Now in the fifthyearof Joramthe sonof Ahabkingof Israel,Jehoshaphatbeing then the kingof Judah,Jehoramthe sonof Jehoshaphatkingof Judahbecameking.
Jehoshaphatwas thirty-fiveyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedtwenty-fiveyearsin Jerusalem.And his mother'snamewas Azubahthe daughterof Shilhi.
Jehoshaphatalso madepeacewith the kingof Israel.
And Jehoshaphatsleptwith his fathersand was buriedwith his fathersin the cityof his fatherDavid,and Jehoramhis sonbecamekingin his place.
Ahaziahthe sonof AhabbecamekingoverIsraelin Samariain the seventeenthyearof Jehoshaphatkingof Judah,and he reignedtwo yearsoverIsrael.
So Ahaziah diedaccording to the wordof the LORDwhichElijahhad spoken.And becausehe hadnoson,Jehorambecamekingin his placein the secondyearof Jehoramthe sonof Jehoshaphat,kingof Judah.
But Jehosheba,the daughterof KingJoram,sisterof Ahaziah,tookJoashthe sonof Ahaziahand stolehim from amongthe king'ssonswho were being putto death,and placedhim and his nursein the bedroom.So they hidhim from Athaliah,and he was not putto death.
Now Jehoramthe sonof AhabbecamekingoverIsraelat Samariain the eighteenthyearof Jehoshaphatkingof Judah,and reignedtwelveyears.
In the twelfthyearof Joramthe sonof Ahabkingof Israel,Ahaziahthe sonof Jehoramkingof Judahbegan to reign.
Then the inhabitantsof JerusalemmadeAhaziah,his youngestson,kingin his place,for the bandof men who camewith the Arabsto the camphad slainallthe older[sons]. So Ahaziahthe sonof Jehoramkingof Judahbegan to reign.
