⁹ He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding^(A) in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought^(B) the Lord with all his heart.” So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.

¹² Jehu then set out and went toward Samaria. At Beth Eked of the Shepherds, ¹³ he met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?”

They said, “We are relatives of Ahaziah,^(A) and we have come down to greet the families of the king and of the queen mother.^(B)”

¹⁴ “Take them alive!” he ordered. So they took them alive and slaughtered them by the well of Beth Eked—forty-two of them. He left no survivor.^(C)