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. 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. 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
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Now the downfall of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram; for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them.
And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him — now he was hiding in Samaria — and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said: 'He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.' And there was none of the house of Ahaziah that had power to hold the kingdom.
Cross-references (22)
- 2 Kings 9:21 (v7) Joram said, “Get ready!” They got his chariot ready. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and…
- 2 Chronicles 10:15 (v7) So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was brought about by God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah…
- 2 Kings 10:10-14 (v8) Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of Yahweh’s word, which Yahweh spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For Yahweh has done that which…
- Deuteronomy 32:35 (v7) Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
- Judges 14:4 (v7) But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the…
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- 1 Kings 12:15 (v7) So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about from Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke…
- 1 Kings 13:21 (v9) and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Yahweh says, ‘Because you have been disobedient to Yahweh’s mouth, and…
- 1 Kings 14:13 (v9) All Israel will mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam will come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing…
- 1 Kings 19:16 (v7) Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
- 1 Kings 22:20 (v7) Yahweh said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ One said one thing; and another said another.
- 2 Kings 9:1-7 (v7) Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your…
- 2 Kings 9:27-28 (v9) But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in…
- 2 Chronicles 17:3-4 (v9) Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn’t seek the Baals, but sought to the God of…
- 2 Chronicles 21:4 (v9) Now when Jehoram had risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and…
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 (v9) and they came up against Judah, broke into it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king’s house, including his sons…
- 2 Chronicles 21:20–22:1 (v9) He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He departed without being missed; and they…
- 2 Chronicles 22:8 (v9) 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,…
- Psalms 9:16 (v7) Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands.
- Isaiah 46:10 (v7) I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all…
- Hosea 14:9 (v7) Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the…
- Malachi 4:3 (v7) You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.
- 2 Kings 9:34 (v9) When he had come in, he ate and drank. Then he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv7–9 Hereby we see how nothing can come to any…
Hereby we see how nothing can come to any but by God’s providence and as he hath appointed, and therefore he causeth all means to serve to his will.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv7–9 2Ch 22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of…
2Ch 22:7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
Ver. 7. And the destruction.] Heb., The treading down, sc., with the feet of Jehu.
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By coming to Joram.] See 2Ki 9:21, &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv7–9 The destruction of Ahaziah was of God; by his…
The destruction of Ahaziah was of God; by his providence so disposing occasions and Ahaziah’s inclinations, that he should come at that season to receive his deserved judgment.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv7–8 And it came to pass, that when Jehu was…
And it came to pass, that when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab,.... On Joram, his son, and seventy more sons, his kinsfolks, courtiers, and priests:
and found the princes of Judah, and or even the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah; whose number was forty two:
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that ministered to Ahaziah; had offices in his court, or in obedience to his will, went to visit the children of the king and queen of Israel:
and he slew them; Jehu did; of the occasion, time, and place of his meeting with them, and slaying them, see Kg2 10:12.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v9 Ahaziah - Who, tho' wounded, had made an escape,…
Ahaziah - Who, tho' wounded, had made an escape, 2 Kings ix, 27.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v9 Verse 9. He sought Ahaziah] See a different account…
Verse 9. He sought Ahaziah] See a different account 2Kg 9:27, and the note there, where the accounts are reconciled.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv7, 9 2Ch 22:7-8. The destruction of Ahaziah was of God…
2Ch 22:7-8. The destruction of Ahaziah was of God — By his providence so disposing occasions, and Ahaziah’s inclinations, that he should come, at that particular time, to receive his deserved judgment. See on 2Ki 10:12-14.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv7, 9 The destruction of Ahaziah was of God - i.…
The destruction of Ahaziah was of God - i. e. his untimely end was a judgment upon him for his idolatry.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv7–9 For. Prot. "and the destruction of Ahaziah was of…
For. Prot. "and the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, by coming to Joram." God had decreed to punish him by the hand of Jehu, 4 K. ix.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v9 he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (for he…
he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (for he was hid in Samaria)--(compare Kg2 9:27-29). The two accounts are easily reconciled. "Ahaziah fled first to the garden house and escaped to Samaria; but was here, where he had hid himself, taken by Jehu's men who pursued him, brought to Jehu, who was still near or in Jezreel, and at his command slain at the hill Gur, beside Ibleam, in his chariot; that is, mortally wounded with an arrow, so that he, again fleeing, expired at Megiddo" [KEIL]. Jehu left the corpse at the disposal of the king of Judah's attendants, who conveyed it to Jerusalem, and out of respect to his grandfather Jehoshaphat's memory, gave him an honorable interment in the tombs of the kings.
So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom--His children were too young to assume the reins of government, and all the other royal princes had been massacred by Jehu (Ch2 22:8).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv7–9 7. destruction] Rather, ruin, or downfall, LXX., καταστροφή. Ahaziah’s…
7. destruction] Rather, ruin, or downfall, LXX., καταστροφή. Ahaziah’s brethren fell with him (2Ch_22:8).
by coming to Joram] R.V. in that he went unto Joram.
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had anointed] Cp. 2Ki_9:1-10.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv7–9 (7) And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God.—Literally,…
(7) And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God.—Literally, And from God came the downtreading of Ahaziah, so that he went to Joram. The coin cidence of the visit with Jehu’s rebellion revealed the working of Divine providence. It thus came to pass that the three chief representatives of the house of Ahab—Joram, Jezebel, and Ahaziah—were involved in one catastrophe of ruin; Athaliah, however, escaped for the time. “Downtreading” (tebûsah) occurs here only. (Comp. mebûsah, Isa_22:5.)
