1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, because the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the oldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s house, because his mother was his counsellor in acting wickedly. 4 He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5 He also followed 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 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. 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 to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house. 8 When Jehu was executing judgement on Ahab’s house, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah serving Ahaziah, and killed them. 9 He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." 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 royal offspring of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily rescued him from amongst the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the 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 didn’t kill him. 12 He was with them hidden in God’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

1 E os moradores de Jerusalém fizeram rei a Acazias, seu filho mais moço, em seu lugar, porque a tropa que viera com os arábios ao arraial tinha matado a todos os mais velhos; e 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 este andou nos caminhos da casa de Acabe, porque sua mãe era sua conselheira, para proceder impiamente. 4 E fez o que era mal 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 no seu conselho e foi-se com Jorão, filho de Acabe, rei de Israel, à peleja contra Hazael, rei da Síria, junto a Ramote-Gileade; e os siros feriram a Jorão. 6 E tornou a curar-se em Jezreel das feridas que se lhe deram junto a Ramá, pelejando contra Hazael, rei da Síria; e Azarias, filho de Jeorão, rei de Judá, desceu para ver a Jorão, filho de Acabe, em Jezreel; porque estava doente.

7 Veio, pois, de Deus o abatimento de Acazias, para que viesse a Jorão, porque, vindo 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 Josafá, que buscou ao Senhor com todo o seu coração. E não tinha já 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 semente real da casa de Judá. 11 Porém Jeosebate, filha do rei, tomou a Joás, filho de Acazias, e tirou-o dentre os filhos do rei, a quem 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 o não matou. 12 E esteve com eles escondido na Casa de Deus seis anos; e Atalia reinou sobre a terra.