2 Chronicles 22:8-12

Jehu Murders Princes of Judah

8 ¹It came about when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them.

9 ²He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death ³and buried him. For they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, ⁴who sought the LORD with all his heart." So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.

10 ⁵Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.

11 But Jehoshabeath the king's daughter took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom *. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah ), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death.

12 He was hidden with them in the house of God six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Chronicles 22:8-12 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 10:11-14
• 2. 2 Kings 9:27
• 3. 2 Kings 9:28
• 4. 2 Chronicles 17:4
• 5. 2 Kings 11:1-3

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "seed"