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Ahaziah Da Judah King
(2 Kings 8:25-29; 9:21-29)
1 Da peopo inside Jerusalem make Ahaziah (az anodda name fo Jehoahaz, Jehoram mos young boy) come king afta him. Az cuz da guys dat come wit da Arab guys fo steal stuff wen kill all Jehoram boys dat older den him. Az how Ahaziah, Jehoram boy, da Judah king, start fo stay in charge.
2 Ahaziah was twenny-two year ol wen he come king, an he stay king inside Jerusalem one year. His muddah, Ataliah, Omri grandaughta.
3 Ahaziah, he make jalike da Ahab ohana, cuz his muddah teach him dat da bestes ting fo do is fo him do wass wrong.
4 Da way Da One In Charge see Ahaziah, he do bad kine stuff. Cuz afta his faddah mahke, da Ahab ohana guys tell him wat dey tink az good fo him do. An cuz he lissen dem, he come all jam up.
5 One ting dey tell um az good fo him do, he go wit Joram, dat get da Israel king Ahab fo his faddah. Dey go togedda, fo make war agains Hazael, da Aram king, Ramot-Gilead town. Da Aram guys hurt Joram ova dea.
6 So Joram go back Jezreel town fo come mo betta from da hurt he get Ramah side wen he fight wit Hazael, da Aram king.
Dat time, Jehoram boy Ahaziah, da Judah king, go Jezreel town fo see Joram, Ahab boy, cuz Joram still stay hurt.
7 But wen Ahaziah go visit Joram, God use dat fo make Ahaziah come wipe out. Cuz one time wen Ahaziah stay ova dea wit Joram, he go out wit Joram fo meet Jehu, Nimshi boy. An Jehu was da guy dat God give da kuleana fo wipe out all da Ahab ohana.
8 Wen Jehu stay wipe out da Ahab ohana, he find some leada guys from Judah, an some from Ahaziah ohana, dat work in Ahaziah govmen, an Jehu kill all dem too.
9 Den Jehu guys go look fo Ahaziah. Dey make him dea prisona wen he stay hide inside Samaria town. Dey bring um by Jehu, an kill him ova dea. Dey bury him, cuz dey tell, “Dis, Jehoshafat grankid. His granfaddah wen go all out fo know Da One In Charge.” But den, no mo nobody inside da Ahaziah ohana dat still stay strong enuff fo come king.
Ataliah An Joash
(2 Kings 11:1-21)
10 Wen Ahaziah muddah Ataliah see dat her boy mahke, she make one move fo wipe out all da Judah ohana peopo dat come from da king.
11 But Ahaziah sistah Jehosheba, she grab Ahaziah bebe boy Joash, an take him away from da king odda boys dat Ataliah stay ready fo kill. She put him an da wahine dat give him her breas milk in one bedroom. Dass wat Jehosheba do. Her, Ahaziah sistah, King Jehoram girl dat wen marry da pries guy Jehoiada. She hide da bebe so Ataliah no can kill um.
12 Da boy stay dea, hiding inside God Temple fo six year. An all dat time, Ataliah stay in charge a da land.