22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away 2 and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor 3 David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.
22:51 In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. 4 He ruled for two years over Israel. 22:52 He did evil in the sight of 5 the Lord and followed in the footsteps 6 of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. 7 22:53 He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, 8 angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. 9
1 tn Heb “Let my servants go with your servants in the fleet.”
2 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
3 tn Heb “with his fathers in the city of his father.”
4 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
6 tn Or “way.”
7 tn Heb “and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam son of Nebat who made Israel sin.”
8 tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”
9 tn Heb “according to all which his father had done.”