2 Chronicles 22
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Judah’s King Ahaziah
1Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs#2Ch 21:16 to the camp had killed all the older sons.#22:1 Lit the former ones So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. 2Ahaziah#2Kg 8:24–29 was twenty-two#22:2 Some LXX mss, Syr; MT reads 42; 2Kg 8:26 years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter#22:2 Lit daughter of Omri.
3He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice. 4So he did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5He also followed their advice and went with Joram#22:5 = Jehoram son of Israel’s King Ahab to fight against King Hazael of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans#22:5 Lit Rammites wounded Joram, 6so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead#22:6 Lit in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Aram. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah#22:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read Azariah son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.
7Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to Joram.#2Ch 10:15 When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi,#2Kg 9:21 whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.#2Kg 9:6–7 8So when Jehu executed judgment on the house of Ahab,#2Kg 10:11–14 he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah,#2Kg 9:27–28 and Jehu’s soldiers captured him (he was hiding in Samaria). So they brought Ahaziah to Jehu, and they killed him. The soldiers buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat who sought the Lord with all his heart.”#2Ch 17:4 So no one from the house of Ahaziah had the strength to rule the kingdom.
Athaliah Usurps the Throne
10When#2Kg 11:1–3 Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs#22:10 Lit seed of the house of Judah. 11Jehoshabeath,#22:11 = Jehosheba; 2Kg 11:2 the king’s daughter, rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. Now Jehoshabeath was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of the priest Jehoiada. Since she was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she did not kill him. 12He was hiding with them in God’s temple for six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
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2 Chronicles 22
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2 Chronicles 22
1¶ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the elder sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah reigned.
2Ahaziah was forty-two years old {another text: twenty-two} when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.
3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
4Therefore, he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for they were his counsellors, after the death of his father, to his destruction.
5And He walked after their counsel and went with Jehoram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael, king of Syria at Ramothgilead, where the Syrians smote Joram.
6And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah went down to see Jehoram, the son of Ahab, at Jezreel, because he was there sick.
7But this was of God so that Ahaziah would be tread under foot by coming to Joram; for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram to encounter Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
8And it came to pass that when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab and found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
9And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (for he had hid himself in Samaria) and brought him to Jehu; and when they had slain him, they buried him, Because, they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no strength to be able to retain the kingdom.
10¶ So when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Judah.
11But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were being slain, and kept him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada, the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
12And he was with them hid in the house of God six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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