2 Chronicles 22:5-7

5 He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram^[a] son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram;

6 so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth^[b] in his battle with Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah^[c] son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.

7 Through Ahaziah’s visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

2 Chronicles 22:5-7 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 Chronicles 18:11,34
• 2. 2 Kings 9:15">1Ki 12 Kings 9:15; 2 Kings 8:13-15; 2 Kings 9:15
• 3. 2 Kings 9:16; 2 Chronicles 10:15

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Jehoram," a variant of "Joram" ; also in verses 6 and 7
• [b]. Hebrew "Ramah," a variant of "Ramoth"
• [c]. Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts "Azariah"