2 Chronicles 22:2-3

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

3 He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to act wickedly.

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2 Chronicles 22:2-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 22

In this chapter we have an account of the wicked reign of Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, 2Ch 22:1-4 of his death, the occasion and manner of it, 2Ch 22:5-9 and of his mother Athaliah destroying all the royal seed, excepting one, who was hid by the king's sister, and assuming the government to herself, 2Ch 22:10-12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. S 2 Chronicles 18:1
2. S 2 Chronicles 21:6

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[a]. Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew "forty-two"

2 Chronicles 22:2-3

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2 Chronicles 22:2-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 22

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