15 So the king did not listen to the people; for (A)the turn of events was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His word, which the Lord had (B)spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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15 So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the Lord,(A) to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah(B) the Shilonite.

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His going to Joram (A)was God’s occasion for Ahaziah’s [a]downfall; for when he arrived, (B)he went out with [b]Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, (C)whom the Lord had anointed to [c]cut off the house of Ahab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Lit. crushing
  2. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Joram, vv. 5, 7; 2 Kin. 8:28
  3. 2 Chronicles 22:7 destroy

Through Ahaziah’s(A) 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.

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