II Chronicles · Chapter 22 King James Version

II Chronicles 22:8

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The Scripture

(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Ahaziah became king of Judah at his mother Athaliah's wicked counsel and walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, joining Joram of Israel in battle against Hazael of Syria. When Jehu carried out the LORD's judgment against the house of Ahab, he also killed Ahaziah, after which Athaliah seized the throne and destroyed all the royal seed of Judah except the infant Joash, who was hidden away.

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