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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  2 Chronicles 22"
description: "Overview  2 Chronicles 22:1, Ahaziah succeeding, reigns wickedly; 2 Chronicles 22:5, In his confederacy with Joram, the son of Ahab, he is slain by Jehu;"
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**Overview**
**** [2 Chronicles 22:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/1), Ahaziah succeeding, reigns wickedly; [2 Chronicles 22:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/5), In his confederacy with Joram, the son of Ahab, he is slain by Jehu; [2 Chronicles 22:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/10), Athaliah, destroying all the seed royal, save Joash, whom Jehoshabeath his aunt hid, usurps the kingdom.

**the inhabitants:** [2 Chronicles 23:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/3), [2 Chronicles 26:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/26/1), [2 Chronicles 33:25](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/33/25), [2 Chronicles 36:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/1)
**Ahaziah:** [2 Chronicles 22:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/6), Azariah, [2 Chronicles 21:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/17), Jehoahaz, [2 Kings 8:24-29](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/24-29), [1 Chronicles 3:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/3/11)
**slain:** [2 Chronicles 21:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/16), [2 Chronicles 21:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/17)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 8:18](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/18) - the daughter [2 Kings 9:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/29) - in the eleventh [2 Kings 10:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/13) - the brethren [2 Kings 21:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/21/24) - made Josiah [2 Chronicles 22:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/9) - the house [2 Chronicles 24:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/7) - the sons of Athaliah [2 Chronicles 25:23](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/23) - Jehoahaz

am 3119, 3120, bc 885, 884
**Forty and two:** In the parallel passage - see note on [2 Kings 8:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/26) he is said to be only twenty-two; and this is doubtless the true reading, as it is supported here by several manuscripts and versions.
**Athaliah:** [2 Chronicles 21:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/6), [1 Kings 16:28](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/28)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 16:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/16) - Omri [1 Kings 16:23](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/23) - the thirty [2 Kings 9:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/29) - in the eleventh [2 Chronicles 18:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/1) - joined affinity [2 Chronicles 22:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/10) - Athaliah [Matthew 14:8](../../../kjv/matthew/14/8) - being

**his mother:** [Genesis 6:4](../../../kjv/genesis/6/4), [Genesis 6:5](../../../kjv/genesis/6/5), [Deuteronomy 7:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/3), [Deuteronomy 7:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/4), [Deuteronomy 13:6-10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/6-10), [Judges 17:4](../../../kjv/judges/17/4), [Judges 17:5](../../../kjv/judges/17/5), [Nehemiah 13:23-27](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/23-27), [Malachi 2:15](../../../kjv/malachi/2/15), [Matthew 14:8-11](../../../kjv/matthew/14/8-11)
**his counsellor:** [Genesis 27:12](../../../kjv/genesis/27/12), [Genesis 27:13](../../../kjv/genesis/27/13), [Matthew 10:37](../../../kjv/matthew/10/37), [Acts 4:19](../../../kjv/acts/4/19)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 22:52](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/52) - in the way [2 Kings 3:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/7) - wilt thou go [2 Kings 8:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/27) - the son in law [2 Kings 16:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/16/3) - he walked [2 Chronicles 18:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/1) - joined affinity [2 Chronicles 24:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/17) - the princes of Judah [2 Chronicles 28:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/2) - For he walked [Esther 5:14](../../../kjv/esther/5/14) - said Zeresh [Job 30:8](../../../kjv/job/30/8) - children [Psalms 1:1](../../../kjv/psalms/1/1) - counsel [Psalms 109:14](../../../kjv/psalms/109/14) - let not [Mark 6:24](../../../kjv/mark/6/24) - said

**they were his:** [2 Chronicles 24:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/17), [2 Chronicles 24:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/18), [Proverbs 1:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/10), [Proverbs 12:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/12/5), [Proverbs 13:20](../../../kjv/proverbs/13/20), [Proverbs 19:27](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/27)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 12:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/14) - the counsel [2 Kings 3:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/7) - wilt thou go [2 Kings 8:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/27) - the son in law [2 Chronicles 10:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/14) - the advice [2 Chronicles 28:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/28/2) - For he walked [Esther 5:14](../../../kjv/esther/5/14) - said Zeresh [Psalms 109:14](../../../kjv/psalms/109/14) - let not [Mark 6:24](../../../kjv/mark/6/24) - said

**He walked:** [Psalms 1:1](../../../kjv/psalms/1/1), [Micah 6:16](../../../kjv/micah/6/16)
**went with:** [2 Kings 8:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/28), 29-9:13
**Ramothgilead:** [2 Chronicles 18:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/3), [2 Chronicles 18:31](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/31), [2 Chronicles 19:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/19/2), [1 Kings 22:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/3), [Daniel 5:22](../../../kjv/daniel/5/22)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 12:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/14) - the counsel [2 Kings 8:26](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/26) - one year [2 Chronicles 10:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/14) - the advice

