2 Chronik 22
Schlachter 2000
König Ahasja von Juda
22 Und die Einwohner von Jerusalem machten Ahasja[a], seinen jüngsten Sohn, zum König an seiner Stelle; denn die Truppe, die mit den Arabern in das Lager gekommen war, hatte alle älteren getötet. So wurde Ahasja König, der Sohn Jorams, des Königs von Juda.
2 Es war nach 42 Jahren, dass Ahasja König wurde,[b] und er regierte ein Jahr lang in Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Athalja, eine Tochter Omris.
3 Und auch er wandelte in den Wegen des Hauses Ahabs, denn seine Mutter beriet ihn so, dass er gottlos handelte.
4 Und so tat er, was böse war in den Augen des Herrn, wie das Haus Ahabs; denn nach dem Tod seines Vaters waren sie seine Ratgeber, zu seinem Verderben.
5 Er wandelte auch nach ihrem Rat und zog mit Joram, dem Sohn Ahabs, dem König von Israel, in den Krieg gegen Hasael, den König von Aram, nach Ramot in Gilead. Aber die Aramäer verwundeten Joram.
6 Da kehrte er um, um sich in Jesreel heilen zu lassen; denn er hatte Wunden, die ihm in Rama geschlagen worden waren, als er mit Hasael, dem König von Aram, kämpfte. Und Asarja[c], der Sohn Jorams, der König von Juda, zog hinab, um Joram, den Sohn Ahabs, in Jesreel zu besuchen, weil er krank lag.
7 Und das war von Gott zum Untergang Ahasjas [so gefügt], dass er zu Joram ging; denn als er kam, zog er mit Joram aus gegen Jehu, den Sohn Nimsis, den der Herr gesalbt hatte, um das Haus Ahabs auszurotten.
8 Und es geschah, als Jehu am Haus Ahabs Gericht übte, da traf er die Fürsten Judas und die Söhne der Brüder Ahasjas, die Ahasja dienten, und brachte sie um.
9 Er suchte auch Ahasja; und man fing ihn in Samaria, wo er sich verborgen hatte, und brachte ihn zu Jehu; der tötete ihn. Und man begrub ihn, denn sie sprachen: Er ist der Sohn von Josaphat, der von ganzem Herzen den Herrn gesucht hat! Und es war niemand mehr aus dem Haus Ahasjas, der stark genug gewesen wäre zum Regieren.
Die blutige Herrschaft Athaljas über Juda
10 Als aber Athalja[d], die Mutter Ahasjas, sah, dass ihr Sohn tot war, da machte sie sich auf und brachte alle königlichen Nachkommen[e] des Hauses Juda um.
11 Aber Joschabat, die Tochter des Königs, nahm Joas, den Sohn Ahasjas, und schaffte ihn heimlich weg aus der Mitte der Königssöhne, die getötet wurden, und brachte ihn samt seiner Amme in eine Schlafkammer. So verbarg ihn Joschabat, die Tochter des Königs Joram, die Frau des Priesters Jojada[f] (denn sie war Ahasjas Schwester), vor Athalja, sodass er nicht getötet wurde.
12 Und er war sechs Jahre lang bei ihnen im Haus Gottes verborgen. Athalja aber herrschte über das Land.
Footnotes
- (22,1) bed. »Der Herr ergreift / hält«; die andere Namensform »Joahas« in 21,17 bedeutet dasselbe.
- (22,2) w. Als Sohn von 42 Jahren wurde Ahasja … Diese hebr. Redewendung bezeichnet normalerweise das Alter eines Königs; hier wird sie als Anspielung auf uns unbekannte zeitliche Zusammenhänge verwendet. Manche Ausleger deuten die 42 Jahre als das Alter Athaljas, der mächtigen Königsmutter, als eine Anspielung darauf, dass sie die eigentliche Regentin war (siehe V. 3). Andere sehen die 42 Jahre als die Regierungszeit der Dynastie Omris, in deren böser geistlicher Spur Ahasja fortfuhr. Vgl. 1Sam 13,1; 2Chr 36,9.
