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Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

¹Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made ⚓Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders who came with the ⚓Arabians into the camp had killed all the ⚓older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned. ²Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was⚓Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri. ³He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly. ⁴Therefore 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. ⁵He 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. 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.
⁷His going to Joram ⚓was God’s occasion for Ahaziah’s downfall; for when he arrived, ⚓he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, ⚓whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. ⁸And it happened, when Jehu was ⚓executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and ⚓found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who served Ahaziah, that he killed them. ⁹⚓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 ⚓Jehoshaphat, who ⚓sought the Lord with all his heart.”
So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom.

Athaliah Reigns in Judah

¹⁰⚓Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. ¹¹But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took ⚓Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered, and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she did not kill him. ¹²And he was hidden with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

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犹大王亚哈谢

（王下8．25－29；9．21－28）

¹耶路撒冷的居民立约兰的小儿子亚哈谢接续他作王，因为跟随阿拉伯人来攻营的军兵把亚哈谢所有的兄长都杀了；犹大王约兰的儿子亚哈谢就作了王。 ²亚哈谢登基的时候年四十二岁⚓，在耶路撒冷作王一年。他母亲名叫亚她利雅，是暗利的孙女。 ³亚哈谢也行亚哈家的道，因为他母亲给他主谋，使他行恶。 ⁴他行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，像亚哈家一样；因他父亲死后，他们给他主谋，使他败坏。 ⁵他也听从他们的计谋，与以色列王亚哈的儿子约兰同往基列的拉末去，与亚兰王哈薛交战。亚兰人打伤了约兰， ⁶他回到耶斯列，医治在拉末⚓与亚兰王哈薛打仗时被击打所受的伤。约兰的儿子犹大王亚哈谢⚓因为亚哈的儿子约兰病了，就下到耶斯列看望他。
⁷亚哈谢去见约兰而遇害，这是出乎上帝；因为他一到就同约兰出去攻击宁示的孙子耶户；这耶户是耶和华所膏，使他剪除亚哈家的。 ⁸耶户向亚哈家施行惩罚的时候，遇见犹大的众领袖和亚哈谢的侄子们正服事亚哈谢，就把他们都杀了。 ⁹亚哈谢躲在撒玛利亚，耶户寻找他，众人把他拿住，送到耶户那里，就杀了他。他们把他埋葬，因他们说，他是那尽心寻求耶和华之约沙法的儿子。这样，亚哈谢的家无力保住国权。

亚她利雅篡位

（王下11．1－3）

¹⁰亚哈谢的母亲亚她利雅见她儿子死了，就起来剿灭犹大王室所有的后裔。 ¹¹但王的女儿约示巴将亚哈谢的儿子约阿施从那被杀的王子中偷出来，把他和他的奶妈藏在卧房里。约示巴是约兰王的女儿，亚哈谢的妹妹，祭司耶何耶大的妻子。她藏了约阿施，躲避亚她利雅，免受杀害。 ¹²亚她利雅治理这地的时候，约阿施和他们一同在上帝殿里藏了六年。