1-4 Ahaziah succeeding, reigns wickedly 5-9 in his confederacy with Joram, the son of Ahab, he is slain by Jehu 10-12 Athaliah, destroying all the seed royal, save Joash, whom Jehoshabeath his aunt hid, usurps the kingdom

the inhabitants 2Ch 23:3 26:1 33:25 36:1

Ahaziah 2Ch 22:6

Azariah 2Ch 21:17

Jehoahaz 2Ki 8:24 1Ch 3:11

slain 2Ch 21:16,17

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.

A.M. 3119,3120 B.C. 885,884
Forty and two In the parallel passage, (on which see the Note) he is said to be only twenty-two; and this is doubtless the true reading, as it is supported here by several MSS. and Versions. 2Ki 8:26

Athaliah 2Ch 21:6 1Ki 16:28

3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

his mother Ge 6:4,5 De 7:3,4 13:6-10 Jud 17:4,5 Ne 13:23-27 Mal 2:15 Mt 14:8-11

his counsellor Ge 27:12,13 Mt 10:37 Ac 4:19

4 Wherefore 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.

they were his 2Ch 24:17,18 Pr 1:10 12:5 13:20 19:27

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 Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

He walked Ps 1:1 Mic 6:16

went with
Ramoth-gilead 2Ch 18:3,31 19:2 1Ki 22:3 Da 5:22

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.

And he returned 2Ki 9:15

which were given him [heb] wherewith they wounded him
Azariah Ahaziah, () and Jehoahaz () are essentially the same both in letters and sense, the word () {yeho} or () {yah} being merely transposed: but Azariah, () seems to have been a distinct name by which he was known. 2Ch 22:1,7

Ahaziah 2Ch 21:17

Jehoahaz
to see Hehoram?? 2Ki 8:29 10:13,14

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.

destruction [heb] treading down Mal 4:3

was of God 2Ch 10:15 De 32:35 Jud 14:4 1Ki 12:15 22:20 Ps 9:16 Isa 46:10 Ho 14:9

he went out 2Ki 9:21

the Lord had 1Ki 19:16 2Ki 9:1-7

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.

when Jehu 2Ki 10:10-14

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.

he sought Ahaziah The account in the parallel passage is somewhat different. `The current of the story at large is this,' says Dr. Lightfoot: `Jehu slayeth Joram in the field of Jezreel, as Ahaziah and Joram were together: Ahaziah seeing this, flies, and gets into Samaria, and hides himself there. Jehu marches to Jezreel, and makes Jezebel dogs' meat: from thence sends to Samaria for the heads of Ahab's children and posterity; which are brought him by night, and shewed to the people in the morning. Then he marches to Samaria, and, by the way, slayeth forty-two of Ahab's kinsmen, and findeth Jehonadab, the father of the Rechabites. Coming into Samaria, he maketh search for Ahaziah: they find him hid, bring him to Jehu, and he commands to carry him towards Gur, by Ibleam, and there to slay him. They do so: smite him in his chariot, and his charioteer driveth away to Megiddo before he dies.' `2ki 9:27, at megiddo, in the kingdom of Samaria.'

in Samaria 1Ki 13:21

Because 1Ki 14:13 2Ki 9:28,34

the son of Jehoshaphat 2Ch 17:3,4 21:20

the house 2Ch 21:1,8 21:4,17

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.

Athaliah 2Ch 22:2-4 2Ki 11:1

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.

Jehoshabeath 2Ki 11:2

bedchamber Eze 40:45,46

Jehoiada 2Ch 23:1

she slew him not 2Ch 21:7 2Sa 7:13 1Ki 15:4 Ps 33:10 76:10 Pr 21:30 Isa 65:8 Ac 4:28

12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

A.M. 3120-3126 B.C. 884-878
hid in the house Ps 27:5

Athaliah Ps 12:8 73:14,18,19 Jer 12:1 Hab 1:12