2 Chronicles 22:5-7

Ahaziah Allies with Jehoram of Israel

5 He also walked according to their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the ¹Arameans wounded Joram.

6 So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

7 Now ²the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that he went to Joram. For when he came, ³he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, ⁴whom the LORD had anointed to cut off 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 Kings 8:28
• 2. 2 Chronicles 10:15
• 3. 2 Kings 9:21
• 4. 2 Kings 9:6, 7

Footnotes

• [a] Heb "archers"
• [b] Lit "smote"
• [c] I.e. Jehoram
• [d] Lit "with which...smitten"
• [e] So with 2 Kin 8:29; Heb "Azariah"
• [f] Lit "to go"