2 Chronicles 22:3-8

22:3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, ¹  for his mother gave him evil advice. ²  22:4 He did evil in the sight of ³  the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they ⁴  gave him advice that led to his destruction. 22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram ⁵  of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria ⁶  at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. 22:6 Joram ⁷  returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ⁸  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah ⁹  son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. ¹⁰ 

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ¹¹  When Ahaziah ¹²  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ¹³  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ¹⁴  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.

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¹ tn Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”

² tn Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”

³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

⁴ tn That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

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

⁸ tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

⁹ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).

¹⁰ tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.

¹¹ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “anointed.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”