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May 14, 2024 · At the age of 22, Ahaziah became the sixth king of Judah (2 Kings 8:26; 2 Chronicles 22:1). He took the throne after the death of his father Jehoram, also known as Joram (2 Chronicles 21:19). Jehoram (Ahaziah’s father) had married Athaliah, the daughter of Jezebel and Ahab, king of Israel, in an alliance with their cousins to the north. Like ...
26 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 2 He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.
They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there. 28 His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his ancestors in his tomb in the City of David. 29 (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king of Judah.)
Apr 10, 2024 · King Ahaziah of Judah also suffered because of choosing poor partners. Although he was born into the house of Judah and the covenant of the Messiah, King Ahaziah of Judah allied with the idolatrous king of Israel. The alliance with his uncle led to military failure and death at Jehu’s hands.
17 Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. Since he had no son, Joram [ d ] ( S ) became king in his place. This happened in the second year of Judah’s King Jehoram ( T ) son of Jehoshaphat.
Ahaziah tried to flee, but an arrow from Jehu's bow ended his life and his rule over Judea at a very critical moment when there was no one else to take over the reins of the kingdom. Permission was given for his body to be taken to Jerusalem , where it was buried in the grave of his ancestors.
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. 8 While 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.
