2 Chronicles 22:1-4

Ahaziah’s Reign

22:1 The residents of Jerusalem ¹  made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. ²  So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. 22:2 Ahaziah was twenty-two ³  years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter ⁴  of Omri. 22:3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, ⁵  for his mother gave him evil advice. ⁶  22:4 He did evil in the sight of ⁷  the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they ⁸  gave him advice that led to his destruction.

[22:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:1]  ² tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”

[22:2]  ³ tc Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some mss of the LXX and the Syriac.

[22:2]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See HALOT 165-66 s.v. I בַּת 1.

[22:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”

[22:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”

[22:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[22:4]  ⁸ tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.