1Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs22:1 2Ch 21:16 to the camp had killed all the older sons.22:1 Lit the former ones So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

2Ahaziah22:2–6 2Kg 8:24–29 was twenty-two22:2 Some LXX mss, Syr; MT reads 42; 2Kg 8:26 years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter22:2 Lit daughter of Omri.

10When22:10–12 2Kg 11:1–3 Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs22:10 Lit seed of the house of Judah.

11Jehoshabeath,22:11 = Jehosheba; 2Kg 11:2 the king’s daughter, rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. Now Jehoshabeath was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of the priest Jehoiada. Since she was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she did not kill him.

12He was hiding with them in God’s temple for six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.