Ahaziah: The fatal relationship of the Judahite kingdom with the northern royal house continued during the reign of Ahaziah, who ruled approximately 841/840 B.C. The Chronicler’s version of this king’s reign is an abridged version of the Deuteronomistic source text in 2 Kings 8:24b–9:28. Significant changes have been made, creating some logical problems for the reader. First, Kings and Chronicles give different accounts of the sequence of events. In Kings Ahaziah is killed before the officials of Judah, but in Chronicles his death follows theirs. Second, according to Kings, Ahaziah died near Megiddo, while Chronicles says that he died in an unnamed place after he was found hiding in Samaria. Third, in Kings he was buried in Jerusalem, while Chronicles suggests that he was buried at the pla…