**And he returned:** [2 Kings 9:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/15)
**which were given him:** Heb. wherewith they wounded him, Azariah. Ahaziah, אחזיהו [Strong's [H274](#sH274)], and Jehoahaz, יהואחז [Strong's [H3059](#sH3059)], are essentially the same both in letters and sense, the word יהו, yeho, or יה, [Strong's [H3050](#sH3050)], yah, being merely transposed, but Azariah, עזריהו, [Strong's [H5838](#sH5838)], seems to have been a distinct name by which he was known. [2 Chronicles 22:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/1), [2 Chronicles 22:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/7), Ahaziah, [2 Chronicles 21:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/17), Jehoahaz
**to see Jehoram:** [2 Kings 8:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/29), [2 Kings 10:13-14](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/13-14)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 8:24](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/24) - Ahaziah [2 Kings 9:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/16) - And Ahaziah [2 Chronicles 24:25](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/25) - great diseases [2 Chronicles 25:23](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/23) - Jehoahaz

**destruction:** Heb. treading down, [Malachi 4:3](../../../kjv/malachi/4/3)
**was of God:** [2 Chronicles 10:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/10/15), [Deuteronomy 32:35](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/35), [Judges 14:4](../../../kjv/judges/14/4), [1 Kings 12:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/15), [1 Kings 22:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/20), [Psalms 9:16](../../../kjv/psalms/9/16), [Isaiah 46:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/46/10), [Hosea 14:9](../../../kjv/hosea/14/9)
**he went out:** [2 Kings 9:21](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/21)
**the Lord had:** [1 Kings 19:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/16), [2 Kings 9:1-7](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/1-7)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 8:29](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/29) - Ahaziah [2 Kings 9:6](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/6) - I have anointed [2 Kings 9:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/16) - And Ahaziah [2 Kings 9:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/27) - Ahaziah [2 Chronicles 22:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/6) - which were given him [2 Chronicles 25:20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/20) - it came of God [Psalms 118:12](../../../kjv/psalms/118/12) - in the name

**when Jehu:** [2 Kings 10:10-14](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/10-14)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 10:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/14) - neither left [2 Kings 10:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/17) - he slew [2 Chronicles 21:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/4) - slew all [2 Chronicles 22:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/9) - the house [2 Chronicles 24:24](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/24/24) - So [Psalms 118:12](../../../kjv/psalms/118/12) - in the name

**he sought Ahaziah:** The account in the parallel passage is somewhat different. "The current of the story at large is this," says Dr. Lightfoot: "Jehu slayeth Joram in the field of Jezreel, as Ahaziah and Joram were together: Ahaziah seeing this, flies, and gets into Samaria, and hides himself there. Jehu marches to Jezreel, and makes Jezebel dogs' meat: from thence sends to Samaria for the heads of Ahab's children and posterity; which are brought him by night, and shewed to the people in the morning. Then he marches to Samaria, and, by the way, slayeth forty-two of Ahab's kinsmen, and findeth Jehonadab, the father of the Rechabites. Coming into Samaria, he maketh search for Ahaziah: they find him hid, bring him to Jehu, and he commands to carry him towards Gur, by Ibleam, and there to slay him. They do so: smite him in his chariot, and his charioteer driveth away to Megiddo before he dies." " [2 Kings 9:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/27), at Megiddo, in the kingdom of Samaria."
**in Samaria:** [1 Kings 13:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/21)
**Because:** [1 Kings 14:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/14/13), [2 Kings 9:28](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/28), [2 Kings 9:34](../../../kjv/2-kings/9/34)
**the son of Jehoshaphat:** [2 Chronicles 17:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/17/3), [2 Chronicles 17:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/17/4), [2 Chronicles 21:20](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/20)
**the house:** [2 Chronicles 22:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/1), [2 Chronicles 22:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/8), [2 Chronicles 21:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/4), [2 Chronicles 21:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/17)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 21:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/18) - which is in Samaria [2 Kings 10:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/1) - in Samaria [Jeremiah 29:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/29/13) - with

**Athaliah:** [2 Chronicles 22:2-4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/22/2-4), [2 Kings 11:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/1)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 1:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/1/12) - the life [2 Kings 3:7](../../../kjv/2-kings/3/7) - wilt thou go [2 Kings 10:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/14) - neither left [2 Chronicles 21:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/4) - slew all [2 Chronicles 23:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/15) - they slew her there [Jeremiah 41:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/1) - seed

**Jehoshabeath:** [2 Kings 11:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/2)
**bedchamber:** [Ezekiel 40:45](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/45), [Ezekiel 40:46](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/46)
**Jehoiada:** [2 Chronicles 23:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/1)
**she slew him not:** [2 Chronicles 21:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/21/7), [2 Samuel 7:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/13), [1 Kings 15:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/4), [Psalms 33:10](../../../kjv/psalms/33/10), [Psalms 76:10](../../../kjv/psalms/76/10), [Proverbs 21:30](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/30), [Isaiah 65:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/8), [Acts 4:28](../../../kjv/acts/4/28)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Chronicles 23:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/11) - They brought

am 3120-3126, bc 884-878
**hid in the house:** [Psalms 27:5](../../../kjv/psalms/27/5)
**Athaliah:** [Psalms 12:8](../../../kjv/psalms/12/8), [Psalms 73:14](../../../kjv/psalms/73/14), [Psalms 73:18](../../../kjv/psalms/73/18), [Psalms 73:19](../../../kjv/psalms/73/19), [Jeremiah 12:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/1), [Habakkuk 1:12](../../../kjv/habakkuk/1/12)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 11:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/3) - And Athaliah

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