2 Chronicles 22:6-7
New English Translation
6 Joram[a] returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians[b] in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah[c] son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded.[d]
7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram.[e] When Ahaziah[f] arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned[g] to wipe out Ahab’s family.[h]
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- 2 Chronicles 22:6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 tn Heb “which they inflicted [on] him.”
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 tn Heb “anointed.”
- 2 Chronicles 22:7 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”
2 Chronicles 22:6-7
New International Version
6 so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth[a] in his battle with Hazael(A) king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah[b] son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.
7 Through Ahaziah’s(B) visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:29); most Hebrew manuscripts Azariah
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