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title = "2 Chronicles 22:1–12"
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date = "2025-03-19"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2Chronicles22.1-12)
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After Jehoram died, he had only one son remaining to become king, his youngest son Ahaziah.
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Just as Athaliah counseled her husband in the ways of her father Ahab, so did she counsel her son as well.
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Besides the further encouragement of idolatry, Ahaziah's counselors also let him join the king of Israel in a war with Syria, and this turned out to be his undoing.
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At the battle of Ramoth-gilead (again) king Joram is injured.
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Being his nephew and ally, Ahaziah goes to visit him where he is recuperating in Jezreel.
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However, the Elisha had prophesied that Jehu would bring about the destruction of the house of Ahab, the father of Joram and the grandfather of Ahaziah.
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Jehu met the kings at Jezreel and killed them, though Ahaziah escaped for a short time.
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Unlike his father, Ahaziah was given an honorable burial on account of his other grandfather, Jehoshaphat.
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Athaliah, the queen mother, took this opportunity to grab the throne and rule Judah herself.
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She began a purge of the entire royal family so that none would be able to challenge her.
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However, God's promises to David that his throne would never lack a son would not be defeated so easily.
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Jehoram's daughter Jehoshabeath hid away Ahaziah's son Joash in the temple of the Lord, because she was married to the priest Jehoiada.
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There he remained hidden for six years.
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You are the Wonderful Counselor, and You instruct us in the proper ways.
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