This document is about Ahaziah (King of Israel). For other homonyms, please refer to the Ahaziah document. Ahaziah (King of Israel) was the son of Ahab (King of Israel) and the 8th king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. [See Genealogy of the Kingdom of Israel] He succeeded King Ahab after his death and reigned for 2 years.
1 Kings 22:40Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
1 Kings 22:51He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin.1 Kings 22:52He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so.1 Kings 22:53He served Baal and worshiped him, and provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways that his father had done so.
2 Kings 1:1Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper room that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness.”
그리고 그는 난간에서 떨어져 병이 들게 되었는데, 에그론의 신 바알세붑에게 이 병이 나을지를 물어보는 죄를 행하게 되나.
2 Kings 1:2But Yahweh’s angel said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
이에 하나님께서는 진노하셔서 엘리야(선지자)에게 말을 전하게 하신다.
2 Kings 1:3Now therefore Yahweh says, “You will not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you will surely die.” ’ ” Then Elijah departed.2 Kings 1:4The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, “Why is it that you have returned?”
결국 그는 엘리야의 대언대로 죽고, 여호람이 왕이 된다.
2 Kings 1:17Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?