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 (A)his sons and his wives, so that there was not a son left to him except [a]Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 21:17 Ahaziah or Azariah, 2 Chr. 22:1

Ahaziah Reigns in Judah(A)

22 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made (B)Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders who came with the (C)Arabians into the camp had killed all the (D)older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned.

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23 Then Joash the king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of (A)Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate—four hundred cubits.

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(A)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 [a]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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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. Ahaziah and 2 Kin. 8:29

(A)I have seen the foolish taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
His sons are (B)far from safety,
They are crushed in the gate,
And (C)there is no deliverer.

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For (A)the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also presented all the (B)dedicated things of the house of the Lord to the Baals.

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