Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

2 Chronicles 22:7

in 2 Chronicles 22

Ahaziah’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 of Ahab.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

KJV

And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

⋯

This verse in 2 Chronicles 22

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the destruction of Ahaziah was of God

Chronicles states outright what Kings leaves for the reader to infer from Jehu's own commission: Ahaziah's death is folded into the same sentence against the house of Ahab that anointed Jehu to cut it off. The verse names God as the one who brought Ahaziah to Joram's side at that moment, so a king of Judah dies inside a purge aimed at Israel's throne rather than by ordinary family visit. Keil and Matthew Henry both read the clause as the Chronicler's habit of naming the hand behind an event Kings narrates without that comment.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

His providence brought Ahaziah, just at this fatal juncture, to see Joram, that he might fall with him and be taken as in a snare. This we had an account of before, 2 Kings ix. It is here added that he was decently buried (not as Jehoram, whose dead body was cast into Naboth's vineyard, 2 Kings ix.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens

And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The destruction of Ahaziah was of God - i. e. his untimely end was a judgment upon him for his idolatry.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּמֵֽאֱלֹהִ֗יםand from God

    umeelohimH430 →2601 times

  • הָיְתָה֙it was

    hayetahH1961 →3559 times

  • תְּבוּסַ֣ת[the] downfall of

    tevusatH8395 →

  • אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּAhaziah

    ʾachazyahuH274 →37 times

  • לָב֖וֹאby going

    lavo'H935 →2568 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יוֹרָ֑םJoram

    yoramH3141 →

  • וּבְבֹא֗וֹand when went he

    uvevooH935 →2568 times

  • יָצָ֤אhe went out

    yatza'H3318 →1067 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • יְהוֹרָם֙Jehoram

    yehoramH3088 →29 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יֵה֣וּאJehu

    yehu'H3058 →58 times

  • בֶן־[the] son of

    ven-H1121 →4930 times

  • נִמְשִׁ֔יNimshi

    nimshiH5250 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מְשָׁח֣וֹhe had anointed him

    meshachoH4886 →

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • לְהַכְרִ֖יתto cut off

    lehakhritH3772 →288 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • אַחְאָֽב׃Ahab

    ʾachavH256 →92 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

16 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 12:15So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.5 works2 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 Jezreelite.4 works2 Chronicles 10:15So 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 Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.4 works2 Kings 9:6So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.4 works2 Kings 9:3Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”3 worksJudges 14:4(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)3 works
The other 10 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 25:20But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.3 works1 Kings 22:20And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.2 works1 Kings 19:16You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.2 worksHosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.2 worksDeuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”2 worksPsalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah2 worksIsaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’2 works2 Kings 9:1–7Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.2 worksMalachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.2 works2 Chronicles 22:6so 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.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Kings 12:15

    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 12:24

      that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this word is from Me.’” So they…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Chronicles 25:20

      But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.

    • Deuteronomy 2:30

      But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as…

    • Judges 14:4

      (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

    • 1 Kings 11:29–38

      During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them…

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 11:29–39

      During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them…

    • 1 Samuel 2:25

      If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since…

  • Through

    1 Kings 22:20

    And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 14:9

      But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My…

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 22 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

Read on in 2 Chronicles 22 →