Ochozias reigning one year, 13. is slain together with Joram king of Israel, by king Jehu. 10. Athalia killeth the king's children (only Joas being saved by his aunt) and usurpeth the kingdom six years.Ochozias reigning one yeare, 13. is slaine together with Ioram king of Israel, by king Iehu. 10. Athalia killeth the kinges children (onlie Ioas being saued by his aunt) and vsurpeth the kingdom six yeares.✦
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ochozias his minimum: lowest in rank or worth; youngest son, king for him: for all the elders, that had been before him, the latrones: marauding raiders, not mere wanderers of the Arabians had slain, which invaded the camp: and Ochozias the son of Joram the king of Juda reigned.AND the inhabitantes of Ierusalem made Ochozias his least sonne, king for him: for al the elders, that had bene before him, the rouers of the Arabians had slayne, which inuaded the campe: and Ochozias the sonne of Ioram the king of Iuda reigned.✦Constituerunt autem habitatores Jerusalem Ochoziam filium ejus minimum regem pro eo : omnes enim majores natu, qui ante eum fuerant, interfecerant latrones Arabum qui irruerant in castra : regnavitque Ochozias filius Joram regis Juda.
2Two and forty years old was Ochozias when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri.Two and fourtie yeares old was Ochozias when he began to reigne, and he reigned one yeare in Ierusalem, and the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri.✦Quadraginta duorum annorum erat Ochozias cum regnare cœpisset, et uno anno regnavit in Jerusalem : et nomen matris ejus Athalia filia Amri.
3But he also went by the ways of the house of Achab: for his mother forced him to do impiously.But he also went by the waies of the house of Achab: for his mother forced him to doe impiously.Sed et ipse ingressus est per vias domus Achab : mater enim ejus impulit eum ut impie ageret.
4He therefore did evil in the sight of our Lord, as the house of Achab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.He therfore did euil in the sight of our Lord, as the house of Achab: for they were his counselers after the death of his father, to his destruction.Fecit igitur malum in conspectu Domini, sicut domus Achab : ipsi enim fuerunt ei consiliarii post mortem patris sui, in interitum ejus :
5And he walked in their counsels. And he went forth with Joram the son of Achab king of Israel, into battle against Hazael king of Syria, into Ramoth Galaad: and the Syrians wounded Joram.And he walked in their counsels. And he went forth with Ioram the sonne of Achab king of Israel, into battel agaynst Hazael king of Syria, into Ramoth Galaad: and the Syrians wounded Ioram.ambulavitque in consiliis eorum. Et perrexit cum Joram filio Achab rege Israël in bellum contra Hazaël regem Syriæ in Ramoth Galaad : vulneraveruntque Syri Joram.
6Who returned to be cured into Jezrael: for he had taken many wounds in the foresaid battle. Therefore Ochozias the son of Joram king of Juda, went down to visit Joram the son of Achab in Jezrael being sick.Who returned to be cured into Iezrael: for he had taken manie woundes in the foresayd battel. Therfore Ochozias the sonne of Ioram king of Iuda, went downe to visit Ioram the sonne of Achab in Iezrael being sicke.Qui reversus est ut curaretur in Jezrahel : multas enim plagas acceperat in supradicto certamine. Igitur Ochozias filius Joram rex Juda descendit ut inviseret Joram filium Achab in Jezrahel ægrotantem.
7For it was the will of God against Ochozias, that he should come to Joram: and when he was come he should go out also against Jehu the son of Namsi, whom our Lord anointed to destroy the house of Achab.For it was the wil of God agaynst Ochozias, that he should come to Ioram: and when he was come he should goe out also against Iehu the sonne of Namsi, whom our Lord anoynted to destroy the house of Achab.Voluntatis quippe fuit Dei adversus Ochoziam, ut veniret ad Joram : et cum venisset, et egrederetur cum eo adversum Jehu filium Namsi, quem unxit Dominus ut deleret domum Achab.
8When Jehu therefore overthrew the house of Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the son of the brethren of Ochozias, which served him, and he slew them.When Iehu therfore ouerthrew the house of Achab, he found the princes of Iuda, and the sonne of the brethren of Ochozias, which serued him, and he slewe them.Cum ergo everteret Jehu domum Achab, invenit principes Juda, et filios fratrum Ochoziæ, qui ministrabant ei, et interfecit illos.
9Searching also for Ochozias himself, he took him lying hid in Samaria: and being brought unto him, he killed him, and they buried him: because he was the son of Josaphat, who had sought our Lord in all his heart, neither was there any more hope that any should reign of the stirps: a store of goods; lineage, family line of Ochozias.Searching also for Ochozias himself, he tooke him lying hid in Samaria: and being brought vnto him, he killed him, and they buried him: because he was the sonne of Iosaphat, who had sought our Lord in al his hart neither was there anie more hope that anie should reigne of the stocke of Ochozias.Ipsum quoque perquirens Ochoziam, comprehendit latitantem in Samaria : adductumque ad se, occidit : et sepelierunt eum, eo quod esset filius Josaphat, qui quæsierat Dominum in toto corde suo. Nec erat ultra spes aliqua ut de stirpe quis regnaret Ochoziæ :
10For Athalia his mother, seeing that her son was dead, arose, and slew all the king's stock of the house of Joram.For Athalia his mother, seing that her sonne was dead, arose, and sleu al the kinges stocke of the house of Ioram.✦siquidem Athalia mater ejus, videns quod mortuus esset filius suus, surrexit, et interfecit omnem stirpem regiam domus Joram.
11Saving that Josabeth the king's daughter took Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him out of the midst of the king's sons, when they were slain, and she hid him with his nurse in the bed chamber: and Josabeth that hid him, was the daughter of king Joram, the wife of Joiada the high priest, the sister of Ochozias, and therefore Athalia did not kill him.Sauing that Iosabeth the kinges daughter tooke Ioas the sonne of Ochozias, and stole him out of the middes of the kinges sonnes, when they were slayne. and she hid him with his nource in the bedde chamber: and Iosabeth that hid him, was the daughter of king Ioram, the wife of Ioiada the high priest, the sister of Ochozias, and therfore Athalia did not kil him.✦Porro Josabeth filia regis tulit Joas filium Ochoziæ, et furata est eum de medio filiorum regis, cum interficerentur : absconditque eum cum nutrice sua in cubiculo lectulorum : Josabeth autem, quæ absconderat eum, erat filia regis Joram, uxor Jojadæ pontificis, soror Ochoziæ : et idcirco Athalia non interfecit eum.
12He therefore was with them in the house of God six years, in the which Athalia reigned over the Land.He therfore was with them in the house of God six yeares, in the which Athalia reigned ouer the Land.Fuit ergo cum eis in domo Dei absconditus sex annis, quibus regnavit Athalia super terram.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.