Ahazjāhu valdīšana
(2Ķēn 8:25–292Ķēn 9:14–16, 2Ķēn 27–29)1 Jeruzālemes iedzīvotāji viņa vietā par ķēniņu iecēla viņa jaunāko dēlu Ahazjāhu, jo pārējos, kas bija vecāki, nokāva sirotāji, kas kopā ar arābiem bija uzbrukuši nometnei. Pēc tam sāka valdīt Ahazjāhu, Jehorāma dēls, Jūdas ķēniņš.
2 Ahazjāhu sāka valdīt divdesmit divu gadu vecumā. Jeruzālemē viņš valdīja vienu gadu, viņa mātes vārds bija Atalja, Omrī meita. 3 Arī viņš staigāja Ahāba nama ceļos, jo viņa māte tam bija padomdevēja pārkāpumos. 4 Viņš darīja to, kas netīkams Kungam, tāpat kā Ahāba nams, jo pēc tēva nāves padomdevēji viņam bija no turienes, un tas viņu iznīcināja, 5 jo viņš sekoja to padomam. Kopā ar Israēla ķēniņu Jehorāmu, Ahāba dēlu, viņš devās uz Rāmot-Gileādu karot ar Arāmas ķēniņu Hazaēlu. Aramieši Jehorāmu savainoja. 6 Viņš atgriezās Jizreēlā sadziedēt ievainojumus, kurus viņam bija cirtuši Rāmā, kad viņš cīnījās ar Arāmas ķēniņu Hazaēlu. Tad Jūdas ķēniņš Ahazjāhu, Jehorāma dēls, devās uz Jizreēlu apciemot Jehorāmu, Ahāba dēlu, jo tas bija slims. 7 Dievs pazudināja Ahazjāhu ar to, ka viņš devās pie Jehorāma un kopā ar Jehorāmu izgāja pretī Jehum, Nimšī dēlam, kuru Kungs bija svaidījis Ahāba nama iznīdēšanai. 8 Kad Jehus bija izpildījis spriedumu Ahāba namam, viņš sastapa Jūdas augstmaņus, Ahazjāhu brāļa dēlus, kas kalpoja Ahazjāhu, un viņš tos nokāva. 9 Ahazjāhu, kas slēpās Samarijā, tika uzmeklēts un notverts. Viņu atveda pie Jehus un nonāvēja. Viņu apbedīja, sakot: “Viņš ir Jehošāfāta dēls, kurš no visas sirds meklēja Kungu.” Ahazjāhu namā nebija neviena, kas spētu noturēt valstī varu.
Atalja sagrābj varu
(2Ķēn 11:1–3)10 Kad Atalja, Ahazjāhu māte, redzēja, ka viņas dēls ir miris, viņa cēlās un iznīcināja visu Jūdas nama ķēniņa dzimumu. 11 Bet ķēniņa meita Jehošeba ņēma Joāšu, Ahazjāhu dēlu, un zagšus aiznesa viņu prom no ķēniņa dēliem, kas tika nonāvēti. Viņa to kopā ar zīdītāju ieveda guļamistabā. Tā Jehošeba, ķēniņa Jehorāma meita un priestera Jehojādas sieva, būdama Ahazjāhu māsa, slēpa viņu no Ataljas – tā viņš netika nonāvēts. 12 Viņš bija kopā ar tiem Dieva namā, viņu slēpa sešus gadus, kamēr 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.
