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22:1 The residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389> made his youngest <06996> son <01121> Ahaziah <0274> king <04427> in his place <08478>, for <03588> the raiding party <01416> that invaded <0935> the city with the Arabs <06163> had killed <02026> all <03605> the older sons. So Ahaziah <0274> son <01121> of Jehoram <03088> became king <04428> of Judah <03063>. 22:2 Ahaziah <0274> was twenty-two <08147> <0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king <04427> and he reigned <04427> for one <0259> year <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Athaliah <06271>, the granddaughter <01323> of Omri <06018>. 22:3 He <01931> followed <01980> in the footsteps <01870> of Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004>, for <03588> his mother <0517> gave <07561> him evil <07561> advice <03289>. 22:4 He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> like Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> because <03588>, after <0310> his father’s <01> death <04194>, they <01992> gave <03289> him advice <03289> that led to his destruction <04889>. 22:5 He followed <01980> their advice <06098> and <01571> joined <01980> Ahab’s <0256> son <01121> King <04428> Joram <03088> of Israel <03478> in a battle <04421> against <05921> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758> at Ramoth <07433> Gilead <01568> in which the Syrians <07421> defeated <05221> Joram <03141>. 22:6 Joram returned <07725> to Jezreel <03157> to recover <07495> from the wounds <04347> he received <05221> from the Syrians in Ramah <07414> when he fought <03898> against <0854> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>. Ahaziah <05838> son <01121> of King <04428> Jehoram <03088> of Judah <03063> went down <03381> to visit <07200> Joram <03088> son <01121> of Ahab <0256> in Jezreel <03157>, because <03588> he <01931> had been wounded <02470>. 22:7 God <0430> brought <01961> about Ahaziah’s downfall <08395> through his visit <0935> to Joram <03141>. When Ahaziah <0274> arrived <0935>, he went out <03318> with <05973> Joram <03088> to <0413> meet Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250>, whom <0834> the Lord <03068> had commissioned <04886> to wipe out <03772> Ahab’s <0256> family <01004>. 22:8 While <01961> Jehu <03058> was dishing out punishment <08199> to <05973> Ahab’s <0256> family <01004>, he discovered <04672> the officials <08269> of Judah <03063> and the sons <01121> of Ahaziah’s <0274> relatives <0251> who were serving <08334> Ahaziah <0274> and killed <02026> them. 22:9 He looked for <01245> Ahaziah <0274>, who <01931> was captured <03920> while hiding <02244> in Samaria <08111>. They brought <0935> him to <0413> Jehu <03058> and then executed <04191> him. They did give <06912> him a burial <06912>, for <03588> they reasoned <0559>, “He is the son <01121> of Jehoshaphat <03092>, who <0834> sought <01875> the Lord <03068> with his whole <03605> heart <03824>.” There was no one <0369> in Ahaziah’s <0274> family <01004> strong <03581> enough to rule <06113> in his place <04467>. 22:10 When Athaliah <06271> the mother <0517> of Ahaziah <0274> saw <07200> that <03588> her son <01121> was dead <04191>, she was determined <06965> to destroy <01696> the entire <03605> royal <04467> line <02233> of Judah <03063>. 22:11 So <03947> Jehoshabeath <03090>, the <0853> daughter <01323> of King <04428> Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s <0274> son <01121> Joash <03101> and sneaked <01589> him away <01589> from <08432> the rest of the royal <04428> descendants <01121> who were to be executed <05414> <04191>. She hid him and his nurse <03243> in the room <02315> where the bed <04296> covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath <03090> the daughter <01323> of King <04428> Jehoram <03088>, wife <0802> of Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> and sister <0269> of Ahaziah <0274>, hid him from <06440> Athaliah <06271> so she could not <03808> execute <04191> him.

• 2Ch 22:1-9 -- Ahaziah's Reign
• 2Ch 22:10--23:21 -- Athaliah is Eliminated

• Athaliah

  [ebd] whom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:18), who "walked in the ways of the house of Ahab" (2 Chr. 21:6), called "daughter" of Omri (2 Kings 8:26). On the d...
  [isbe] ATHALIAH - ath-a-li'-a (`athalyah; meaning uncertain, perhaps, "whom Yahweh has afflicted"; 2 Ki 8:26; 11; 2 Ch 22; 23): 1. Relationship: (1) Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, grand-daughter of Omri, 6th king of Israel. In her c...
  [nave] ATHALIAH 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, 2 Kin. 8:18, 26; 11:1-3, 12-16, 20; 2 Chr. 22:10-12; 23:12-15, 21. 2. Son of Jehoram, 1 Chr. 8:26. 3. Father of Jeshaiah, Ezra 8:7.
  

