^22:1The residents of Jerusalem¹ made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.² So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. ^22:2Ahaziah was twenty-two³ years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter⁴ of Omri. ^22:3He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty,⁵ for his mother gave him evil advice.⁶^22:4He did evil in the sight of⁷ the Lord like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they⁸ gave him advice that led to his destruction. ^22:5He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram⁹ of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria¹⁰ at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. ^22:6Joram¹¹ returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians¹² in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah¹³ son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded.¹⁴

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1 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
2 Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”
3 Heb “forty-two,” but the parallel passage in 2 Kgs 8:26 reads “twenty-two” along with some of the and the .
4 The Hebrew term בַּת (bat, “daughter”) can refer, as here, to a granddaughter. See I בַּת 1.
5 Heb “and also he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.”
6 Heb “for his mother was his adviser to do evil.”
7 Heb “in the eyes of.”
8 That is, the members of Ahab’s royal house.
9 Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6–7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.
10 Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).
11 Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”
13 Most Hebrew read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew , the , , and read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).
14 Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.