2 Chronicles 22:1-4

Ahaziah Succeeds Jehoram in Judah

1 ¹Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with ²the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

2 Ahaziah was twenty-two * years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

4 He did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to ³his destruction.

2 Chronicles 22:1-4 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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 8:24-29
• 2. 2 Chronicles 21:16
• 3. Proverbs 13:20

Footnotes

• [a]. In 2 Chr 21:17, "Jehoahaz"
• [b]. So some versions and 2 Kin 8:26; Heb "42 years"
• [c]. Lit "daughter"