2 Chronicles 22:5
in 2 Chronicles 22Ahaziah 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
KJV
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth–gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
his mother was his counselor
on 2 Chronicles 22:3-6
The march to Ramoth-gilead and the wound Joram carries back to Jezreel repeat the account of 2 Kings 8:28-29. Chronicles adds the cause: “his mother was his counselor in wickedness”. Verse 4 names the house of Ahab as the counselors who worked his destruction “after the death of his father”.
This site's exposition
to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead
Ahaziah repeats his grandfather's error, for Jehoshaphat had gone to war at Ramoth-gilead beside Ahab. Gill notes that the counsel of verse 4 governed his politics as well as his worship. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown add that the names of Jehu and Hazael both appear on Assyrian monuments.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He walked also after their counsel,.... Did as they advised him, as in matters of religion, so in political things, of which there is an instance in this and the next verse; of which see Gill on 2Ki 8:28, 2Ki 8:29.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
went . . . to war against Hazael, king of Syria--It may be mentioned as a very minute and therefore important confirmation of this part of the sacred history that the names of Jehu and Hazael, his contemporary, have both been found on Assyrian sculptures; and there is also a notice of Ithbaal, king of Sidon, who was the father of Jezebel.
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Went with Jehoram - See on 2Ki 8:28 (note).
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| בַּעֲצָתָם֮ | baatzatam | in counsel their | H6098 → | 89 times |
| הָלַךְ֒ | halakh | he walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיֵּלֶךְ֩ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| יְהוֹרָ֨ם | yehoram | Jehoram | H3088 → | 29 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַחְאָ֜ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה | lamilchamah | to <the> war | H4421 → | 320 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חֲזָאֵ֥ל | chazael | Hazael | H2371 → | |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָ֖ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| בְּרָמ֣וֹת | beramot | at Ramoth | H7418 → | 22 times |
| גִּלְעָ֑ד | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וַיַּכּ֥וּ | vaiyaku | and they wounded | H5221 → | 499 times |
| הָֽרַמִּ֖ים | haramim | the Arameans | H7421 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יוֹרָֽם׃ | yoram | Joram | H3141 → |
גַּ֣םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
בַּעֲצָתָם֮in counsel their
baatzatamH6098 →89 times
הָלַךְ֒he walked
halakhH1980 →1546 times
וַיֵּלֶךְ֩and he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
יְהוֹרָ֨םJehoram
yehoramH3088 →29 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אַחְאָ֜בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לַמִּלְחָמָ֛הto <the> war
lamilchamahH4421 →320 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
חֲזָאֵ֥לHazael
chazaelH2371 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
אֲרָ֖םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
בְּרָמ֣וֹתat Ramoth
beramotH7418 →22 times
גִּלְעָ֑דGilead
giladH1568 →134 times
וַיַּכּ֥וּand they wounded
vaiyakuH5221 →499 times
הָֽרַמִּ֖יםthe Arameans
haramimH7421 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יוֹרָֽם׃Joram
yoramH3141 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
it leads to
- Psalms 26:4–5
I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
- Proverbs 4:14–15
Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
- Proverbs 13:20
He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
- Psalms 119:1–2
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 15:17
I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
- Psalms 26:4–5
Through
Micah 6:16You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 51:51
“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
- Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
- Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Jeremiah 51:51
About 2 Chronicles

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomAhabSeventh king of the northern kingdom, son of Omri, who "did evil above all that were before him"; Elijah's chief antagonist, conde…
- PersonDivided kingdomHazaelThe Aramean officer over whose face Elisha wept, foreseeing the cruelty of his coming reign; king of Aram and scourge of Israel.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
