2 Chronicles 22
22
Ahaziah Reigns in Judah
1 # For ver. 1-6, see 2 Kgs. 8:24-29 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with #See ch. 21:16the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2Ahaziah was twenty-two#22:2 See 2 Kings 8:26; Hebrew forty-two; Septuagint twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, #[ch. 21:6]the granddaughter of Omri. 3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly. 4He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing. 5He even followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram, 6and he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was wounded.
7But it was ordained by#22:7 Hebrew was from God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there, #2 Kgs. 9:21 he went out with Jehoram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, #2 Kgs. 9:6, 7whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8#See 2 Kgs. 10:11-14 And when Jehu was #[ch. 24:24]executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9#[2 Kgs. 9:27] He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. #2 Kgs. 9:28 They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, #ch. 17:4who sought the Lord with all his heart.” And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.
Athaliah Reigns in Judah
10 # For ver. 10-12, see 2 Kgs. 11:1-3 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah. 11But Jehoshabeath,#22:11 Spelled Jehosheba in 2 Kings 11:2 the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him#22:11 That is, Joash from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death. 12And he remained with them six years, hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
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2 Chronicles 22
22
King Ahaziah of Judah
(2 Kings 8.25-29; 9.21,27,28)
1Earlier, when the Arabs led a raid against Judah, they killed all of Jehoram's sons, except Ahaziah, the youngest one. So the people of Jerusalem crowned him their king. 2He was 22#22.2 22: One ancient translation (see also 2 Kings 8.26); Hebrew “42.” years old at the time, and he ruled only one year from Jerusalem.
Ahaziah's mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel, 3and she encouraged her son to sin against the Lord. He followed the evil example of King Ahab and his descendants. 4In fact, after his father's death, Ahaziah sinned against the Lord by appointing some of Ahab's relatives to be his advisors.
Their advice led to his downfall. 5He listened to them and went with King Joram of Israel to attack King Hazael and the Syrian troops at Ramoth in Gilead. Joram was wounded in that battle, 6and he went to the town of Jezreel to recover. And Ahaziah later went there to visit him. 7It was during that visit that God had Ahaziah put to death.
When Ahaziah arrived at Jezreel, he and Joram went to meet with Jehu grandson of Nimshi. The Lord had already told Jehu to kill every male in Ahab's family, 8and while Jehu was doing that, he saw some of Judah's leaders and Ahaziah's nephews who had come with Ahaziah. Jehu killed them on the spot, 9then gave orders to find Ahaziah. Jehu's officers found him hiding in Samaria. They brought Ahaziah to Jehu, who immediately put him to death. They buried Ahaziah only because they respected Jehoshaphat his grandfather, who had done his best to obey the Lord.
There was no one from Ahaziah's family left to become king of Judah.
Queen Athaliah of Judah
(2 Kings 11.1-3)
10As soon as Athaliah heard that her son King Ahaziah was dead, she decided to kill any relative who could possibly become king. She would have done just that, 11but Jehosheba#22.11 Jehosheba: The Hebrew text has “Jehoshabeath,” another spelling of the name. rescued Joash son of Ahaziah just as the others were about to be murdered. Jehosheba, who was Jehoram's daughter and Ahaziah's half sister, was married to Jehoiada the priest. So she was able to hide her nephew Joash and his personal servant in a bedroom in the Lord's temple where he was safe from Athaliah. 12Joash hid in the temple with them for six years while Athaliah ruled as queen of Judah.
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