With the death of Jehoram as their king, they sought a new one. The people of Jerusalem chose Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram as their king. He became the king out of default since his other brothers were slain. He chose not to live as the Lord wanted and thus his reign was short. His rule was one year. He chose to live as King Ahaz did and with the heavy influence of his mother, sought to worship Baal. He was advised to go to battle alongside the king of Israel, Joram against the king of Aram. Joram suffered major injuries and had to retreat. Ahaziah, chose to visit his fallen comrade and he too, suffered at the hands of the Lord via Jehu. Jehu, who was the Lord's executioner killed them all and thus there was no one left from Ahaziah's family to ascend to the throne because they were too young.
Apparently as soon as the kings reached puberty they were encouraged to have children to ensure their throne. Ahaziah was only 22 when he was king and he had young children but they were too young to take the helm.
Good day at church yesterday and was capped off by going to Brooklyn Tab to see PC&D. Finished it off with a decent meal with some coupons at Macaroni Grille. Saturday was a good day as well, went to see the Flying Swords of Dragon Gate with Jet Li in 3D IMAX - awesome flick that was totally "old school". That was my first trip to Paramus in decades but well worth it. They have a decent food court and so it was a nice way to spend the first part of the day. Came home and made my "low and slow" ribs with zucchini that was well appreciated. Did some laundry and helped David out with some massive ironing while he was away. Woke up to some decent rainfall this morning and looks like that will be the order of the day. Scheduled oil change this morning and heading down to Delly later on today.
Praise for today: Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel, who does marvelous deeds. Psalm 72: 19
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