2 Tawarikh 22:6-9

22:6 Joram ¹  returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians ²  in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah ³  son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. ⁴ 

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. ⁵  When Ahaziah ⁶  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned ⁷  to wipe out Ahab’s family. ⁸  22:8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them. 22:9 He looked for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. ⁹  They brought him to Jehu and then executed him. They did give him a burial, for they reasoned, ¹⁰  “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart.” There was no one in Ahaziah’s family strong enough to rule in his place. ¹¹ 

[22:6]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:6]  ² tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

[22:6]  ³ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).

[22:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.

[22:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

[22:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “anointed.”

[22:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”

[22:9]  ⁹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[22:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they said.”

[22:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”