1 And the inhabitants of Yerushalayim appointed Aḥazyahu his youngest son to reign in his place, for the raiding band that came with the Araḇians into the camp had slain all the older sons. So Aḥazyahu son of Yahoram, sovereign of Yahuḏah, reigned.
2 Aḥazyahu was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerushalayim one year. And his mother’s name was Athalyahu the granddaughter of Omri.
3 He too walked in the ways of the house of Aḥaḇ, for his mother counselled him to do wickedly.
4 And he did evil in the eyes of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, like the house of Aḥaḇ, for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
5 He also walked in their counsel, and went with Yahoram son of Aḥaḇ sovereign of Yisra’ĕl to fight against Ḥaza’ĕl sovereign of Aram at Ramoth Gil’aḏ. And the Arameans smote Yoram,
6 and he returned to Yizre’ĕl to recover from the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Ḥaza’ĕl sovereign of Aram. And Azaryahu son of Yahoram, sovereign of Yahuḏah, went down to see Yahoram son of Aḥaḇ in Yizre’ĕl, for he was sick.
7 But from Elohim came the downfall of Aḥazyahu, through his coming to Yoram. For when he came he went out with Yahoram against Yahu son of Nimshi, whom 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had anointed to cut off the house of Aḥaḇ.
8 And it came to be, when Yahu was executing judgment on the house of Aḥaḇ, that he found the rulers of Yahuḏah and the sons of Aḥazyahu’s brothers who served Aḥazyahu, and slew them.
9 So he searched for Aḥazyahu, and they caught him while he was hiding in Shomeron, and brought him to Yahu, and put him to death, then buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Yahoshaphat, who sought 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 with all his heart.” And there was none in the house of Aḥazyahu strong enough to reign.
10 And when Athalyahu the mother of Aḥazyahu saw that her son was dead, she rose up and destroyed all the offspring of the reign of the house of Yahuḏah.
11 But Yahoshaḇ’ath, the daughter of the sovereign, took Yo’ash son of Aḥazyahu, and stole him away from among the sovereign’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. So Yahoshaḇ’ath, the daughter of Sovereign Yahoram, the wife of Yahoyaḏa the kohĕn, because she was the sister of Aḥazyahu, hid him from Athalyahu so that she could not put him to death.
12 And he was hidden with them in the House of Elohim for six years, while Athalyah was reigning over the land.