2 Chronicles 22 - CEVUS06 & HRR

King Ahaziah of Judah

1 Earlier, when the Arabs led a raid against Judah, they killed all of Jehoram's sons, except Ahaziah, the youngest one. So the people of Jerusalem crowned him their king. 2 He was 22 years old at the time, and he ruled only one year from Jerusalem.

Ahaziah's mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel, 3 and she encouraged her son to sin against the Lord. He followed the evil example of King Ahab and his descendants. 4 In fact, after his father's death, Ahaziah sinned against the Lord by appointing some of Ahab's relatives to be his advisors.

Their advice led to his downfall. 5 He listened to them and went with King Joram of Israel to attack King Hazael and the Syrian troops at Ramoth in Gilead. Joram was wounded in that battle, 6 and he went to the town of Jezreel to recover. And Ahaziah later went there to visit him. 7 It was during that visit that God had Ahaziah put to death.

When Ahaziah arrived at Jezreel, he and Joram went to meet with Jehu grandson of Nimshi. The Lord had already told Jehu to kill every male in Ahab's family, 8 and while Jehu was doing that, he saw some of Judah's leaders and Ahaziah's nephews who had come with Ahaziah. Jehu killed them on the spot, 9 then gave orders to find Ahaziah. Jehu's officers found him hiding in Samaria. They brought Ahaziah to Jehu, who immediately put him to death. They buried Ahaziah only because they respected Jehoshaphat his grandfather, who had done his best to obey the Lord.

There was no one from Ahaziah's family left to become king of Judah.

Queen Athaliah of Judah

(2 Kings 11.1-3)

10 As soon as Athaliah heard that her son King Ahaziah was dead, she decided to kill any relative who could possibly become king. She would have done just that, 11 but Jehosheba rescued Joash son of Ahaziah just as the others were about to be murdered. Jehosheba, who was Jehoram's daughter and Ahaziah's half sister, was married to Jehoiada the priest. So she was able to hide her nephew Joash and his personal servant in a bedroom in the Lord's temple where he was safe from Athaliah. 12 Joash hid in the temple with them for six years while Athaliah ruled as queen of Judah.

Ahasia ma rire ombara mOjuda

(2Ozo 8:25-292Ozo 9:21-28)

1 Ovaaraba tjiva va taurira mozondanda nave zepa ovazandu avehe vombara Jehoram, posi ya Ahasia, ingwi ongero. Komuhingo mbwi ovandu va Jerusalem otji va zika Ahasia a rire omupingene wa ihe mouhona. 2 Ahasia wa rira ombara tja ri nozombura omirongo vivari na mbari; neye wa honapara mOjerusalem oure wombura imwe. Ina wa ri Atalja, omusuko wombara Ahab, nomusuko womusuko wa Omri, ombara ya Israel. 3 Ahasia wina wa horera kotjikaro tjeṱunḓu rombara Ahab, ina tjinga e mu popera kouvi. 4 Eye wa tura ondjo komurungu wa Muhona, orondu kombunda yonḓiro ya ihe, ovandu veṱunḓu rombara Ahab ombaa ve mu popere kombandjarero ye. 5 Ahasia wa zuva kondunge yawo ne rikutu kuna Jehoram, omuzandu wa Ahab ombara ya Israel, movita okurwisa Hasael, ombara ya Sirie. Ovimbumba vyovita vya hakaenena kOramot mOgilead, nu Joram wa tendwa motjirwa. 6 Jehoram wa yaruka kotjihuro Jesreel okukaveruka ovito vye, nu Ahasia wa ya ngo okukemuvarura.

7 Ndjambi wa tjita kutja omavaruriro nga wa Ahasia ku Joram ye ete onyoneno ku ye. Ahasia ngunda e ri ngo, eye na Jehoram va rwisiwa i Jehu, omuzandu wa Nimsi, ngwa twirisirwe i Muhona kutja a nyone ouhona wa Ahab. 8 Jehu ngunda ama eta omberero ya Ndjambi kouhona wa Ahab, wa hakaena notjira mu mwa ri ovanane vOvajuda novasya va Ahasia, mba kongorera Ahasia mouyenda we. Nu Jehu we ve zepa avehe. 9 Tjazumba Ahasia wa pahewa; nowo ve kemuvaza a ṱara mOsamaria. Owo ve mu twara ku Jehu nave mu zepa. Nungwari va paka orurova rwe mena rondjozikiro ku ihe mukururume, ombara Josafat, ngwa karerere Muhona nomutima we auhe.

Kapa ri umwe weṱunḓu ra Ahasia ngwa hupa, nu ngwa yenena okuhonapara.

Atalja ma rire ombara oserekaze mOjuda

(2Ozo 11:1-3)

10 Kamanga Atalja, ina yombara Ahasia, tja zuva kutja omuzandu we wa ṱu, otja rakiza kutja ovandu avehe veṱunḓu rombara ya Juda ve ṱe. 11 Ahasia wa ri nomuṱena wena Joseba, ngwa kupirwe i omupristeri Jojada. Joseba wa yama Joas, umwe wovazandu va Ahasia, mongumumu, e mu isa po povazandu ovakwao vombara, mba ri pokuṱa, ne mu horeke puna omumuṱakamise metuwo romapwikiro wovirare mondjuwo ya Muhona. Joseba wa horeka Joas ku Atalja kutja a ha ṱu. 12 Joas wa horekwa mo oure wozombura hamboumwe, Atalja ngunda ehonapara otja ombara oserekaze.