2 Chronicles 22:2

בֶּן ־ אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה אֲחַזְיָהוּ בְמָלְכוֹ וְשָׁנָה אַחַת מָלַךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ עֲתַלְיָהוּ בַּת ־ עָמְרִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1וַיַּמְלִיכוּ יוֹשְׁבֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֶת ־ אֲחַזְיָהוּ בְנוֹ הַקָּטֹן תַּחְתָּיו כִּי כָל ־ הָרִאשֹׁנִים הָרַג הַגְּדוּד הַבָּא בָֽעַרְבִים לַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֲחַזְיָהוּ בֶן ־ יְהוֹרָם מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה ׃ פ

3גַּם ־ הוּא הָלַךְ בְּדַרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב כִּי אִמּוֹ הָיְתָה יֽוֹעַצְתּוֹ לְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 16:28וַיִּשְׁכַּב עָמְרִי עִם ־ אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקָּבֵר בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן וַיִּמְלֹךְ אַחְאָב בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו ׃ פ

2 Kings 8:26בֶּן ־ עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה אֲחַזְיָהוּ בְמָלְכוֹ וְשָׁנָה אַחַת מָלַךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ עֲתַלְיָהוּ בַּת ־ עָמְרִי מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

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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