque disseram: Filho é de Jeosafá, que buscou ao Senhor com todo o seu coração. E já não tinha a casa de Acazias ninguém que tivesse força para o reino.

10 Vendo, pois, Atalia, mãe de Acazias, que seu filho era morto, levantou-se e destruiu toda a descendência real da casa de Judá.

11 Porém Jeosabeate, filha do rei, tomou a Joás, filho de Acazias, furtando-o dentre os filhos do rei, aos quais matavam, e o pôs com a sua ama na câmara dos leitos; assim Jeosabeate, filha do rei Jeorão, mulher do sacerdote Joiada (porque era irmã de Acazias), o escondeu de Atalia, de modo que ela não o matou.

12 E esteve com eles seis anos escondido na casa de Deus; e Atalia reinou sobre a terra.

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: and his mother’s name 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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did 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 Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. 6 And 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. And 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 unto Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8 And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them. 9 And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And 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 seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the 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. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.