1 constituerunt autem habitatores Hierusalem Ochoziam filium eius minimum
regem pro eo
omnes enim maiores natu qui ante eum fuerant
interfecerant latrones Arabum qui inruerant in
castra
regnavitque Ochozias filius Ioram regis Iuda
2 filius quadraginta duo annorum erat
Ochozias
cum regnare coepisset
et uno anno regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Otholia filia Amri
3 sed et ipse ingressus est per vias domus Ahab
mater enim eius inpulit eum ut impie ageret
4 fecit igitur malum in conspectu Domini sicut domus Ahab
ipsi enim fuerunt ei consiliarii
post mortem patris sui in interitum eius
5 ambulavitque in consiliis eorum
et perrexit cum Ioram filio Ahab rege Israhel in bellum
contra Azahel regem Syriae in Ramoth Galaad
vulneraveruntque Syri Ioram
6 qui reversus est ut curaretur in Hiezrahel
multas enim plagas acceperat in supradicto certamine
igitur Azarias filius Ioram rex Iuda descendit
ut inviseret Ioram filium Ahab in Hiezrahel aegrotantem
7 voluntatis quippe fuit Dei adversum Ochoziam ut veniret ad Ioram
et cum venisset egrederetur cum eo adversum Hieu
filium Namsi
quem unxit Dominus ut deleret domum Ahab
8 cum ergo subverteret Hieu domum Ahab
invenit principes Iuda et filios fratrum Ochoziae qui ministrabant ei
et interfecit illos
9 ipsumque perquirens Ochoziam
conprehendit latentem in Samaria
adductumque ad se occidit
et sepelierunt eum eo quod esset filius Iosaphat
qui quaesierat Dominum in toto corde suo
nec erat ultra spes aliqua ut de stirpe regnaret Ochoziae
10 siquidem Otholia mater eius videns
quod mortuus esset filius suus
surrexit et interfecit omnem stirpem regiam domus Ioram
11 porro Iosabeth filia regis tulit Ioas filium Ochoziae
et furata est eum de medio filiorum regis cum interficerentur
absconditque cum nutrice sua in cubiculo lectulorum
Iosabeth autem quae absconderat eum erat filia regis Ioram
uxor Ioiadae pontificis soror Ochoziae
et idcirco Otholia non interfecit eum
12 fuit ergo cum eis in domo Dei absconditus sex annis
quibus regnavit Otholia super terram
1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
5 ¶ He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. 6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. 7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. 9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
10 ¶ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. 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 slew him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.