2 Chronicles 22
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 22 of 36
Chapter Summary
Ahaziah succeeds and reigns wickedly. He is slain by Jehu. Athaliah destroys all the royal heirs except Joash, usurps the kingdom.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Youngest son of Jehoram made king of Judah; reigns one wicked year and is hunted down and killed by Jehu.
Ahaziah's mother and daughter of Omri; counsels him in evil, then rises to destroy all the royal seed.
Son of Nimshi, anointed by Jehovah to cut off the house of Ahab; he executes Ahaziah.
Infant son of Ahaziah, stolen away and hidden in the house of God for six years to preserve David's line.
Daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, who rescues and hides the baby Joash.
The priest, husband of Jehoshabeath, in whose temple household the rescued Joash is sheltered.
Timeline
The inhabitants of Jerusalem make Ahaziah, Jehoram's youngest son, king. Influenced by his mother Athaliah, he acts wickedly.
2 Chronicles 22:1-4Ahaziah joins King Joram of Israel to fight Syria at Ramoth-gilead. Joram is wounded and goes to Jezreel, where Ahaziah visits him.
2 Chronicles 22:5-6While executing God's judgment on the house of Ahab, Jehu finds and kills the leaders of Judah and Ahaziah's nephews.
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