2 Chronicles 22:4

And so he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as the house of Ahab did. For after the death of his father, they were counselors to him, to his destruction.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3But he too went forth in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother impelled him to act impiously.

5And he walked in their counsels. And he went with Joram, the son of Ahab, the king of Israel, to war against Hazael, the king of Syria, at Ramoth Gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:17Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.

Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners should entice you, do not consent to them.

Proverbs 13:20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.

Micah 6:16For you have kept the precepts of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you have walked according their wills, so that I should give you over to perdition and its hissing inhabitants, and you would carry the disgrace of my people.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 22:2-10

Ahaziah Slain by Jehu. ( b. c. 884.) 1 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.… Read the whole commentary →

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