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so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that he had received at Ramah in the battle against King Hazael of Aram. King Ahaziah of Judah, Jehoram’s son, went to visit Ahab’s son Joram, because he was wounded.

Ahaziah is Executed(A)

God used Ahaziah’s visit to Joram to destroy Ahaziah. As soon as he arrived, Ahaziah[a] went out with Joram to attack Nimshi’s son Jehu, whom the Lord had appointed to eliminate Ahab’s dynasty. And that’s exactly what happened. While Jehu was punishing[b] Ahab’s dynasty, he located the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were ministering to Ahaziah, and he put them to death.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Lit. he
  2. 2 Chronicles 22:8 Lit. was executing judgment