2 Chronicles 22:1-6

1 Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, their next king, since the marauding bands who came with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram reigned as king of Judah.

2 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri.

3 Ahaziah also followed the evil example of King Ahab’s family, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong.

4 He did what was evil in the LORD ’s sight, just as Ahab’s family had done. They even became his advisers after the death of his father, and they led him to ruin.

5 Following their evil advice, Ahaziah joined Joram, the son of King Ahab of Israel, in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded Joram in the battle,

6 he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth. Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or marauding bands of Arabs.
• [b]. As in some Greek manuscripts and Syriac version (see also 2 Kgs 8:26 ); Hebrew reads forty-two.
• [c]. Hebrew Jehoram, a variant spelling of Joram; also in 22:6, 7 .
• [d]. As in two Hebrew manuscripts and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Kgs 8:28 ); Masoretic Text reads the archers.
• [e]. Hebrew Ramah, a variant spelling of Ramoth.
• [f]. As in some Hebrew manuscripts, Greek and Syriac versions, and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Kgs 8:29 ); most Hebrew manuscripts read Azariah.