2 Chronicles · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
2 Chronicles 22 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of robbers that came against them, even the Arabians and the Alimazonians, had slain all the elder ones. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
1 The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, because the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the oldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Ahaziah began to reign when he was twenty years old, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.
2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do evil.
3 He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s house, because his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.
4 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord as the house of Ahab [had done]: for they were his counselors after the death of his father to his destruction.
4 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
5 And he walked in their counsels, and he went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria to Ramoth-gilead: and the archers smote Joram.
5 He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
6 And Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds wherewith the Syrians smote him in Ramoth, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab at Jezreel because he was sick.
6 He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
7 And destruction from God came upon Ahaziah in [his] coming to Joram; for when he had come, Jehoram went out with him against Jehu the son of Nimshi, the anointed of the Lord against the house of Ahab.
7 Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house.
8 And it came to pass, when Jehu was taking vengeance on the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah and the brethren of Ahaziah ministering to Ahaziah, and he slew them.
8 When Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab’s house, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah serving Ahaziah, and killed them.
9 And he gave orders to seek Ahaziah: and they took him while he was healing his wounds in Samaria, and they brought him to Jehu, and he slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So there was none in the house of Ahaziah to secure their power in the kingdom.
9 He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.” The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
10 And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, and she arose and destroyed all the seed royal in the house of Judah.
10 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah.
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and rescued him secretly out of the midst of the sons of the king that were put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram, sister of Ahaziah, wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid him, and she [even] hid him from Athaliah, and she did not slay him.
11 But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily rescued him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn’t kill him.
12 And he was with him hidden in the house of God six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.
12 He was with them hidden in God’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.
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Jehosheba
Daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, who stole Joash son of Ahaziah away from the murdered royal sons and hid him and his nurse so that Athaliah could not kill him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 21:16–17; 2 Kings 8:24–29; 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 33:25; 2 Chronicles 23:3
- 2 1 Kings 16:28; 2 Kings 8:26; 2 Chronicles 21:6
- 3 Genesis 27:12–13; Matthew 10:37; Matthew 14:8–11; Nehemiah 13:23–27; Genesis 6:4–5
- 4 Proverbs 13:20; 2 Chronicles 24:17–18; Proverbs 12:5; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 19:27
- 5 2 Chronicles 18:31; 2 Chronicles 18:3; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Kings 8:28–29; Psalm 1:1
- 6 2 Kings 9:15; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 22:7
- 7 2 Chronicles 10:15; 2 Kings 9:21; 1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:1–7; Hosea 14:9
- 8 2 Kings 10:10–14
- 9 1 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 17:3–4; 1 Kings 13:21; 2 Chronicles 21:4; 2 Chronicles 21:20–22:1
- 10 2 Kings 11:1–3; 2 Chronicles 22:2–4
- 11 Psalm 33:10; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 65:8; Psalm 76:10; 2 Chronicles 21:7
- 12 Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 73:14; Psalm 73:18–19; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 12:8
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