2 Chronicles 22 - 24

After Jehoram died (by the way, no one was sorry to see him die, either - how's that for a wicked king?) his youngest son, Ahaziah, was made ruler of the nation.  He ruled for only one year and was executed in the sweeping reforms of Jehu.  With no one set to take over Ahaziah's reign, his mother (Jehoram's wife) assumed the throne and executed all the other heirs to the throne.  One son (an infant in his first year of life) was preserved and hidden in the temple for 6 years.  When the young heir reached the age of seven, the priests staged a coup over the queen and installed young Joash as king.  Joash did what was right in God's eyes and enjoyed a forty-year reign.  He renovated the temple and repaired the building from the destruction wrought by the former queen.  When Joash's mentor, the priest Jehoiada, died at the age of 130, Joash began to stray from following God exclusively.  He began to lead the people into synchronistic worship of God and other deities.  Ultimately, Joash executed one of Jehoiada's sons for speaking out to the king and calling him back to worshipping God alone.  Joash died after a small group of Syrians stormed Jerusalem and left him severely wounded.  Joash's own servants finished the execution of the king because of his orders to kill the priest's sons.  Joash's son, Amaziah, ruled after his father's death.