2 Chronicles 22:2 BSB

2 Chronicles 22:2

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

BSB

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ASV

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah - See the note on 2Ki 8:26. Ahaziah might have been twenty-two years old, according to 2Ki 8:26 (note), but he could not have been forty-two, as stated here, without being two years older than his own father! See the note there. The Syriac and Arabic have twenty-two, and the Septuagint, in some copies, twenty. And it is very probable that the Hebrew text read so originally; for when numbers were expressed by single letters, it was easy to mistake מ mem, Forty, for כ caph, Twenty.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Some make this forty-two to be the age of his mother Athaliah, for in the original it is, he was the son of forty-two years, that is, the son of a mother that was of that age; and justly is her age put for his, in reproach to him, because she managed him, and did what she would--she, in effect, reigned, and he had little more than the title of king.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign--(Compare 2Ki 8:26). According to that passage, the commencement of his reign is dated in the twenty-second year of his age, and, according to this, in the forty-second year of the kingdom of his mother's family [LIGHTFOOT].

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֶּן־	ben-	[was] a son of	H1121 →
אַרְבָּעִ֨ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם	u.she.Ta.yim	and two	H8147 →
שָׁנָה֙	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ	'a.chaz.Ya.hu	Ahaziah	H274 →
בְמָלְכ֔וֹ	ve.ma.le.Kho	when became king he	H4427 →
וְשָׁנָ֣ה	ve.sha.Nah	and a year	H8141 →
אַחַ֔ת	'a.Chat	one	H259 →
מָלַ֖ךְ	ma.Lakh	he reigned	H4427 →
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
וְשֵׁ֣ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
אִמּ֔וֹ	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ	'a.tal.Ya.hu	[was] Athaliah	H6271 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
עָמְרִֽי׃	'a.me.Ri	Omri	H6018 →

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2 Chronicles 21:6
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 18:1
  Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- 2 Kings 8:18
  And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the…
- 1 Kings 12:28–30
  After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out…
- Nehemiah 13:25–26
  I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not…
- 1 Kings 16:25–33
  But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
Through
2 Kings 8:26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
leads to
- 2 Kings 11:1
  When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
- 2 Kings 9:21–27
  “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the…
- 2 Chronicles 22:5–8
  Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram;

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