<p class="bodytext">God&#8217;s Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded.

<t /><p class="bodytext">There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa&#8217;s reign.

He followed in the footsteps of Ahab&#8217;s dynasty,<n id="1" /> for his mother gave him evil advice.<n id="2" />

He ruled for three years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab&#8217;s dynasty had done, for he married Ahab&#8217;s daughter.<n id="1" /> He did evil in the sight of<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.

In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict the king and the officers had issued at the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s command.<n id="1" />

The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events<n id="1" /> so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made<n id="2" /> through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.p>

They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the <sc>Lordsc> caused them to panic.<n id="1" /> The men of Judah<n id="2" /> looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods.<n id="3" />

Then in the midst of the assembly, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph.

<p class="bodytext">God brought about Ahaziah&#8217;s downfall through his visit to Joram.<n id="1" /> When Ahaziah<n id="2" /> arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the <sc>Lordsc> had commissioned<n id="3" /> to wipe out Ahab&#8217;s family.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">God said to Solomon, &#8220;Because you desire this,<n id="1" /> and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies,<n id="2" /> and because you did not ask for long life,<n id="3" /> but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king,

So Jehoshabeath,<n id="1" /> the daughter of King Jehoram,<n id="2" /> took Ahaziah&#8217;s son Joash and sneaked him away<n id="3" /> from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him.