This Article: (5 Pages)
- 1. How Old was Ahaziah?
- 2. Daughter of Omri: Ahab blotted out
- 3. About Jehoshaphat
- 4. Ahaziah killed with sons of Ahab
- 5. Jehosphat vs Jezebel, Ahaziah &... Athaliah
4) Ahaziah killed with sons of Ahab
Whereas Elisha can't bear to be even in the presence of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat's grandson Ahaziah, sadly, has great affection for Joram. So much so that he willingly goes to the centre of Jezebel's power in Jezreel,
And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. (2Kings 8:29)
So well known in Israel was this strong connection with the house of Ahab, that Jehu treats Ahaziah king of Judah as a son of Ahab. When Ahaziah is king of Judah and goes to work with his uncle Joram son of Ahab the king of Israel, Jehu on a mission to kill all the sons of Ahab, kills Ahaziah, king of Judah!
The destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. (2Chr 22:7)
Ahaziah does not die immediately, but makes it to Megiddo. His servants return his body to Jerusalem (2 Kings 9:27-28).
At the time when Ahaziah is killed, his brethren and all their entourage are on their way to visit both the king and queen in Israel.
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, 'Who are ye?'
And they answered, 'We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.' (2Kings 10:11-13)
Who was the queen in Israel at the time? Was it Jezebel, who even Jehu respects calling her 'a king's daughter'? In any case Jezebel was still in the Royal house in Jezreel, and the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah were heading towards her influence, which was the men who she had chosen to bring up her own and Ahab's sons in Samaria. Jehu spoke of this influence,
When Joram saw Jehu, that he said, 'Is it peace, Jehu?'
And he answered, 'What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?' (2Kings 9:22)
The brethren of Ahaziah never made it back to Jerusalem, as their bodies with their companions (42 people in all) were buried in a mass grave in Samaria. Ahaziah's body was brought back to Jerusalem, and what happened then is remarkable. Was he 23? or 43? As a clue his mother Athaliah was still very active, and remarkably powerful.
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