So he did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after the death of his father, to his destruction. He also followed their advice and went with Joram[a] son of Israel’s King Ahab to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans[b] wounded Joram, so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead[c] when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah[d] son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:5 = Jehoram
  2. 2 Chronicles 22:5 Lit Rammites
  3. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Lit in Ramah
  4. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read Azariah

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