2 Chronicles 22:5-8

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. 22:6 Joram ³  returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ⁴  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah ⁵  son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. ⁶ 

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ⁷  When Ahaziah ⁸  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ⁹  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ¹⁰  22:8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them.

[22:5]  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.

[22:5]  ² tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

[22:6]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[22:6]  ⁵ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).

[22:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.

[22:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

[22:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[22:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”