For.—And.
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With Jehoram.—So 2Ki_9:21.
Against Jehu.—Rather, unto Jehu. Kings, l.c., “to meet Jehu.”
The son of Nimshi—i.e., grandson. Jehu was son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi (2Ki_9:2).
Whom the Lord had anointed.—Comp. 1Ki_19:16; 2Ki_9:1-10.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv7–9 He went out with Jehoram against Jehu. The "against"…
He went out with Jehoram against Jehu. The "against" is the simple preposition la, and need intend nothing more than "to meet" Jehu; not to meet him hostilely. What the manner of the meeting was, however, we know from 2Ki_9:21, 2Ki_9:22, 2Ki_9:27, 2Ki_9:28. The history of this and following two verses is here given very briefly; much must be filled in to give its full explanation, as in 2Ki_9:11-29. Whom the Lord had anointed to out off the house of Ahab; i.e. had raised him to the throne, possessed of the characteristic qualities which he had for this purpose (2Ki_9:1-7; 1Ki_19:16) Jehu the son of Nimshi. Strictly, "the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi". (2Ki_9:2)
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v8 For his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
2Ch_22:8
For his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
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A mothers influence
Every first thing continues for ever with the child; the first colour, the first music, the first flower paint the foreground of life. Every new educator effects less than his predecessor, until at last, if we regard all life as an educational institute, a circumnavigator of the world is less influenced by all the nations he has seen than by his nurse. (W. Richter.)
A mothers influence
Mothers, ye are the sculptors of the souls of the coming men; queens of the cradle, humble or high, ye are the queens of the future. In your hands lie the destinies of men. I am not speaking poetry, but plain fact, which history proves. Neros mother was a murderess; Nero was a murderer, on a gigantic scale. Byrons mother was proud, ill-tempered, and violent; Byron was proud, ill-tempered, and violent. Washingtons mother was noble and pure; Washington was noble and pure. Scotts mother loved poetry and painting; you know what Walter Scott was. Carlyles mother was stern, and full of reverence; Carlyle very much so. Wesleys mother was a God-like woman; Wesley was a God-like man. The prison chaplain will tell you that the last thing forgotten, in all the recklessness of dissolute profligacy, is the prayer or hymn taught by a mothers lips, or uttered at a fathers knee. Yes, when all other roads are closed, there is one road open to the heart of the desperate man--the memory of his mother. (Great Thoughts.)
An unnatural mother
For his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. There must be a mistranslation! All nature is offended by this tremendous affront. Can we not.find some other word for mother? Any other word will do better, even father would not be so objectionable. The one word that cannot be tolerated here is the word that is found, namely, mother! We might close the Bible here, and say the book that contains this statement was never inspired. But we cannot do so. Then the word counsellor is so full of plan, premeditation, arrangement; the mother was a schoolmistress, with one pupil, and she suggested, invented, culminated ends, whispered, threw out hints, advised bad policies; told him when he was halting because the course was evil to go on! Napoleon said, They that rock the cradle rule the world. To have a cradle rocked by such a mother as Athaliah surely were enough to be foredoomed to endless misery! How sweetly the text would have read had it proceeded on the lines of nature!--for his mother was his counsellor to do bravely. Surely the word wickedly is a misprint, traceable to some careless copyist!--his mother was his counsellor to do wisely, patiently, hopefully,--these would have been womanly words, words most motherly, the very words with which we build home and Church and heaven. But the word is wickedly, and we must regard it in its literal significance. What are mothers doing now? They could be Gods foremost ministers. No man can pray like a woman; no man has the art of eloquence as a woman has it; no one can come into life so silently, quietly, blessingly as woman, mother, sister. If women would preach surely the world would listen. They ought to preach; they know the secret of love, they have the answer to the Cross, they can solve in some degree the enigma of sacrifice. This is the very reason of the horribleness of the text. If woman had been otherwise, then the word wickedly would not have read with such a sense of irony and moral collision as it does in this instance. It is because woman can be so heavenly that she can be so low, and wicked, and bad; it is because she can be so like a saviour that she can be such an engine and agent of ruin. (J. Parker, D. D.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv7, 9 Now the destruction of Ahaziah was brought about by…
Now the destruction of Ahaziah was brought about by God
The abstract noun "destruction" can be stated as an action. This can be stated in active form. AT: "God caused Ahaziah to die" (See: Abstract Nouns and Active or Passive)
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visit to Joram ... went with Jehoram
"Joram" and "Jehoram" are two names for the same person.
Nimshi
This is the name of a man. (See: How to Translate Names)
It came about
This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
carrying out God's judgment on the house of Ahab
This refers to killing the descendants of Ahab. AT: "killing all the descendants of Ahab as God had commanded"
the house of Ahab
The word "house" is a metonym for the family that lives in the house. In this case it refers to the descendants of Ahab. See how you translated this in 2 Chronicles 21:6. AT: "the descendants of Ahab" (See: Metonymy)
the sons of Ahaziah's brothers
Possible meanings are 1) Ahaziah's nephews or 2) the sons of Ahaziah's relatives .
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Jehoram
Jehu
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servant
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 22:7-9 The death of Ahaziah was a punishment for…
22:7-9 The death of Ahaziah was a punishment for his alliance with the king of Israel. The Judahite king who lived by the counsel of the Israelite house of Omri shared their fate and found no refuge there at the time of his death. Ahaziah’s infidelity brought David’s line almost to the same point as Saul’s line, with no one left to assume the throne.
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