• Ahaziah

  [ebd] held by Jehovah. (1.) The son and successor of Ahab. He followed the counsels of his mother Jezebel, and imitated in wickedness the ways of his father. In his reign the Moabites revolted from under his authority (2 Kings 3:5...
  [isbe] AHAZIAH - a-ha-zi'-a ('achazyah and 'achazyahu, "Yah holds, or sustains"): I. Ahaziah. Son of Ahab and Jezebel, eighth king of Israel (1 Ki 22:51 through 2 Ki 1:18). 1. His Reign: Ahaziah became king over Israel in the seven...
  [smith] (sustained by the Lord). Son of Ahab and Jezebel eighth king of Israel, reigned B.C. 896-895. After the battle of Ramoth in Gilead, in which Ahab perished [AHAB], the vassal king of Moab refused his yearly tribute; comp. (Is...
  [nave] AHAZIAH 1. King of Judah. Called Azariah and Jehoahaz, 2 Chr. 21:17; 25:23. History of, 2 Kin. 8:25-29; 9:16-29. Gifts of, to the temple, 2 Kin. 12:18. Brethren of, slain, 2 Kin. 10:13, 14. Succeeded by Athaliah, 2 Chr. ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• JEHOAHAZ

  [ebd] Jehovah his sustainer, or he whom Jehovah holdeth. (1.) The youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chr. 21:17; 22:1, 6, 8, 9); usually Ahaziah (q.v.). (2.) The son and successor of Jehu, king of Israel (2 Kings 10:35). He...
  [isbe] JEHOAHAZ - je-ho'-a-haz, je-ho-a'-haz (yeho'achaz, "Yah has grasped"; Ioachas; 2 Ki 13:1-9): (1) Son of Jehu, and 11th king of Israel. He is stated to have reigned 17 years. 1. Chronology of Reign: Josephus was already aware...
  

• Women

  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• Jehu

  [isbe] JEHU - je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1 Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of ...
  [nave] JEHU 1. The prophet who aounced the wrath of Jehovah against Baasha, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. 2. Son of Nimshi, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 19:16; 2 Kin. 9:1-14. Religious zeal of, in slaying idol...
  

• Joram

  [smith] (whom Jehovah has exalted). Son of Ahab king of Israel. (2 Kings 8:16,25,28,29; 9:14,17,21-23,29) [JEHORAM, 1] Son of Jehosphaphat; king of Judah. (2 Kings 8:21,23,24; 1 Chronicles 3:11; 2 Chronicles 22:5,7; Matt...
  [nave] JORAM 1. A son of Toi, 2 Sam. 8:9, 10. Called Hadoram, 1 Chr. 18:10. 2. Called also Jehoram. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 1:17; 3:1. King of Syria sends Naaman to, that he may be healed of his leprosy, 2 Kin. 5:1-27. Has war w...
  

• Ramoth-gilead

  [isbe] RAMOTH-GILEAD - ra'-moth-gil'-e-ad (ramoth gil'adh; Codex Vaticanus Rhemmath Galadd; Codex Alexandrinus Rhammoth, and other forms): A great and strong city East of the Jordan in the territory of Gad, which played an importan...
  [nave] RAMOTH-GILEAD Called also Ramah, 2 Kin. 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:6. A city of Gad, and a city of refuge, Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 1 Chr. 6:80. One of Solomon's commissaries at, 1 Kin. 4:13. In the possession of the Syrians, 1 Kin. ...
  

• Ahab

  [ebd] father's brother. (1.) The son of Omri, whom he succeeded as the seventh king of Israel. His history is recorded in 1 Kings 16-22. His wife was Jezebel (q.v.), who exercised a very evil influence over him. To the calf-worshi...
  [nave] AHAB 1. King of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:29. Marries Jezebel, 1 Kin. 16:31. Idolatry of, 1 Kin. 16:30-33; 18:18, 19; 21:25, 26; other wickedness of, 2 Kin. 3:2; 2 Chr. 21:6; 22:3, 4; Mic. 6:16. Reproved by Elijah; assembles the ...
  

• Fellowship

  [nave] FELLOWSHIP. Eccl. 4:9-12; Amos 3:3 See: Fraternity; Fellowship. With God Gen. 5:22, 24; Gen. 6:9; Ex. 29:45; Ex. 33:14-17; Lev. 26:12; Isa. 57:15; Zech. 2:10; Mark 9:37; John 14:23; John 17:21, 23; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Cor. 13:...
  

