2 Chronicles 22:3
in 2 Chronicles 22Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
KJV
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHis mother was his counsellor - Athaliah, the wicked daughter of a wicked parent, and the wicked spouse of an unprincipled king.
This site's exposition
was his counsellor to do wickedly
on 2 Chronicles 22:3-6
The march to Ramoth-gilead against Hazael and the wound Joram carries back to Jezreel repeat the narrative 2 Kings 8:28-29 already tells in full. Chronicles adds its own verdict on the cause: his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly, a clause with no equivalent in Kings, naming Athaliah and the house of Ahab as the counsellors who worked Ahaziah's destruction after his father's death. The one-year reign is read here as inherited corruption, not a personal failure standing alone.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
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.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּם־ | gam- | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| ה֣וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הָלַ֔ךְ | halakh | he walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּדַרְכֵ֖י | bedarkhei | in [the] ways of | H1870 → | 707 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אַחְאָ֑ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִמּ֛וֹ | ʾimo | mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| הָיְתָ֥ה | hayetah | she was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| יֽוֹעַצְתּ֖וֹ | yoatzto | [female] counselor his | H3289 → | 79 times |
| לְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ | leharshia' | to act wickedly | H7561 → | 34 times |
גַּם־also
gam-H1571 →769 times
ה֣וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
הָלַ֔ךְhe walked
halakhH1980 →1546 times
בְּדַרְכֵ֖יin [the] ways of
bedarkheiH1870 →707 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
אַחְאָ֑בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִמּ֛וֹmother his
ʾimoH517 →220 times
הָיְתָ֥הshe was
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
יֽוֹעַצְתּ֖וֹ[female] counselor his
yoatztoH3289 →79 times
לְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃to act wickedly
leharshia'H7561 →34 times
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
Matthew 10:37Anyone 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;
it 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.
- Luke 14:26
Through
Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
it 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.
- Acts 5:29
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.