2 Chronicles 22:5

Listen to 2 Chronicles 22:5
5 Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans [a] wounded Joram. [b]

2 Chronicles 22:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 5,6. He walked also after their counsel
Did as they advised him, as in matters of religion, so in political things, of which there is an instance in this and the next verse; of which (See Gill on 2 Kings 8:28). (See Gill on 2 Kings 8:29).
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2 Chronicles 22:5 In-Context

3 Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
4 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
5 Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.
6 So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
7 Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. 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.

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Some LXX manuscripts the archers
  • [b] Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 6 and 7
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