Text: 2 Chronicles 22:7-9
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 9:27-29
Subject: Death of Ahaziah during Jehu's coup — parallel account
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of Ahaziah's death during Jehu's purge of the house of Ahab. The accounts differ in geographical details — Kings places the killing near Ibleam/Megiddo, Chronicles describes Ahaziah hiding in Samaria — which may reflect different stages of the pursuit. The Chronicler adds that Ahaziah was given an honorable burial "because they said, 'He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart'" (2 Chr 22:9). This note reveals the Chronicler's concern for retributive justice tempered by ancestral merit — even a wicked king receives dignified treatment because of a righteous grandfather's legacy.