Judah’s King Ahaziah

22 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs(A) to the camp had killed all the older sons.[a] So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. Ahaziah(B) was 22[b] years old when he became king and reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter[c] of Omri.

He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice. 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[d] son of Israel’s King Ahab to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans[e] wounded Joram, so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead[f] when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah[g] 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 22:1 Lit the former ones
  2. 2 Chronicles 22:2 Some LXX mss, Syr; MT reads 42; 2Kg 8:26
  3. 2 Chronicles 22:2 Lit daughter
  4. 2 Chronicles 22:5 = Jehoram
  5. 2 Chronicles 22:5 Lit Rammites
  6. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Lit in Ramah
  7. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg; other Hb mss read Azariah

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