2 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram ¹  of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria ²  at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

2 Chronicles 25:16

25:16 While he was speaking, Amaziah ³  said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” ⁴  So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided ⁵  to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

¹ sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

² tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “Stop yourself! Why should they strike you down?”

⁵ tn The verb יָעַץ (ya’ats, “has decided”) is from the same root as יוֹעֵץ (yo’ets, “counselor”) in v. 16 and עֵצָה (’etsah, “advice”) later in v. 16. The wordplay highlights the appropriate nature of the divine punishment. Amaziah rejected the counsel of God’s prophet; now he would be the victim of God’s “counsel.”