II. CHRoniIcLES XXIII. 5.

5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the_son_of Ahab king_of Israél to xwar against Hazaél king_of Syria at Ramoth-gilead : and the Syrians smote je Joram.
6 And he returned to be_healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were_given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazaél king_of Syria. And a Azariah the_son_of Jehoram king_of Judah went_down to see -Jehoram the_ son_of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was_sick.
7 And the_destruction_of Ahaziah was of =God by coming toJ Joram: for
when he was_come, he went_out with |7 Jehoram against Jehu the_son_of Nim-| ;
shi, whom ‘the Lorp had_anointed to cut_off «the_house_of Ahab.
8 And it came_to_pass, that, when Jehu was_executing judgment upon the_house_of Ahab, and found -the_ princes_of Judah, and the_sons_of the_ brethren_of Ahaziah, +that_ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
9 And he sought ~Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was_hidin Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had_slain him, they buried him: “Because,” said they, “Ite 7s the_son_of Jehoshaphat, who sought !-the Lorp with all his heart.” So the_house_of Ahaziah had no power to keep-still the kingdom.
10 But when Athaliah the_mother_of Ahaziah saw that her son was_dead, she arose and destroyed all the_seed xroyal of the-house_of Judah.
11 But je Jehoshabeath, the_daughter_ of the king, took jo-Joash the_son_of Ahaziah,: and stole hint from among the king’s sons that were_slain, and put him and his -nurse in a xbedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the_daughter_of king
Jehoram, the_wife_of Jehoiada the|Je. 4
priest, (for she was the_sister_of Aha- ziah,) hid him from «¢ Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
72 And he was with them hid in the_ house_of x=God six years : and Athaliah
reigned over the land. 2 AND in the seventh xyear jJe- hoiada strengthened _ himself, and took -the_captains_of xhundreds, Azariah the_son_of Jeroham, and Ish- maél the_son_of Jehohanan, and Aza- riah the_son_of Obed, and -Maaseiah the_son_of Adaiah, and -Elishaphat Te REO Zichri, into xcovenant with
im.
2 And they went_about in Judah, and gathered -the Levites out_of all the_ cities_of Judah, and the_chief_of the fathers of Israél, and they came to Je- rusalem.
3 And all the «congregation «made a covenant with the king in the_house_of x=God. And he said unto them, “Be- hold, the king’s son shall_reign, «cas ‘the Lorp hath said of the_sons_of David.
4 This 7s the thing that ye shall_do; A xthird_part of you entering on the sabbath, ofthe priests and of the Levites, shall be porters_of the ‘ doors ;
5 And a xthird_part shall be at the
B.C. 884.
AHAZIAH AND JEHORAM. 5, 6.2 KIN. 8, 28, 29; 9.15. je. or Je- horam,
a, Azaviah, Helped_of Jehovah, or Ahaziah, v. 1, or Je- hoahaz, Ch. 21. 17.
DEATH OF AHAZIAH.
horam. J. Jehovah.
9. Ch. 17. 4.
ATHALIAH DESTROYS THE SEED ROYAL. 10. 2 Kin. 11. 1.
JEHOSHA- BEATH
oath. jo. Joash, Je- hovah gave. at.Athaliah, Taken away-of Jehovah.
JEHOIADA APPOINTS A GUARD AROUND THE KING. 878. 1-7. 2 KIN. 11. 4-8.
j. Jehoiada, Jehovah knows.
a, assembly. ec. cut, 07 confirmed.
ae, accord- ing as Je- hovah.
t.thresholds,
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