Ahaziah King of Judah
1The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah king in place of Jehoram. Ahaziah was Jehoram’s youngest son. Robbers had come with the Arabs into Jehoram’s camp. The robbers had killed all his older sons. So Ahaziah, the king of Judah, began to rule. He was the son of Jehoram.
2Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah. She was a granddaughter of Omri.
3Ahaziah also followed the ways of the royal family of Ahab. That’s because Ahaziah’s mother gave him bad advice. She told him to do what was wrong. 4So he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did what the family of Ahab had done. After Ahaziah’s father died, the members of Ahab’s family became his advisers. That’s what destroyed him. 5He also followed their advice when he joined forces with Joram, the king of Israel. They went to war against Hazael at Ramoth Gilead. Joram was the son of Ahab. Hazael was king of Aram. The soldiers of Aram wounded Joram. 6So he returned to Jezreel to give his wounds time to heal. His enemies had wounded him at Ramoth in his battle against Hazael, the king of Aram.
Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, went down to Jezreel. He went there to see Joram. That’s because Joram had been wounded. Ahaziah was king of Judah. Joram was the son of Ahab.
7Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God caused Ahaziah to fall from power. When Ahaziah arrived, he rode out with Joram to meet Jehu, the son of Nimshi. The Lord had anointed Jehu to destroy the royal family of Ahab. 8So Jehu punished Ahab’s family, just as the Lord had told him to. While he was doing it, he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives. They had been serving Ahaziah. So Jehu killed them. 9Then he went to look for Ahaziah. Jehu’s men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. People buried him, because they said, “He was a grandson of Jehoshaphat, who followed the Lord with all his heart.” So no one in the royal family of Ahaziah was powerful enough to keep the kingdom.
Athaliah and Joash
10Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead. So she began to wipe out the whole royal family of Judah. 11But Jehosheba went and got Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Jehosheba was the daughter of King Jehoram. She stole Joash away from among the royal princes. All of them were about to be murdered. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom. Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, was the wife of Jehoiada the priest. She was also Ahaziah’s sister. So Jehosheba hid the child from Athaliah. That’s why Athaliah couldn’t kill him. 12The child remained hidden with the priest and his wife at God’s temple for six years. Athaliah ruled over the land during that time.
Ahasiah ọba Juda
122.1-6: 2Ọb 8.24-29.Àwọn ènìyàn Jerusalẹmu mú Ahasiah, ọmọ Jehoramu tí ó kéré jùlọ, jẹ ọba ní ipò rẹ̀, láti ìgbà tí àwọn onísùnmọ̀mí, tí ó wá pẹ̀lú àwọn ará Arabia sínú ibùdó, tí wọn sì ti pa àwọn ọmọkùnrin àgbà. Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Ahasiah ọmọ Jehoramu ọba Juda bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí ní jẹ ọba.
2Ahasiah jẹ́ ẹni ọdún méjìlélógún nígbà tí ó di ọba. Ó sì jẹ ọba ní Jerusalẹmu fún ọdún kan. Orúkọ ìyá rẹ̀ a máa jẹ́ Ataliah, Ọmọ ọmọbìnrin Omri.
3Ó mú ìrìn ní ọ̀nà ilé Ahabu. Nítorí tí ìyá rẹ̀ kì í láyà nínú ṣíṣe búburú. 4Ó ṣe búburú ní ojú Olúwa, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ilé Ahabu ti ṣe, Nítorí lẹ́yìn ikú baba a rẹ̀, wọ́n di olùgbani nímọ̀ràn rẹ̀ sí ṣíṣe rẹ̀. 5Ó tẹ̀lé ìgbìmọ̀ wọn nígbà tí ó lọ pẹ̀lú Joramu ọmọ Ahabu ọba Israẹli láti gbógun ti Hasaeli ọba Aramu ní Ramoti Gileadi. Àwọn ará Aramu ṣá Joramu ní ọgbẹ́; 6Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó padà sí Jesreeli láti wo ọgbẹ́ rẹ̀ sàn tí wọ́n ti dá sí i lára ní Rama ní ojú ogun rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú Hasaeli ọba Siria.
Nígbà náà, Ahasiah, ọmọ Jehoramu ọba Juda lọ sí Jesreeli láti lọ rí Joramu ọmọ Ahabu nítorí a ti ṣá a lọ́gbẹ́.
722.7-9: 2Ọb 9.1–10.36.Ní gbogbo ìgbà ìbẹ̀wò Ahasiah sí Joramu, Ọlọ́run mú ìṣubú Ahasiah wá. Nígbà tí Ahasiah dé, ó jáde lọ pẹ̀lú Jehoramu láti lọ bá Jehu ọmọ Nimṣi, ẹni tí Olúwa ti fi ààmì òróró yàn láti pa ìdílé Ahabu run. 8Nígbà tí Jehu ń ṣe ìdájọ́ lórí ilé Ahabu, ó rí àwọn ọmọbìnrin ọba ti Juda àti àwọn ọmọkùnrin ìbátan Ahasi, tí ó ń tọ́jú Ahasiah, ó sì pa wọ́n. 9Ó lọ láti wá Ahasiah, àti àwọn ọkùnrin rẹ̀. Àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀ ṣẹ́gun rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó sápamọ́ ní Samaria. A gbé e wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Jehu, a sì pa á. Wọ́n sin ín nítorí wọ́n wí pé “Ọmọkùnrin Jehoṣafati ni, ẹni tí ó wá Olúwa pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn rẹ̀.” Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí ẹnìkan ní ilé Ahasiah tí ó lágbára láti gbé ìjọba náà dúró.
Ataliah àti Joaṣi
1022.10–23.21: 2Ọb 11.1-20.Nígbà tí Ataliah ìyá Ahasiah rí i wí pé ọmọkùnrin rẹ̀ ti kú, ó tẹ̀síwájú láti pa gbogbo ìdílé ọba ti ilẹ̀ Juda run. 11Ṣùgbọ́n Jehoṣeba ọmọbìnrin ọba Jehoramu mú Joaṣi, ọmọkùnrin Ahasiah ó sì jí gbé lọ kúrò láàrín àwọn ọmọbìnrin ọba, àwọn tí ó kù díẹ̀ kí wọn pa. Wọn gbé òun àti olùtọ́jú rẹ̀ sínú ìyẹ̀wù. Nítorí Jehoṣeba ọmọbìnrin ọba Jehoramu àti ìyàwó àlùfáà Jehoiada jẹ́ arábìnrin Ahasiah. Ó fi ọmọ naà pamọ́ kúrò fún Ataliah, kí ó má ba à pa á. 12Ó wà ní ìpamọ́ pẹ̀lú wọn ni ilé Ọlọ́run fún ọdún mẹ́fà nígbà tí Ataliah ṣàkóso ilẹ̀ náà.
