2 Chronicles 28:7

7 An Ephraimite warrior named Zichri killed the king's son Maaseiah, the palace administrator Azrikam, and Elkanah, the king's second in command.

2 Chronicles 28:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 28:7

And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's
son
Who therefore must have escaped being burnt in the valley of Hinnom, or only was caused to pass through the fire there, ( 2 Chronicles 28:3 ) ,

and Azrikam the governor of the house;
steward or treasurer in the king's house, in the same office as Sheban was, ( Isaiah 22:15 )

and Elkanah that was next to the king:
prime minister of state.

2 Chronicles 28:7 In-Context

5 So the LORD his God handed him over to Aram's king, who defeated him and carried off many prisoners, bringing them to Damascus. Ahaz was also handed over to Israel's king, who defeated him with a severe beating.

6 In Judah, Pekah, Remaliah's son, killed one hundred twenty thousand warriors in the course of a single day because they had abandoned the LORD, God of their ancestors.

7 An Ephraimite warrior named Zichri killed the king's son Maaseiah, the palace administrator Azrikam, and Elkanah, the king's second in command.

8 The Israelites took captive two hundred thousand women, boys, and girls from their Judean relatives and seized enormous amounts of plunder, which they took back to Samaria.

9 One of the LORD's prophets named Oded lived in Samaria. When the army arrived there, he went to meet them and said, "Don't you see that the LORD God of your ancestors was angry with Judah and let you defeat them? But look what you've done! Your merciless slaughter of them stinks to high heaven!