Ahaziah Reigns in Judah
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Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made a Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders who came with the b Arabians into the camp had killed all the c older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned.
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Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was d Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri.
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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly.
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Therefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
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He also followed their advice, 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.
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e Then he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which he had received 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.
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His going to Joram f was God's occasion for Ahaziah's downfall; for when he arrived, g he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, h whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
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And it happened, when Jehu was i executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and j found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers who served Ahaziah, that he killed them.
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k Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, "because," they said, "he is the son of l Jehoshaphat, who m sought the LORD with all his heart." So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 21:17
And they came up into Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king's house, and also his sons and his wives, so that there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chronicles 22:6
Then he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which he had received 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.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 21:16
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians who were near the Ethiopians.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 21:17
And they came up into Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king's house, and also his sons and his wives, so that there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
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2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for he had the daughter of Ahab as a wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Cross References
2 Kings 9:15
But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, "If you are so minded, let no one leave or escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.
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Cross References
Judges 14:4
But his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD - that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
1 Kings 12:15
So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from the LORD, that He might fulfill His word, which the LORD had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 10:15
So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from God, that the LORD might fulfill His word, which He had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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Cross References
2 Kings 9:21 - 24
Then Joram said, "Make ready." And his chariot was made ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot; and they went out to meet Jehu, and met him on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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Cross References
2 Kings 9:6
Then he arose and went into the house. And he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, over Israel.
2 Kings 9:7
You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
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2 Kings 9:22 - 24
Now it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, " Is it peace, Jehu?" So he answered, "What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?
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Cross References
2 Kings 10:10 - 14
"Know now that nothing shall fall to the earth of the word of the LORD which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the LORD has done what He spoke by His servant Elijah."
Hosea 1:4
Then the LORD said to him: "Call his name Jezreel, For in a little while I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
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2 Kings 9:27
But when Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled by the road to Beth Haggan. So Jehu pursued him, and said, "Shoot him also in the chariot." And they shot him at the Ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. Then he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
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1 Kings 15:24
So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 17:4
But sought the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not according to the acts of Israel.
2 Chronicles 20:3
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 4:1
Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
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