1 Un Jeruzālemes iedzīvotāji cēla par ķēniņu viņa vietā Ahasju, viņa jaunāko dēlu, jo visus vecākos dēlus bija nogalinājuši sirotāji, kuri kopā ar arabiem bija ielauzušies nometnē; tā Ahasja, Jūdas ķēniņa Jorāma dēls, kļuva ķēniņš Jūdā.
2 Un Ahasjam bija divdesmit divi gadi, kad viņš kļuva ķēniņš, un viņš valdīja vienu gadu Jeruzālemē; viņa mātes vārds bija Atalja, Omrija meita.
3 Arī viņš staigāja Ahaba nama ceļus, jo viņa māte bija viņa padoma devēja bezdievīgos darbos.
4 Un viņš darīja to, kas ir ļauns tā Kunga acīs, gluži tāpat, kā Ahaba nams mēdza darīt, jo tie jau arī bija viņa padom-nieki, pēc tam kad viņa tēvs bija nomiris, —viņam par postu.
5 Un pēc viņu padoma viņš arī cēlās un sabiedrojās ar Israēla ķēniņu Jorāmu, Ahaba dēlu, un devās karā pret Aramas ķēniņu Hazaēlu uz Ramotu Gileādā. Bet kad aramieši ievainoja Jorāmu,
6 Viņš griezās atpakaļ, lai liktos dziedināties Jezreēlā no ievainojumiem, ko tie viņam bija Ramā situši, kad tas karā cīnījās pret Hazaēlu, Aramas ķēniņu. Bet Ahasja, Jūdas ķēniņa Jorāma dēls, nogāja, lai apraudzītu Jezreēlā Jorāmu, Ahaba dēlu, jo viņš tur gulēja slims.
7 Bet paša Dieva nolikta bija Ahasjas bojā eja ar to, ka tas gāja pie Jorāma, jo kad viņš turp bija nonācis, viņš izgāja kopā ar Jorāmu pret Jehu, Nimšija dēlu, kuru tas Kungs bija svaidījis, lai izdeldētu Ahaba namu.
8 Un tad nu notika, ka tanī laikā, kad Jehus rīkojās kā soģis pār Ahaba namu, viņš sastapa arī Jūdas virsaišus un Ahasjas brāļa dēlus, kuri kalpoja Ahasjam goda amatos, un viņš lika tos nokaut.
9 Tad viņš meklēja Ahasju, un to arī sagūstīja, jo viņš bija apslēpies Samarijā; un to atveda pie Jehus, un Jehus lika viņu nogalināt. Tomēr viņu apraka, jo sprieda: „Viņš ir Jošafata mazdēls, un tas bija, kas ar visu savu sirdi meklēja to Kungu.“ Bet Ahasjas namam nebija neviena, kuram būtu pieticis spēka, lai saglabātu ķēniņa valsts varu.
10 Bet kad Atalja, Ahasjas māte, redzēja, ka viņas dēls bija miris, tad tā cēlās un nogalināja visus, kas piederēja pie Jūdas ķēniņa nama.
11 Bet Jehošeba, ķēniņa Jorāma meita, ņēma Joasu, Ahasjas dēlu, un izzaga viņu no ķēniņa dēlu vidus, kūpi bija nogalināmi, un viņu ar visu aukli novietoja guļamistabā. Tā Jehošeba, ķēniņa Jorāma meita, priestera Jojadas sieva, —kas bija Ahasjas māsa, —viņu paslēpa no Ataljas rokas, ka tā viņu nevarēja nomaitāt.
12 Un viņš bija apslēpts pie tiem Dieva namā sešus gadus, bet Atalja valdīja pār zemi.
King Ahaziah of Judah
(2 Kings 8.25-292 9.21-28)1 Some Arabs had led a raid and killed all of King Jehoram's sons except Ahaziah, the youngest. So now the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah king as his father's successor. 2-3 Ahaziah became king at the age of twenty-two, and he ruled in Jerusalem for one year. Ahaziah also followed the example of King Ahab's family, since his mother Athaliah—the daughter of King Ahab and granddaughter of King Omri of Israel—gave him advice that led him into evil. 4 He sinned against the Lord, because after his father's death other members of King Ahab's family became his advisers, and they led to his downfall. 5 Following their advice, he joined King Joram of Israel in a war against King Hazael of Syria. The armies clashed at Ramoth in Gilead, and Joram was wounded in battle. 6 He returned to the city of Jezreel to recover from his wounds, and Ahaziah went there to visit him.
7 God used this visit to Joram to bring about Ahaziah's downfall. While Ahaziah was there, he and Joram were confronted by a man named Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had chosen to destroy the dynasty of Ahab. 8 As Jehu was carrying out God's sentence on the dynasty, he came across a group made up of Judean leaders and of Ahaziah's nephews that had accompanied Ahaziah on his visit. Jehu killed them all. 9 A search was made for Ahaziah, and he was found hiding in Samaria. They took him to Jehu and put him to death. But they did bury his body out of respect for his grandfather King Jehoshaphat, who had done all he could to serve the Lord.
No member of Ahaziah's family was left who could rule the kingdom.
Queen Athaliah of Judah
(2 Kings 11.1-3)10 As soon as King Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned of her son's murder, she gave orders for all the members of the royal family of Judah to be killed. 11 Ahaziah had a half sister, Jehosheba, who was married to a priest named Jehoiada. She secretly rescued one of Ahaziah's sons, Joash, took him away from the other princes who were about to be murdered and hid him and a nurse in a bedroom at the Temple. By keeping him hidden, she saved him from death at the hands of Athaliah. 12 For six years he remained there in hiding, while Athaliah ruled as queen.
