- 約蘭回到耶斯列、醫治在拉末與亞蘭王哈薛打仗所受的傷、猶大王約蘭的兒子亞撒利雅、〔即亞哈謝〕因為亞哈的兒子約蘭病了、就下到耶斯列看望他。
- 亞哈謝去見約蘭就被害了、這是出乎 神.因為他到了、就同約蘭出去攻擊寧示的孫子耶戶.這耶戶是耶和華所膏、使他剪除亞哈家的。
- 耶戶討亞哈家罪的時候、遇見猶大的眾首領、和亞哈謝的眾姪子服事亞哈謝、就把他們都殺了。
- 亞哈謝藏在撒瑪利亞、耶戶尋找他.眾人將他拿住、送到耶戶那裡、就殺了他、將他葬埋.因他們說、他是那盡心尋求耶和華之約沙法的兒子。這樣、亞哈謝的家無力保守國權。
- 亞哈謝的母親亞他利雅見他兒子死了、就起來剿滅猶大王室。
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- so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.
- Through Ahaziah's visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah's downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
- While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them.
- He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, "He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.
- When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah.
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