When King Ahaziah was killed, one of his sons should have become King of Judah. He killed both Joram (king of Israel) and Ahaziah (king of Judah) – 2 Kings 9:14-29. He also killed all of the prophets of Baal in Israel ( 2 Kings 10:18-35). 2 Kings 10:1-17 records how he brutally wiped out all of old King Ahab’s descendants (including Ahab’s widow, Jezebel – 2 Kings 9:30-37). Jehu proceeded to destroy the royal family of Israel. Elisha anointed Jehu, an army commander, as the new king of Israel. Meanwhile, the political scene really heated up in Israel. Ahaziah became the 6th king of Judah and ruled for one year. Athaliah (the daughter of Israel’s King Ahab and Queen Jezebel) had married Jehoram (son of Judah’s King Jehoshaphat) to cement a treaty ( 2 Chronicles 18:1). The politics of Israel and Judah intertwine at this point.
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