2 Chronicles 22:9

9 And he sought for Ochozias himself, and took him lying hid in Samaria: and when he was brought to him, he killed him, and they buried him: because he was the son of Josaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. And there was no more hope that any one should reign of the race of Ochozias.

2 Chronicles 22:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 9-11. And he sought Ahaziah
Who fled on Joram's being wounded by Jehu:

and they caught him;
the soldiers of Jehu, who were sent after him, and bid to smite him:

for he was hid in Samaria;
either in some part of the kingdom of Samaria, or in the city itself, whither he fled:

and brought him to Jehu:
who was at Jezreel, (See Gill on 2 Kings 9:27),

and when they had slain him they buried him;
not at Jezreel, but delivered him to his servants to carry him to Jerusalem, and there bury him in the sepulchres of his fathers, ( 2 Kings 9:28 ) ,

because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord
with all his heart;
a grandson of his, and therefore out of respect to the memory of his name, these being religious men, ordered his burial there:

so the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom;
his brethren and their sons being slain, and his own children being young fell into the hands of Athaliah, who murdered them all, but one, hid by his aunt, and so got the government into her own hands, as may be observed in the following verses, ( 2 Chronicles 22:10-12 ) .

2 Chronicles 22:9 In-Context

7 For it was the will of God against Ochozias that he should come to Joram: and when he was come should go out also against Jehu the son of Namsi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Achab.

8 So when Jehu was rooting out the house of Achab, he found the princes of Juda, and the sons of the brethren of Ochozias, who served him, and he slew them.

9 And he sought for Ochozias himself, and took him lying hid in Samaria: and when he was brought to him, he killed him, and they buried him: because he was the son of Josaphat, who had sought the Lord with all his heart. And there was no more hope that any one should reign of the race of Ochozias.

10 For Athalia his mother, seeing that her son was dead, rose up, and killed all the royal family of the house of Joram.

11 But Josabeth the king’s daughter took Joas the son of Ochozias, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain. And she hid him with his nurse in a bedchamber: now Josabeth that hid him, was daughter of king Joram, wife of Joiada the high priest, and sister of Ochozias, and therefore Athalia did not kill him.