2 Cronica 22
Magandang Balita Biblia
Si Haring Ahazias ng Juda(A)
22 Pagkamatay ni Jehoram, ang bunsong anak nitong si Ahazias ang iniluklok ng mga taga-Jerusalem upang maging hari. Ang ibang mga kapatid niya ay napatay ng pangkat na sumalakay sa Juda kasama ng mga Arabo, kaya siya ang ginawang hari ng Juda. 2 Apatnapu't dalawang taon na si Ahazias nang magsimulang maghari at isang taon siyang namahala sa Juda. Sa Jerusalem siya nanirahan. Ang ina niya'y si Atalia na apo ni Omri.
3 Sinunod din ni Ahazias ang gawain ng mga hari sa Israel sapagkat ang kanyang ina ang naging tagapayo niya sa paggawa ng masama. 4 Tulad sa angkan ni Ahab, hindi nalugod si Yahweh sa ginawa niya sapagkat ang mga ito ang naging tagapayo niya pagkamatay ng kanyang ama. At ito ang dahilan ng kanyang pagbagsak. 5 Ang mga ito rin ang sinunod niya nang sumama siya kay Joram[a] na anak ni Haring Ahab ng Israel upang labanan sa Ramot-gilead si Hazael na hari ng Siria. Sa labanang iyon nasugatan si Joram.[b] 6 Dahil sa nangyaring ito, ibinalik siya sa Jezreel upang doon magpagaling ng mga sugat. Doon siya dinalaw ni Ahazias. 7 Kalooban ng Diyos na ang pagdalaw niyang ito ang maging pagkakataon para siya bumagsak. Sumama siya kay Joram[c] upang makipagkita kay Jehu na anak ni Namsi. Si Jehu ang pinili ni Yahweh upang lipulin ang sambahayan ni Ahab. 8 Sa pagsasakatuparan nito, natagpuan niya ang mga pinuno ng Juda at ang mga pamangkin ni Ahazias na naglilingkod dito. Kaya't pinagpapatay niya ang mga ito. 9 Ipinahanap nila si Ahazias at natagpuan ito sa Samaria. Dinala nila ito kay Jehu at kanyang ipinapatay. Ipinalibing niya ito at ang sabi, “Apo ito ni Jehoshafat na tapat na naglingkod kay Yahweh.” Walang natira sa sambahayan ni Ahazias na may kakayahang maghari sa Juda.
Si Reyna Atalia ng Juda(B)
10 Nang malaman ni Atalia na ang anak niyang si Ahazias ay patay na, pinagpapatay rin niya ang sambahayan ng hari ng Juda. 11 Ngunit naitakas ni Jehosabet ang anak ni Ahazias na si Joas. Itinago niya ito sa isang silid-tulugan sa Templo kasama ng tagapag-alaga. Sa ganoong paraan iniligtas ni Jehosabet ang kanyang pamangking si Joas. Si Jehosabet ay asawa ng paring si Joiada at kapatid ni Ahazias sapagkat sila'y anak ni Haring Jehoram. 12 Si Joas ay itinago niya sa Templo kaya hindi napatay. Anim na taon siya roon, sa buong panahong namamahala si Atalia bilang reyna.
Footnotes
- 2 Cronica 22:5 Joram: Sa tekstong Hebreo ay “Jehoram” , na isang paraan ng pagbaybay sa pangalang ito.
- 2 Cronica 22:5 Joram: Sa tekstong Hebreo ay “Jehoram” , na isang paraan ng pagbaybay sa pangalang ito.
- 2 Cronica 22:7 Joram: Sa tekstong Hebreo ay “Jehoram” , na isang paraan ng pagbaybay sa pangalang ito.
2 Chronicles 22
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ahaziah’s Reign
22 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahazi′ah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahazi′ah the son of Jehor′am king of Judah reigned. 2 Ahazi′ah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athali′ah, the granddaughter of Omri. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly. 4 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done; for after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing. 5 He even followed their counsel, and went with Jehor′am the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Haz′ael king of Syria at Ra′moth-gil′ead. And the Syrians wounded Joram, 6 and he returned to be healed in Jezre′el of the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Haz′ael king of Syria. And Ahazi′ah the son of Jehor′am king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezre′el, because he was sick.
7 But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahazi′ah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there he went out with Jehor′am to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. 8 And when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahazi′ah’s brothers, who attended Ahazi′ah, and he killed them. 9 He searched for Ahazi′ah, and he was captured while hiding in Samar′ia, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehosh′aphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.” And the house of Ahazi′ah had no one able to rule the kingdom.
Athaliah Seizes the Throne
10 Now when Athali′ah the mother of Ahazi′ah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah. 11 But Jeho-shab′e-ath, the daughter of the king, took Jo′ash the son of Ahazi′ah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. Thus Jeho-shab′e-ath, the daughter of King Jehor′am and wife of Jehoi′ada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahazi′ah, hid him from Athali′ah, so that she did not slay him; 12 and he remained with them six years, hid in the house of God, while Athali′ah reigned over the land.
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