Discovery Box2 Chronicles 22:3-4 
Context22:3 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.
2 Chronicles 22:10-12
Context22:10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line 5 of Judah. 6 22:11 So Jehoshabeath, 7 the daughter of King Jehoram, 8 took Ahaziah’s son Joash and sneaked him away 9 from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him. 22:12 He remained in hiding in God’s temple 10 for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.
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 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
6 tn Heb “house of Judah.”
7 sn Jehoshabeath is a variant spelling of the name Jehosheba (2 Kgs 11:2).
8 tn Heb “the king”; the referent (King Jehoram, see later in this verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “stole.”
10 tn Heb “and he was with them in the house of God hiding.”
