¹⁷ They attacked Judah and swept through it.^[a] They carried off everything they found in the royal palace,^[b] including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah. ¹⁸ After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.^{[c] 19} After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death.^[d] His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors.^[e]