Ahaziah King of Judah
1The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
2Ahaziah was twenty-two22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.
3He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. 4He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing. 5He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram22:5 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 6 and 7 son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram; 6so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth22:6 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah22:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.
7Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.” So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.
Athaliah and Joash
10When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. 11But Jehosheba,22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba,22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. 12He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
犹大王亚哈谢
1耶路撒冷的居民拥立约兰的小儿子亚哈谢22:1 “亚哈谢”即21:17提到的“约哈斯”。为王。因为约兰的其他儿子都被那些与阿拉伯人同来攻营的匪徒杀了，于是犹大王约兰的儿子亚哈谢做了王。 2亚哈谢二十二岁22:2 参考《七十士译本》、叙利亚译本和列王纪下8:26。希伯来文是“四十二岁”。登基，在耶路撒冷执政一年。他母亲叫亚她利雅，是暗利的孙女。 3他步亚哈家的后尘，因为他母亲唆使他作恶。 4他像亚哈家一样做耶和华视为恶的事，因为他父亲死后，亚哈家便唆使他作恶，使他走向灭亡。 5他照亚哈家的主意，与以色列王亚哈的儿子约兰一起去基列的拉末与亚兰王哈薛交战。亚兰人击伤约兰， 6约兰便回到耶斯列养伤。约兰的儿子犹大王亚哈谢22:6 “亚哈谢”希伯来文是“亚撒利雅”。下到耶斯列探望他，因为他病了。
7亚哈谢去见约兰，遇害身亡，这事出于上帝。原来他到那里后便与约兰去攻击宁示的孙子耶户。耶户是耶和华膏立去毁灭亚哈家的人。 8耶户讨伐亚哈家的时候，遇见犹大众首领和亚哈谢的众侄儿，他们都是服侍亚哈谢的，耶户就把他们全部杀掉。 9然后耶户搜捕亚哈谢，民众找到躲在撒玛利亚的亚哈谢，把他押到耶户那里杀了。他们念他是全心寻求耶和华的约沙法的孙子，就把他埋葬了。这样，亚哈谢家无人能保住王位。
亚她利雅篡权
10亚哈谢的母亲亚她利雅见儿子死了，便动手除掉整个犹大王室。 11但约兰王的女儿、亚哈谢的妹妹约示巴把亚哈谢的儿子约阿施从将要被杀的王子中偷出来，把他和他的乳母藏在一间卧室里，才躲过亚她利雅的杀戮。约示巴是耶何耶大祭司的妻子。 12约阿施和他们在上帝的殿里藏了六年。那时亚她利雅当政。