• Influence

  [nave] INFLUENCE. Evil 1 Kin. 11:3, 4; 1 Kin. 15:25, 26; 1 Kin. 21:25; 1 Kin. 22:51-53; 2 Kin. 8:16-18, 25-27; 2 Kin. 17:21, 22; 2 Kin. 21:9; 2 Chr. 21:5, 6; 2 Chr. 22:3-5; 2 Chr. 33:9; Prov. 22:24, 25; Prov. 29:12; Jer. 17:1, 2;...
  

• Judgments

  [nave] JUDGMENTS On the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15. Eve, Gen. 3:16; Adam, Gen. 3:17-19. Cain, Gen. 4:11-15; the Antediluvians, Gen. 6; 7; Sodomites, Gen. 19:23-25; Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow, Ex. 7-14; Nadab and Abihu, Lev....
  

• Baal

  [nave] BAAL 1. An idol of the Phoenicians, god of the sun. Wickedly worshiped by the Israelites in the time of the judges, Judg. 2:10-23; 1 Sam. 7:3, 4; by the kingdom of Israel, 2 Kin. 17:16; Jer. 23:13; Hos. 1; 2; 13:1; under Aha...
  

• Azariah

  [isbe] AZARIAH - az-a-ri'-a `azaryahu and `azaryah, "Yahweh has helped"): (1) King of Judah. See UZZIAH. (2) A Judahite of the house of Ethan the Wise (1 Ch 2:8). (3) The son of Jehu, descended from an Egyptian through the daughter...
  [smith] (whom the Lord helps) a common name in Hebrew, and especially in the families of the priests of the line of Eleazar, whose name has precisely the same meaning as Azariah. It is nearly identical, and is often confounded, with ...
  [nave] AZARIAH 1. Son of Ethan, 1 Chr. 2:8. 2. Son of Jehu, 1 Chr. 2:38, 39. 3. Son of Zadok, 1 Kin. 4:2; perhaps identical with No. 6, below. 4. Captain of Solomon's guards, 1 Kin. 4:5. 5. A prophet, called Oded, 2 Chr. 15:1; ...
  

• JEHOSHEBA

  [ebd] Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr. 22:11. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada (2 Chr. 22:11).
  [isbe] JEHOSHEBA - je-hosh'-e-ba, je-ho-she'-ba (yehoshebha`, "Yahweh is an oath"): Called "Jehoshabeath" in 2 Ch 22:11; daughter of Jehoram king of Judah, possibly by a wife other than Athaliah (2 Ki 11:2). According to 2 Ch 22:11...
  

• Jehoshaphat

  [ebd] Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David's body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, "recorder" or annalist under David and Solomon (2...
  [nave] JEHOSHAPHAT 1. David's recorder, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:15. 2. One of Solomon's commissariat officers, 1 Kin. 4:17. 3. King of Judah. Succeeds Asa, 1 Kin. 15:24; 22:41; 1 Chr. 3:10; 2 Chr. 17:1; Matt. 1:...
  

• JEHOIADA

  [ebd] Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David's chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23). (2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married Jehosheba, or Jehoshabeath, ...
  [isbe] JEHOIADA - je-hoi'-a-da (yehoyadha`, "Yahweh knows"; Iodae): (1) Father of Benaiah, the captain of David's body-guard (2 Sam 8:18; 20:23; 23:20,22; 1 Ki 1:8, etc.). Jehoiada was "the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel" (2 Sam 2...
  

• MINISTER

  [ebd] one who serves, as distinguished from the master. (1.) Heb. meshereth, applied to an attendant on one of superior rank, as to Joshua, the servant of Moses (Ex. 33:11), and to the servant of Elisha (2 Kings 4:43). This name i...
  [smith] This term is used in the Authorized Version to describe various officials of a religious and civil character. Its meaning, as distinguished from servant, is a voluntary attendant on another. In the Old Testament it is applied...
  

• JEHOSHABEATH

  [isbe] JEHOSHABEATH - je-ho-shab'-e-ath (yehoshabh`ath, "Yahweh is an oath"): In 2 Ch 22:11 = JEHOSHEBA (which see) Compare 2 Ki 11:2.
  [smith] (whose oath is Jehovah). (2 Chronicles 22:11) [See JEHOSHEBA]
  

• Ahaziah King of Judah

  

• Joash Is Saved from Athaliah

  

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