1 And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.

2 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.

3 He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, for his mother was his teacher in evil-doing.

4 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the family of Ahab did; for after the death of his father they were his guides to his destruction.

5 Acting on their suggestion, he went with Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the bowmen.

6 And he went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which they had given him at Ramah when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to see Jehoram, the son of Ahab, because he was ill.

7 Now by the purpose of God, Ahaziah's journey to see Jehoram was the cause of his downfall: for when he came there, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, who had been marked out by the Lord for the destruction of the family of Ahab.

8 Now when Jehu was effecting the punishment of the family of Ahab, he came to the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers, the servants of Ahaziah, and put them to death.

9 And he went in search of Ahaziah; and when they came where he was, (for he was in a secret place in Samaria,) they took him to Jehu and put him to death; then they put his body to rest in the earth, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, whose heart was true to the Lord. So the family of Ahaziah had no power to keep the kingdom.

10 Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom of Judah put to death.

11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, away from among the king's sons who were put to death, and put him and the woman who took care of him in a bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, kept him safe from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death.

12 And she kept him safe with her in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah was ruling the land.

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

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

3 Ele também 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 fez a casa de Acabe; porque eles eram seus conselheiros depois da morte de seu pai, para sua perdição.

5 Andando nos conselhos deles foi com Jorão, filho de Acabe, rei de Israel, a guerrear contra Hazael, rei da Síria, junto a Ramote-Gileade; e os sírios feriram Jorão,

6 o qual voltou para curar-se em Jizreel das feridas que lhe fizeram em Ramá, quando ele pelejava contra Hazael, rei da Síria. E Acazias, filho de Jeorão, rei de Judá, desceu para visitar Jorão, filho de Acabe, em Jizreel, por estar ele doente.

7 Foi por vontade de Deus que Acazias, para sua ruína visitou Jorão; pois, quando chegou, saiu com Jorão contra Jeú, filho de Ninsi, a quem o Senhor tinha ungido para exterminar a casa de Acabe.

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

9 Depois buscou a Acazias, o qual foi preso quando se escondia em Samária, trouxeram-no a Jeú e o mataram. Então o sepultaram, pois disseram: É filho de Jeosafá, que buscou ao Senhor de toda o seu coração. E já não tinha a casa de Acazias ninguém que fosse capaz de reinar.

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

11 Mas Jeosabeate, filha do rei, tomou Joás, filho de Acazias, e o furtou dentre os filhos do rei, que estavam para ser mortos, e o pôs com a sua ama na câmara dos leitos. Assim Jeosabeate, filha do rei Jeorão, mulher do sacerdote Jeoiada e 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.