- (22,6) bed. »Der Herr hilft«; ein anderer Name für Ahasja.
- (22,10) bed. »Der Herr bedrückt«.
- (22,10) w. allen königlichen Samen.
- (22,11) bed. »Der Herr erkennt«.
2 Chronicles 22
Easy-to-Read Version
Ahaziah, King of Judah
22 The people of Jerusalem chose Ahaziah to be the new king in Jehoram’s place. Ahaziah was Jehoram’s youngest son. The people who came with the Arabs to attack Jehoram’s camp killed all of Jehoram’s older sons. So Ahaziah began to rule in Judah. 2 He was 22 years old when he began to rule.[a] He ruled one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah. Her father’s name was Omri. 3 Ahaziah also lived the way Ahab’s family lived because his mother encouraged him to do wrong things. 4 Ahaziah did evil in the Lord’s sight. That is what Ahab’s family did. Ahab’s family gave advice to Ahaziah after Ahaziah’s father died. They gave Ahaziah bad advice that led to his death. 5-6 Ahaziah followed the advice of Ahab’s family and joined King Joram to fight against King Hazael from Aram. They fought near the town of Ramoth in Gilead. Joram, who was the son of King Ahab of Israel, was wounded in the battle. He went back to the town of Jezreel to heal from the wounds he suffered at Ramoth. King Ahaziah[b] went there later to visit him.
7 God caused Ahaziah’s death when he went to visit Joram. Ahaziah arrived and went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi. The Lord chose Jehu to destroy Ahab’s family. 8 Jehu was punishing Ahab’s family. He found the leaders of Judah and Ahaziah’s relatives who served Ahaziah. He killed the leaders of Judah and Ahaziah’s relatives. 9 Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah. Jehu’s men caught him when he tried to hide in the town of Samaria. They brought him to Jehu. They killed Ahaziah and buried him. They said, “Ahaziah is the descendant of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat followed the Lord with all his heart.” Ahaziah’s family had no power to hold the kingdom of Judah together.
Queen Athaliah
10 Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. When she saw that her son was dead, she killed all the king’s children in Judah. 11 But Jehosheba took Ahaziah’s son Joash and hid him. Jehosheba put Joash and his nurse in the inside bedroom. Jehosheba was King Jehoram’s daughter. She was also Jehoiada’s wife. Jehoiada was a priest, and Jehosheba was Ahaziah’s sister. Athaliah did not kill Joash, because Jehosheba hid him. 12 Joash was hidden with the priests in God’s Temple for six years. During that time Athaliah ruled over the land as queen.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 22:2 He was … rule The standard Hebrew text has “42 years old.” 2 Kings 8:26 says Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to rule.
- 2 Chronicles 22:5 Ahaziah Literally, “Azariah.”
2 Chronicles 22
New International Version
Ahaziah King of Judah(A)(B)
22 The people(C) of Jerusalem(D) made Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders,(E) who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
2 Ahaziah was twenty-two[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.
3 He too followed(F) the ways of the house of Ahab,(G) for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly. 4 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisers, to his undoing. 5 He also followed their counsel when he went with Joram[b] son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.(H) The Arameans wounded Joram; 6 so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth[c] in his battle with Hazael(I) king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah[d] son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.
7 Through Ahaziah’s(J) visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8 While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab,(K) he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them. 9 He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding(L) in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought(M) the Lord with all his heart.” So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.
Athaliah and Joash(N)
10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. 11 But Jehosheba,[e] the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba,[f] the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him. 12 He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two
- 2 Chronicles 22:5 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 6 and 7
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts Azariah
- 2 Chronicles 22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba
- 2 Chronicles 22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba
2 Chronicles 22
King James Version
22 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
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.
8 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.
9 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.
10 But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. 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 slew him not.
12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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