2 Chronicles 18:2

18:2 and after several years ¹  went down to visit ²  Ahab in Samaria. ³  Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. ⁴  He persuaded him to join in an attack ⁵  against Ramoth Gilead.

2 Chronicles 22:7

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ⁶  When Ahaziah ⁷  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ⁸  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 32:31

32:31 So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, ¹⁰  God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives. ¹¹ 

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¹ tn Heb “at the end of years.”

² tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

³ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁴ tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”

⁵ tn Heb “to go up.”

⁶ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

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

⁸ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁹ tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and when the envoys of the officials of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire concerning the sign which was in the land, [arrived].”

¹¹ tn Heb “to know all [that was] in his heart.”