2 Chronicles 22

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	MODERN HEBREW BIBLE
1 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem appointed his youngest son, Ahaziah, as king in his place. For the robbers of the Arabians, who had fallen upon the camp, had put to death all those who were greater by birth before him. And so Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, reigned as king of Judah.	1 וימליכו יושבי ירושלם את אחזיהו בנו הקטן תחתיו כי כל הראשנים הרג הגדוד הבא בערבים למחנה וימלך אחזיהו בן יהורם מלך יהודה
2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.	2 בן ארבעים ושתים שנה אחזיהו במלכו ושנה אחת מלך בירושלם ושם אמו עתליהו בת עמרי
3 But he too went forth in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother impelled him to act impiously.	3 גם הוא הלך בדרכי בית אחאב כי אמו היתה יועצתו להרשיע
4 And so he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as the house of Ahab did. For after the death of his father, they were counselors to him, to his destruction.	4 ויעש הרע בעיני יהוה כבית אחאב כי המה היו לו יועצים אחרי מות אביו למשחית לו
5 And he walked in their counsels. And he went with Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, to war against Hazael, the king of Syria, at Ramoth Gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram.	5 גם בעצתם הלך וילך את יהורם בן אחאב מלך ישראל למלחמה על חזאל מלך ארם ברמות גלעד ויכו הרמים את יורם
6 And he returned, so that he might be cured at Jezreel. For he had received many wounds in the above-stated battle. And so Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, the king of Judah, descended, so that he might visit Joram, the son of Ahab, at Jezreel, while he was ill.	6 וישב להתרפא ביזרעאל כי המכים אשר הכהו ברמה בהלחמו את חזהאל מלך ארם ועזריהו בן יהורם מלך יהודה ירד לראות את יהורם בן אחאב ביזרעאל כי חלה הוא
7 Indeed, it was the will of God against Ahaziah that he would go to Joram, and when he had gone, that he also would go out with him against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.	7 ומאלהים היתה תבוסת אחזיהו לבוא אל יורם ובבאו יצא עם יהורם אל יהוא בן נמשי אשר משחו יהוה להכרית את בית אחאב
8 Therefore, when Jehu was overthrowing the house of Ahab, he found the leaders of Judah, with the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, who were ministering to him, and he put them to death.	8 ויהי כהשפט יהוא עם בית אחאב וימצא את שרי יהודה ובני אחי אחזיהו משרתים לאחזיהו ויהרגם
9 Also, while he himself was seeking Ahaziah, he found him to be hiding in Samaria. And having been led to him, he killed him. And they buried him, because he was the son of Jehoshaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. But there was no longer any hope that someone from the stock of Ahaziah would reign.	9 ויבקש את אחזיהו וילכדהו והוא מתחבא בשמרון ויבאהו אל יהוא וימתהו ויקברהו כי אמרו בן יהושפט הוא אשר דרש את יהוה בכל לבבו ואין לבית אחזיהו לעצר כח לממלכה
10 For indeed, his mother, Athaliah, seeing that her son had died, rose up and killed the entire royal stock of the house of Jehoram.	10 ועתליהו אם אחזיהו ראתה כי מת בנה ותקם ותדבר את כל זרע הממלכה לבית יהודה
11 But Jehosheba, the daughter of the king, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from the midst the king’s sons when they were being slain. And she hid him with his nurse in a bedroom. Now Jehosheba, the one who had hidden him, was the daughter of king Jehoram, and the wife of the high priest Jehoiada, and the sister of Ahaziah. And because of this, Athaliah did not kill him.	11 ותקח יהושבעת בת המלך את יואש בן אחזיהו ותגנב אתו מתוך בני המלך המומתים ותתן אתו ואת מינקתו בחדר המטות ותסתירהו יהושבעת בת המלך יהורם אשת יהוידע הכהן כי היא היתה אחות אחזיהו מפני עתליהו ולא המיתתהו
12 Therefore, he was with them, hidden in the house of God, for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.	12 ויהי אתם בבית האלהים מתחבא שש שנים ועתליה מלכת על הארץ