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 O povo de Jerusalém proclamou Acazias, filho mais novo de Jeorão, rei em seu lugar, uma vez que as tropas que vieram com os árabes haviam matado todos os outros filhos dele. Assim começou a reinar Acazias, filho de Jeorão, rei de Judá.

2 Acazias tinha vinte e dois anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou um ano em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Atalia, neta de Onri.

3 Ele também andou nos caminhos da família de Acabe, pois sua mãe lhe dava maus conselhos.

4 Ele fez o que o Senhor reprova, como a família de Acabe havia feito, pois, depois da morte de seu pai, eles se tornaram seus conselheiros, para sua ruína.

5 Ele também seguiu o conselho deles quando aliou-se a Jorão, filho de Acabe, rei de Israel, e saiu à guerra contra Hazael, rei da Síria, em Ramote-Gileade. Jorão foi ferido

6 e voltou a Jezreel para recuperar-se dos ferimentos sofridos em Ramote, na batalha contra Hazael, rei da Síria. Depois Acazias, rei de Judá, foi a Jezreel visitar Jorão, que se recuperava de seus ferimentos.

7 Por meio dessa visita, Deus provocou a queda de Acazias. Quando ele chegou, saiu com Jorão ao encontro de Jeú, filho de Ninsi, a quem o Senhor havia ungido para destruir a família de Acabe.

8 Quando Jeú estava executando juízo sobre a família de Acabe, encontrou os líderes de Judá e os filhos dos parentes de Acazias, que o serviam, e os matou.

9 Saiu então em busca de Acazias, e seus soldados o capturaram em Samaria, onde estava escondido. Levado a Jeú, Acazias foi morto. Mas não lhe negaram sepultura, pois disseram: "Ele era neto de Josafá, que buscou o Senhor de todo o coração". Assim, a família de Acazias não tinha mais ninguém que pudesse ser rei.

10 Quando Atalia, mãe de Acazias, soube que seu filho estava morto, mandou matar toda a família real de Judá.

11 Mas Jeoseba, filha do rei Jeorão, pegou Joás, um dos filhos do rei Acazias que iam ser assassinados, e o colocou num quarto, junto com a sua ama. Assim Jeoseba, filha do rei Jeorão, mulher do sacerdote Joiada e irmã de Acazias, escondeu Joás de Atalia, de forma que ela não pôde matá-lo.

12 Seis anos ele ficou escondido com elas no templo de Deus, enquanto Atalia governava o país.