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2 Cronache 22
Nuova Riveduta 2006

Acazia, re di Giuda; sua idolatria e morte

22 (A)Gli abitanti di Gerusalemme, al posto di Ieoram, proclamarono re Acazia, il più giovane dei suoi figli; poiché la truppa che era entrata con gli Arabi nell’accampamento aveva ucciso tutti i più grandi d’età. Così regnò Acazia, figlio di Ieoram, re di Giuda. 2 Acazia aveva quarantadue anni[a] quando cominciò a regnare, e regnò un anno a Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Atalia, figlia[b] di Omri.

3 Anch’egli seguì l’esempio[c] della casa di Acab, perché sua madre, che era sua consigliera, lo spingeva ad agire empiamente. 4 Egli fece ciò che è male agli occhi del Signore, come quelli della casa di Acab, perché, dopo la morte di suo padre, questi furono suoi consiglieri, per sua rovina.

5 Fu pure dietro loro consiglio che egli andò con Ieoram, figlio di Acab, re d’Israele, a combattere contro Azael, re di Siria, a Ramot di Galaad. I Siri ferirono Ieoram; 6 e questi tornò a Izreel per farsi curare delle ferite che aveva ricevute dai Siri a Rama, quando combatteva contro Azael, re di Siria. E Acazia[d], figlio di Ieoram re di Giuda, scese a Izreel a vedere Ieoram, figlio di Acab, perché questi era ammalato.

7 Fu volontà di Dio che Acazia, per sua rovina, si recò da Ieoram; perché, quando fu giunto, uscì con Ieoram incontro a Ieu, figlio di Nimsi, che il Signore aveva unto per sterminare la casa di Acab. 8 Mentre Ieu faceva giustizia contro la casa di Acab, trovò i capi di Giuda e i figli dei fratelli di Acazia che erano al servizio di Acazia e li uccise. 9 Poi fece cercare Acazia, che si era nascosto a Samaria. Acazia fu preso, portato da Ieu, messo a morte e poi seppellito, perché si diceva: «È il figlio di Giosafat, che cercava il Signore con tutto il suo cuore». E nella casa di Acazia non rimase più nessuno che fosse capace di regnare.

Atalia, regina di Giuda

10 (B)Quando Atalia, madre di Acazia, vide che suo figlio era morto, si mise a distruggere tutta la stirpe reale della casa di Giuda. 11 Ma Ieosabet, figlia del re, prese Ioas, figlio di Acazia, lo tolse dai figli del re che erano messi a morte e lo mise con la sua balia in una camera da letto. Così Ieosabet, figlia del re Ieoram, moglie del sacerdote Ieoiada (era sorella di Acazia), lo nascose alle ricerche di Atalia, che non lo mise a morte. 12 Ed egli rimase nascosto presso di loro nel tempio di Dio per sei anni; intanto Atalia regnava sul paese.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Cronache 22:2 Quarantadue anni, 2 R 8:26 riporta ventidue anni.
  2. 2 Cronache 22:2 Figlia, cioè nipote.
  3. 2 Cronache 22:3 Egli seguì l’esempio, lett. camminò per la via.
  4. 2 Cronache 22:6 Acazia, diversi mss. riportano: Azaria
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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

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:2 twenty-two, 2 Kin. 8:26
  2. 2 Chronicles 22:2 Lit. daughter
  3. 2 Chronicles 22:5 Joram, v. 7; 2 Kin. 8:28
  4. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg. Ahaziah and 2 Kin. 8:29
  5. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Lit. crushing
  6. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Joram, vv. 5, 7; 2 Kin. 8:28
  7. 2 Chronicles 22:7 destroy
  8. 2 Chronicles 22:11 Jehosheba, 2 Kin. 11:2
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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

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two
  2. 2 Chronicles 22:5 Hebrew Jehoram, a variant of Joram; also in verses 6 and 7
  3. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
  4. 2 Chronicles 22:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts Azariah
  5. 2 Chronicles 22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba
  6. 2 Chronicles 22:11 Hebrew Jehoshabeath, a variant of Jehosheba
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