Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 22
2 Chronicles 22 NWT - New World TranslationChapter 22 of 2 Chronicles—New World Translation (NWT)
- ¶ Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made A·ha·ziʹah[a]1 his youngest son king in place of him, (for the marauder band that came with the Arabs2 to the camp had killed all the older ones,)3 and A·ha·ziʹah the son of Je·hoʹram began to reign as king of Judah.
- Twenty-two[b] years old was A·ha·ziʹah when he began to reign,4 and for one year he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Ath·a·liʹah5 the granddaughter[c] of Omʹri.6
- ¶ He himself also walked in the ways of the house of Aʹhab,7 for his mother8 herself became his counselor in doing wickedly.
- And he went on doing what was bad in Jehovah’s eyes, the same as the house of Aʹhab, for they themselves became counselors9 to him after the death of his father, to his ruination.
- It was also in their counsel that he walked,10 so that he went with Je·hoʹram11 the son of Aʹhab the king of Israel to the war against Hazʹa·el12 the king of Syria at Raʹmoth-gilʹe·ad,13 at which the shooters got to strike Je·hoʹram.[d]14
- Hence he returned to get healed at Jezʹre·el15 from the wounds that they had inflicted upon him at Raʹmah16 when he fought Hazʹa·el the king of Syria.
¶ As for Az·a·riʹah[e]17 the son of Je·hoʹram18 the king of Judah, he went down to see Je·hoʹram19 the son of Aʹhab in Jezʹre·el, for he was sick.20 - But it was from God21 that the downfall22 of A·ha·ziʹah occurred by [his] coming to Je·hoʹram; and when he came, he went out23 with Je·hoʹram to Jeʹhu24 the grandson[f] of Nimʹshi,25 whom Jehovah had anointed26 to cut off the house of Aʹhab.27
- And it came about that as soon as Jeʹhu had entered into controversy with the house of Aʹhab,28 he got to find the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of A·ha·ziʹah,29 ministers of A·ha·ziʹah, and he proceeded to kill them.30
- Then he went looking for A·ha·ziʹah, and they finally captured him,31 as he was hiding in Sa·marʹi·a,32 and brought him to Jeʹhu. Then they put him to death and buried him,33 for they said: “He is the grandson of Je·hoshʹa·phat,34 who searched for Jehovah with all his heart.”35 And there was no one of the house of A·ha·ziʹah to retain power for the kingdom.
- ¶ As regards Ath·a·liʹah36 the mother of A·ha·ziʹah, she saw that her son had died. So she rose up and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.37
- However, Je·ho·shabʹe·ath38 the daughter of the king took Je·hoʹash[g]39 the son of A·ha·ziʹah and stole him away from among the sons of the king that were to be put to death, and put him and his nursing woman in the inner room for the couches. And Je·ho·shabʹe·ath the daughter of King Je·hoʹram,40 the wife of Je·hoiʹa·da41 the priest, (for she herself happened to be the sister of A·ha·ziʹah,) kept him concealed because of Ath·a·liʹah, and she did not put him to death.42
- And he continued with them in the house of the [true] God hidden for six years,43 while Ath·a·liʹah was ruling as queen44 over the land.45
FOOTNOTES
- ^ “Ahaziah.” Heb., ʼAchaz·yaʹhu. The same as “Jehoahaz” in 21:17, also meaning “Jehovah Has Taken Hold.” Here God’s name, abbreviated as Yaʹhu, follows “Ahaz” instead of preceding it.
- ^ “Twenty-two,” LXXLSy and 2Ki 8:26; MVg, “forty-two”; LXX, “twenty.”
- ^ Lit., “daughter.”
- ^ Lit., “Joram.”
- ^ “As for Azariah.” Heb., wa·ʽAzar·yaʹhu; in vss 1, 2, 7-11, “Ahaziah.”
- ^ Lit., “son.”
- ^ Lit., “Joash.” See 2Ki 11:21 ftn.
REFERENCES
- ^ 2Ki 8:24; 1Ch 3:11
- ^ 2Ch 21:16
- ^ 2Ch 21:17
- ^ 2Ki 8:26
- ^ 2Ki 11:1, 13
- ^ 1Ki 16:28
- ^ 1Ki 16:33; 2Ki 8:27; Mc 6:16
- ^ 2Ch 22:12; 24:7
- ^ 2Ch 24:18; Pr 1:10; 12:5; 13:20
- ^ Ps 1:1
- ^ 2Ki 8:25
- ^ 2Ki 8:15; 10:32
- ^ 1Ki 22:3; 2Ch 18:14
- ^ 2Ki 8:28
- ^ Jos 19:18; 2Sa 4:4; 2Ki 9:15
- ^ 2Ki 8:29
- ^ 2Ki 9:16; 2Ch 22:1
- ^ 2Ki 8:16
- ^ 2Ki 3:1
- ^ 1Ki 22:34
- ^ De 32:35; Jg 14:4; 2Ch 10:15; Ps 9:16; Am 3:6
- ^ 1Sa 2:6
- ^ 2Ki 9:21
- ^ 1Ki 19:16; 2Ki 9:20
- ^ 2Ki 9:14
- ^ 2Ki 9:6
- ^ 2Ki 9:7
- ^ 2Ki 10:10, 11
- ^ 2Ki 10:13
- ^ 2Ki 10:14
- ^ 2Ki 9:27
- ^ 2Ki 10:17
- ^ 2Ki 9:28
- ^ 2Ch 17:3; Pr 10:7
- ^ 2Ch 17:4
- ^ 2Ch 22:2
- ^ 2Ki 11:1
- ^ 2Ki 11:2
- ^ 2Ki 11:21
- ^ 2Ki 8:16
- ^ 2Ch 23:1
- ^ 2Sa 7:13; 1Ki 15:4; 2Ch 21:7; Ps 33:10
- ^ 2Ki 11:3
- ^ De 17:15
- ^ Ps 12:8; Pr 29:2; Je 12:1
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