Abimelech
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King Jehu
And it came to pass, that when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, he slew them. And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.-2 Chronicles 22:8-12***Ahaziah was born to King Jehoram (Joram) and Athaliah. Jehoram was the 5th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. Ahaziah was the 6th king to rule Judah. After Athaliah learned that Ahaziah was dead, she caused her royal descendants to be killed and she began to rule Judah. King Ahab was the 7th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land. Ahab was Athaliah's father. Jezebel, a Sidonian (Zidonian) princess, was Ahab's wife. Athaliah knew that Jezebel caused many prophets of the Lord God to be killed, and knew that after Jehoram began to reign, he murdered his brothers and murdered some princes from the northern nation of Israel. Athaliah did not know that Ahaziah's son Joash (Jehoash) was rescued by Ahaziah's sister Jehoshabeath (Jehosheba) and hidden in the priests' quarters in the temple of the Lord. When Joash was 7 years old, he was anointed and became the 7th king to rule Judah. Over 750 years Ahab and Jezebel's son Ahaziah became the 8th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, and Amaziah, the son born to Joash and Jehoaddan, became the 8th king to rule Judah, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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