2 Chronicles 22:6
in 2 Chronicles 22so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
KJV
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Azariah went down--that is, from Ramoth-gilead, to visit the king of Israel, who was lying ill of his wounds at Jezreel, and who had fled there on the alarm of Jehu's rebellion.
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
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The words behind it
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֜שָׁב | vaiyashov | and he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣א | lehitrape' | to get himself healed | H7495 → | 67 times |
| בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל | veyizreel | in Jezreel | H3157 → | |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הַמַּכִּים֙ | hamakim | the wounds | H4347 → | 48 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הִכֻּ֣הוּ | hikuhu | they had wounded him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| בָֽרָמָ֔ה | varamah | at <the> Ramah | H7414 → | 36 times |
| בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹ | behilachamo | when fought he | H3898 → | 177 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| חֲזָהאֵ֖ל | chazahel | Hazael | H2371 → | |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| אֲרָ֑ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ | vaazaryahu | and Azariah | H5838 → | 49 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹרָ֜ם | yehoram | Jehoram | H3088 → | 29 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| יָרַ֡ד | yarad | he went down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| לִרְא֞וֹת | lirot | to see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוֹרָ֧ם | yehoram | Jehoram | H3088 → | 29 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַחְאָ֛ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אל | beyizreel | in Jezreel | H3157 → | |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| חֹלֶ֥ה | choleh | [was] being ill | H2470 → | 76 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וַיָּ֜שָׁבand he returned
vaiyashovH7725 →1056 times
לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣אto get himself healed
lehitrape'H7495 →67 times
בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אלin Jezreel
veyizreelH3157 →
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
הַמַּכִּים֙the wounds
hamakimH4347 →48 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הִכֻּ֣הוּthey had wounded him
hikuhuH5221 →499 times
בָֽרָמָ֔הat <the> Ramah
varamahH7414 →36 times
בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹwhen fought he
behilachamoH3898 →177 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
חֲזָהאֵ֖לHazael
chazahelH2371 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
אֲרָ֑םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּand Azariah
vaazaryahuH5838 →49 times
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹרָ֜םJehoram
yehoramH3088 →29 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֗הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
יָרַ֡דhe went down
yaradH3381 →381 times
לִרְא֞וֹתto see
lirotH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוֹרָ֧םJehoram
yehoramH3088 →29 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אַחְאָ֛בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אלin Jezreel
beyizreelH3157 →
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
חֹלֶ֥ה[was] being ill
cholehH2470 →76 times
הֽוּא׃he
hu'H1931 →1879 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
2 Chronicles 21:17So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…
- 2 Chronicles 22:1
Through
2 Chronicles 22:1Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons.…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 21:16–17
Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
- 2 Kings 8:24–29
And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
- 2 Chronicles 33:25
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 21:16–17
Through
2 Kings 9:15but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 8:29
So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king…
- 2 Kings 8:29
Through
2 Chronicles 22:7Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 10:15
So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the…
- 2 Kings 9:21
“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 10:15
About 2 Chronicles

Who and where
5 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- 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.
- PlaceHill country of EphraimRamahSamuel's home town, the seat of his circuit as judge, the place David fled to, and the prophet's burial place.
- PlaceNorthern IsraelJezreelAhab's summer capital beside Naboth's vineyard; the city of the dogs' prophecy, where Jezebel fell and Jehu's wheels rolled.
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 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
