2 Chronicles 22:1

And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
inhabitants	יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י yo.she.Vei	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
made	וַיַּמְלִיכוּ֩ vai.yam.li.Khu	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Ahaziah	אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ 'a.chaz.Ya.hu	H274	Achazjah · proper noun, a man's name
youngest	הַקָּטֹן֙ ha.ka.Ton	H6996	abbreviated · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
son	בְנ֤וֹ ve.No	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
king	וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ vai.yim.Lokh	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
men	הַגְּד֔וּד ha.ge.Dud	H1416	a crowd (especially of soldiers) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
came	הַבָּ֥א ha.Ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
Arabians	בָֽעַרְבִ֖ים va.'ar.Vim	H6163	an Arabian or inhabitant of Arab (i.e. Arabia) · preposition with the article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
camp	לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה la.ma.cha.Neh	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
slain	הָרַ֣ג ha.Rag	H2026	to smite with deadly intent · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
eldest	הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ ha.ri.sho.Nim	H7223	first · definite article + ordinal number, masculine plural absolute
Ahaziah	אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ 'a.chaz.Ya.hu	H274	Achazjah · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Jehoram	יְהוֹרָ֖ם ye.ho.Ram	H3088	Jehoram · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָֽה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
reigned	מָלַךְ mâlak	H4427	to reign

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 21:16-17 Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2 Kings 8:24-29 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 23:3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as th…
2 Chronicles 26:1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2 Chronicles 33:25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his st…
2 Chronicles 36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 22:1-9

We have here an account of the reign of Ahaziah, a short reign (of one year only), yet long enough, unless it had been better. He was called Jeho-ahaz (Ch2 21:17); here he is called Ahaz-iah, which is the same name and of the same signification, only the words of which it is compounded are transposed. He is here said to be forty-two years old when he began to reign (Ch2 22:2), which could not be, for his father, his immediate predecessor, was but forty when he died, and it is said (Kg2 8:26) that he was twenty-two years old when he began to reign. Some make this forty-two to be the age of his mother Athaliah, for in the original it is, he was the son of forty-two years, that is, the son of a…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 22:1

Made Ahaziah his youngest son king - All the others had been slain by the Arabians, etc.; see the preceding chapter, Ch2 21:17 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 22:1

And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead,.... He being the only surviving one of the sons of Jehoram, the same with Jehoahaz, 2 Chronicles 21:17 who was saved when the rest were taken captive and slain, by his mother Athaliah, and he made his escape, and that she also escaped is clear from 2 Chronicles 22:10. for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp; that is, of the Philistines, 2 Chronicles 21:16, which band seems to be a band or company of thieves and robbers, as the Septuagint, cruel and barbarous, as the action ascribed to them shows: for they had slain all the eldest; sons of Jehoram; the Philistines and Arabians only carried…

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Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 22:1-9

Ahaziah's reign of a year, and his death. - The account of Ahaziah in Kg2 8:26-29 agrees with our narrative, except that there the reflections of the chronicler on the spirit of his government are wanting; but, on the contrary, the account of his death is very brief in the Chronicle (Ch2 22:6-9), while in 2 Kings 9 and 10 the extirpation of the Ahabic house by Jehu, in the course of which Ahaziah was slain with his relatives, is narrated at length. Ch2 22:1 Instead of the short stereotyped notice, "and Ahaziah his son was king in his stead," with which Kg2 8:24 concludes the history of Joram, the Chronicle gives more exact information as to Ahaziah's accession: "The inhabitants of Jerusalem…

Dictionary and topics

Jehoahaz — Jehovah his sustainer, or he whom Jehovah holdeth. (1.) The youngest son of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Chr. 21:17; 22:1, 6, 8, 9); usually Ahaziah (q.v.). (2.) The son and successor of Jehu, king of…
Jehoram — Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr.…
Moab — The seed of the father, or, according to others, the desirable land, the eldest son of Lot (Gen. 19:37), of incestuous birth. (2.) Used to denote the people of Moab (Num. 22:3-14; Judg. 3:30; 2 Sam.…
Arabians · Inva — Inva
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Ahaziah — Who reigned over Judah: Ahaziah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).