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2 Chronicles 22:1-6

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Judah's King Ahaziah

1 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons.[a] So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
2 Ahaziah was 22[b] years old when he became king; he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, granddaughter[c] of Omri.
3 He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice.
4 So 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.
5 He also followed their advice and went with Joram[d] son of Israel's King Ahab to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans[e] wounded Joram,
6 so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead[f] when he fought against Aram's King Hazael. Then Judah's King Ahaziah[g] son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.[h]
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2 Chronicles 22:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 22

In this chapter we have an account of the wicked reign of Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, 2Ch 22:1-4 of his death, the occasion and manner of it, 2Ch 22:5-9 and of his mother Athaliah destroying all the royal seed, excepting one, who was hid by the king's sister, and assuming the government to herself, 2Ch 22:10-12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 8

  • [a] Lit the former ones
  • [b] Some LXX mss, Syr; MT reads 42; 2 Kg 8:26
  • [c] Lit daughter
  • [d] Jehoram (also vv. 6-7)
  • [e] Lit Rammites; Arameans; 2 Kg 8:28
  • [f] Lit in Ramah
  • [g] Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read Azariah; 2 Kg 8:29
  • [h] 2 Kg 8:24-29
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