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. 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. Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. 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. Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram; so 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.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. 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. And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab. Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. 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 of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
Significance
These are parallel accounts of Ahaziah of Judah's one-year reign. Both record his alliance with Joram of Israel against Hazael at Ramoth-gilead and his visit to the wounded Joram at Jezreel — the fateful visit that led to his death during Jehu's coup. The Chronicler adds that "Ahaziah's downfall came from God" (מֵאֱלֹהִים הָיְתָה תְּבוּסַת אֲחַזְיָהוּ, 2 Chr 22:7) — interpreting his visit to Joram as divinely orchestrated judgment for his alliance with the house of Ahab. Where Kings narrates events, Chronicles provides their theological cause.
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Reference Type
Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s)
Redemptive-Historical Progression — this is the Chronicler's re-presentation of 2 Kings 8:25-29 (same accession formula, same Ramoth-gilead alliance with Joram, same fateful visit to the wounded king at Jezreel), advanced with the interpretive verdict that "Ahaziah's downfall came from God" (2 Chr 22:7): the later canonical account discloses the divine judgment at work inside the events Kings narrates, moving the history of the imperiled Davidic line forward for the post-exilic community.
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