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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 22</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//2_chronicles/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_chronicles/">2 Chronicles</a> > 2 Chronicles 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/21.htm" title="2 Chronicles 21">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 22 <a href="../2_chronicles/23.htm" title="2 Chronicles 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/22.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/22.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/22.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/22.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/22.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/22.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/22.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Ahaziah Reigns in Judah<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_kings/8.htm#25">2 Kings 8:25–29</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Ahaziah was twenty-two<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> wounded Joram;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">Jehu Kills the Princes of Judah<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_kings/9.htm#14">2 Kings 9:14–29</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” <p class="reg"> So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom. <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Athaliah and Joash<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_kings/11.htm">2 Kings 11:1–3</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But Jehoshabeath<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>since the marauding bands of Arabs</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Some LXX manuscripts and Syriac (see also <a href="../2_kings/8.htm#26">2 Kings 8:26</a>); Hebrew <i>forty-two</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Some LXX manuscripts <i>the archers</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Hebrew <i>Jehoram</i><span class="thin"> </span>, a variant of <i>Joram</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verses 6 and 7<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>Ramah</i><span class="thin"> </span> is a variant of <i>Ramoth</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see verse 5.<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also <a href="../2_kings/8.htm#29">2 Kings 8:29</a>); most Hebrew manuscripts <i>Azariah</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>grandson</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../2_kings/9.htm#14">2 Kings 9:14</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <i>Jehoshabeath</i><span class="thin"> </span> is a variant of <i>Jehosheba</i><span class="thin"> </span>; twice in this verse; see <a href="../2_kings/11.htm#2">2 Kings 11:2</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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