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2 Chronicles 22 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Ahaziah Succeeds Jehoram in Judah

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:1 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was [fn]twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the [fn]granddaughter of Omri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to act wickedly.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - So 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 his own destruction.

Ahaziah Allies with Jehoram of Israel

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:5 - He also walked by 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 Arameans [fn]wounded [fn]Joram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds [fn]which they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And [fn]Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:7 -

Now the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that [fn]he went to Joram. For when he arrived, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to eliminate the house of Ahab.

Jehu Murders Princes of Judah

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:8 - And it came about, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers attending to Ahaziah, and killed them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - He also searched for Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him. For they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:10 -

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and eliminated all the royal [fn]children of the house of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - He kept himself hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
NASB20 Footnotes
In 2 Chr 21:17, Jehoahaz
As in some ancient versions and 2 Kin 8:26; MT 42 years
Lit daughter
Lit struck
I.e., Jehoram
Lit with which...struck
As in 2 Kin 8:29; MT Azariah
Lit to go
Lit seed
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