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Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu's soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So they brought Ahaziah to Jehu and killed him. They buried him, for they said, "He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.

And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men-those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty-for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.

And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, "Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest had said, "She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD."

He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.

Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?"

For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD-utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.

And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Yet he did not put their sons to death, according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: "Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin."

He also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

But a man of God came to him and said, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel-not with any of the Ephraimites.

Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow."

But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.