2 Chronicles 22

Ahaziah King of Judah

1 The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

2 Ahaziah was twenty-two*22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.

3 He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. 4 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing. 5 He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram*22:5 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 6 and 7 son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram; 6 so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth*22:6 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram.

Then Ahaziah*22:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.

7 Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. 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. 8 While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9 He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, "He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart." So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.

Athaliah and Joash

10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehosheba,*22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba,*22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. 12 He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

Acazias reina sobre Judá

2 Reis 8:25-29

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 Acazias 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 reter o reino.

Atalia se apodera do trono de Judá

2 Reis 11:1-3

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.