2 Chronicles 22:3

Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

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KJV

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

ASV

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

YLT

he also hath walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother hath been his counsellor to do wickedly.

DBT

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab,.... As his father Jehoram had, 2Ch 21:6. for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly; to commit idolatry, who was of that idolatrous house.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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His mother was his counsellor - Athaliah, the wicked daughter of a wicked parent, and the wicked spouse of an unprincipled king.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

I am apprehensive that they looked upon Jehovah, the God of their fathers, to be altogether such a one as these Baalim, and them to be as great and as good as he, nay, upon one account, more eligible inasmuch as these Baalim encouraged in their worshippers all manner of lewdness and sensuality, which the God of Israel strictly forbade.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Psalms 1:1
Blessed 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.
Genesis 27:12–13
What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
Judges 17:4–5
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
Deuteronomy 13:6–10
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
Deuteronomy 7:3–4
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Matthew 14:8–11
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
Nehemiah 13:23–27
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Genesis 6:4–5
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
Malachi 2:15
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
Psalms 109:14
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.

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PersonDivided kingdomAhabSeventh king of the northern kingdom, son of Omri, who "did evil above all that were before him"; Elijah's chief antagonist, conde…

About this book

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Matthew 10:37
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
leads to
- Luke 14:26
  “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
- Matthew 22:37
  Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Philippians 3:7–9
  But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14–15
  For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
- Deuteronomy 33:9
  He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
Through
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
leads to
- Acts 5:29
  But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Exodus 1:17
  The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- 1 Corinthians 10:15
  I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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