2 Chronicles 22
Good News Translation
King Ahaziah of Judah(A)
22 Some Arabs had led a raid and killed all of King Jehoram's sons except Ahaziah, the youngest. So now the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah king as his father's successor. 2-3 Ahaziah became king at the age of twenty-two,[a] and he ruled in Jerusalem for one year. Ahaziah also followed the example of King Ahab's family, since his mother Athaliah—the daughter of King Ahab and granddaughter of King Omri of Israel—gave him advice that led him into evil. 4 He sinned against the Lord, because after his father's death other members of King Ahab's family became his advisers, and they led to his downfall. 5 Following their advice, he joined King Joram of Israel in a war against King Hazael of Syria. The armies clashed at Ramoth in Gilead, and Joram was wounded in battle. 6 He returned to the city of Jezreel to recover from his wounds, and Ahaziah went there to visit him.
7 God used this visit to Joram to bring about Ahaziah's downfall. While Ahaziah was there, he and Joram were confronted by a man named Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had chosen to destroy the dynasty of Ahab. 8 As Jehu was carrying out God's sentence on the dynasty, he came across a group made up of Judean leaders and of Ahaziah's nephews that had accompanied Ahaziah on his visit. Jehu killed them all. 9 A search was made for Ahaziah, and he was found hiding in Samaria. They took him to Jehu and put him to death. But they did bury his body out of respect for his grandfather King Jehoshaphat, who had done all he could to serve the Lord.
No member of Ahaziah's family was left who could rule the kingdom.
Queen Athaliah of Judah(B)
10 As soon as King Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned of her son's murder, she gave orders for all the members of the royal family of Judah to be killed. 11 Ahaziah had a half sister, Jehosheba, who was married to a priest named Jehoiada. She secretly rescued one of Ahaziah's sons, Joash, took him away from the other princes who were about to be murdered and hid him and a nurse in a bedroom at the Temple. By keeping him hidden, she saved him from death at the hands of Athaliah. 12 For six years he remained there in hiding, while Athaliah ruled as queen.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 22:2 Some ancient translations (and see 2 K 8.26) twenty-two; Hebrew forty-two.
2 Chronicles 22
New King James Version
Ahaziah Reigns in Judah(A)
22 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made (B)Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders who came with the (C)Arabians into the camp had killed all the (D)older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned. 2 Ahaziah was [a]forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was (E)Athaliah the [b]granddaughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly. 4 Therefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5 He also followed their advice, and went with [c]Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 6 (F)Then he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And [d]Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
7 His going to Joram (G)was God’s occasion for Ahaziah’s [e]downfall; for when he arrived, (H)he went out with [f]Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, (I)whom the Lord had anointed to [g]cut off the house of Ahab. 8 And it happened, when Jehu was (J)executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and (K)found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who served Ahaziah, that he killed them. 9 (L)Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, “because,” they said, “he is the son of (M)Jehoshaphat, who (N)sought the Lord with all his heart.”
So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom.
Athaliah Reigns in Judah(O)
10 (P)Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. 11 But [h]Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took (Q)Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered, and put him and his nurse in a 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 did not kill him. 12 And he was hidden with them in the house of God for six years, while Athaliah reigned over the land.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 22:2 twenty-two, 2 Kin. 8:26
- 2 Chronicles 22:2 Lit. daughter
- 2 Chronicles 22:5 Joram, v. 7; 2 Kin. 8:28
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. Ahaziah and 2 Kin. 8:29
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 Lit. crushing
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 Joram, vv. 5, 7; 2 Kin. 8:28
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 destroy
- 2 Chronicles 22:11 Jehosheba, 2 Kin. 11:2
2 Krönikeboken 22
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Ahasja regerar i Juda
22 Folket i Jerusalem valde Ahasja, Jorams yngste son, till kung. De arabiska rövarbanden hade ju dödat hans äldre söner.
2 Ahasja var tjugotvå år gammal när han besteg tronen, och han regerade i ett år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Atalja och var ättling till Omri.
3 Ahasja vandrade på samma ogudaktiga vägar som Ahab, och hans mor uppmuntrade honom till att göra allt möjligt ont.
4 Ja, han var lika ogudaktig som Ahab, för Ahabs familj blev hans rådgivare efter hans fars död, och detta ledde honom i fördärvet.
5 Det var också deras råd Ahasja följde när han ingick en allians med kung Joram i Israel, Ahabs son, som låg i krig med den arameiske kungen Hasael vid Ramot i Gilead. Ahasja tågade dit med sin armé för att gå med i striden. Kung Joram i Israel blev sårad
6 och vände tillbaka till Jisreel för att få vård. Ahasja besökte honom,
7 men detta visade sig vara ett ödesdigert misstag, för Gud hade bestämt sig för att straffa Ahasja för hans allians med Joram. Det var under detta besök som Ahasja gick ut tillsammans med Joram för att möta Jehu, Nimsis son, som Herren hade utsett till att göra slut på Ahabs ätt.
8 Medan Jehu for fram och dödade Ahabs familj och vänner, mötte han kung Ahasjas brorsöner, som hade varit hos Ahasja, och han dödade dem.
9 Sedan sökte Jehu efter Ahasja, och hans män fann honom till sist i Samaria, där han hade gömt sig. De tog honom med sig till Jehu, som dödade honom. Men de gav honom en anständig begravning, därför att han var sonson till kung Josafat, en man som med hänförelse hade tjänat Herren. Ingen av Ahasjas ättlingar kunde upprätthålla makten och efterträda honom som kung.
Drottning Atalja regerar i Juda
10 När Atalja, Ahasjas mor, fick höra att hennes son var död, bestämde hon sig för att ta livet av hela kungafamiljen och själv överta tronen.
11 Men Joas, som var yngst, blev räddad av Josabeat, som var kung Ahasjas syster, och hon gömde honom och hans sköterska i ett sovrum. Josabeat var dotter till kung Joram och gift med prästen Jojada.
12 Joas hölls gömd av dem i templet i sex år medan Atalja regerade som drottning.
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