2 Chronicles 22 - CEVUS06 & KKG20

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.

Judab di gao-aob Ahasiab

(2 Gao-aogu 8:25-292 9:21-28)

1 Arabiaǁîn ge ǃhūba ǁnāǂam tsî gao-aob Jorammi ôagu hoaga ǃgam tsî hoagu xa ǂkham ǀgôab, Ahasiab ǀguiba ge ǁnāxū, on ge Jerusalems ǁanǂgāsabena Ahasiaba, ǁîb îb soas ǃnâ gao-aose ge mâi. 2-3 Ahasiab ge ǀgamdisiǀgamǀa kurixab a hîa ge gao-ao kai, tsîb ge ǀgui kuriba Jerusalems ǃnâ ge ǂgaeǂgui. ǁÎb tsîn ge gao-aob Axab surib di aiǁgausa ge sao, ǁîb îs Atalias, gao-aob Axab ôa tsî Israeli gao-aob Omrib ǁnuris gere ǀapemā tsî ǂgaeǂhapu bi xui-ao. 4 ǁÎb ge ǃKhūb ǃoagu ge ǁore, ǁîb îb di ǁōb khaoǃgân ge nau khoen, gao-aob Axab surib dina ǁîb di ǀapemā-ao kai tsî ǁîb di ǁnāsa ǃaroma xui-ao. 5 ǁÎn di ǀapemāsa sao tsîb ge Israeli gao-aob Axab ôab Jorammi ǀkha, Siriab gao-aob Hasaeli ǃoagu ge torodī. Ramots Gileadi dis tawab ge Joramma torob ǃnâ ge tsuihe. 6 ǁÎb ge Jesreels ǁga Ramas ǃnâb ge Siriab gao-aob Hasaeli ǀkhab ge ūhâ i ǃkhammi ǃnâ hō ǀhapidi âba xub nî ǂgause ge oa. Tsîb ge Judab gao-aob Jorammi di ôab Ahasiaba ǁnāpa Axab ôab Joramma nî sarise ge sī, ǁîb ge ǀaesen hâ i xui-ao.

7 Jorammi ge Ahasiaba sari, saris ǃnâ-ub ge Eloba Ahasiab di ǁnāsa ge ī kai. Jorammi ge ǁnāpa sīs khaoǃgâ kha ge ǁîkha Nimsib ôab Jehub, ǃKhūb xa ge Axab gaosisab nî hîkākāse ǁhûiǂuiheb ǃoagu ge torodī. 8 Elob di ǁkharabab Jehuba Axab gaosis ǂama ra dīǀoaǀoa, hîab ge ǁîba Judab di ǂamkhoegu tsî Ahasiab ǃgâsagu di ôagu, Ahasiab ǀkha ge ǁnāpa sīga ǀhao-ū tsî ǁîgu hoaga ge ǃgam. 9 ǁNās khaoǃgâ gu ge Ahasiaba ôa tsî Samarias ǃnâb gau hâ hîa hō, tsî Jehub tawa sī-ū tsî ge ǃgam bi. Xawen ge ǁîb ǁnaosab gao-aob Josafati, ǃKhūba ge ǁîb di ǂgaob hoab ǀkha gere ǃoabab di ǃgôasib ǃaroma, Ahasiaba ǃgôasib ǀkha ge ǁkhō.

Ahasiab di suriba xu i ge ǂgaeǂguisa ū ǁkhā khoe-i xare-e ǃgau tama ge i.

Judab gao-aos Atalias

(2 Gao-aogu 11:1-3)

10 Ahasiab îs Atalias ge ǀgôab âs go ǃgamhe ǃkhaisas ge mûo, hoaraga khoen Judab gao-aob surib din nî ǃgamǂuihe ǃkhaisa ge mîmā. 11 Ahasiab ôab Joasi ǀguib ge ge ûiǂoa. ǁÎb ge nau gaoǀgôagu ǀkhab nî ǃgamhes aiǃâ, Ahasiab di ǃgâs tsî ǁkhāti gao-aob Jorammi ôas, prister Jojadab ǀkha ge ǃgame hâ is, Jehosebas xa ge huiǂuihe. ǁÎs ge ǁîb tsî ǀgôaǃûi-aos âb tsîra, ǃgamheb tidega Tempeli tawa, ǁomǃnâ-oms ǃnâ ge gaugau. 12 ǁÎb ge ǁnāpa ǃnani kurigu kōse sâusase ge hâ, Atalias gao-aose ǂnôas kōse.