also called Jehoahaz
Son of Joram and Athaliah, and king of Judah who reigned for only one year. Ahaziah followed the wicked ways of the house of Ahab, influenced by his mother Athaliah, who was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. He allied himself with King Joram of Israel and was killed by Jehu during Jehu's purge of Ahab's dynasty. His death left a power vacuum that his mother Athaliah exploited to seize the throne—the only woman to rule Judah. Matthew's genealogy skips Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah, likely because of their connection to the cursed house of Ahab.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.2 Kings 8:25 · Berean Standard Bible
In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab. Then Ahaziah went…
Elisha weeps because he sees what Hazael will do to Israel. The king of Aram is about to become Israel's cruelest enemy.
When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David. (In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah had become king over Judah.)
Anointed king in secret, Jehu drives his chariot at full speed. Jezebel paints her face and waits. The reckoning comes through the window.
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his…
A wicked king killed after one year. His mother seizes the throne and slaughters the royal family. One infant is hidden. The dynasty hangs by a thread.
Ahaziah is generation 40 of the 64 Scripture traces from Adam to Jesus, following Asa → Jehoshaphat → Joram, and followed by Joash → Amaziah → Uzziah. See the whole line.
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