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2 Chronicles 22:2

2 Chronicles 22:2 is verse 2 of 2 Chronicles chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

Some LXX manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two

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King James Version

Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

World English Bible

Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

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2 Chronicles 22:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

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. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

2 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.

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

4 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

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Hebrew words

בֶּן[was] a son of אַרְבָּעִ֨יםforty וּשְׁתַּ֤יִםand two שָׁנָה֙year[s]אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּAhaziah בְמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he וְשָׁנָ֣הand a year אַחַ֔תone מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of אִמּ֔וֹmother his עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ[was] Athaliah בַּת[the] daughter of עָמְרִֽיOmri

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Kings 8:26
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 21:6
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

1 Kings 16:28
And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.

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