2 Chronicles 22:9

2 Chronicles 22:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
• New International Version (NIV)He then went in search of Ahaziah, and his men captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. He was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He was a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.” So there was no one in the house of Ahaziah powerful enough to retain the kingdom.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, "He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart." And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he searched for Ahaziah; and they caught him (he was hiding in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu. When they had killed him, they buried him, “because,” they said, “he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart.” So the house of Ahaziah had no one to assume power over the kingdom.

Context of 2 Chronicles 22:9

7Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to Joram. 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. 8So when Jehu executed judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them. Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him (he was hiding in Samaria). So they brought Ahaziah to Jehu, and they killed him. The soldiers buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat who sought the Lord with all his heart.” So no one from the house of Ahaziah had the strength to rule the kingdom. 10When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. 11Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, rescued Joash son of Ahaziah from the king’s sons who were being killed and put him and the one who nursed him in a bedroom. Now Jehoshabeath was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of the priest Jehoiada. Since she was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she did not kill him.

2 Chronicles 22:9 word by word

וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֩ אֶת־אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּ וְה֧וּא מִתְחַבֵּ֣א בְשֹֽׁמְר֗וֹן וַיְבִאֻ֣הוּ אֶל־יֵהוּא֮ וַיְמִתֻהוּ֒ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּ כִּ֤י אָֽמְרוּ֙ בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁר־דָּרַ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה בְּכָל־לְבָב֑וֹ וְאֵין֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ לַעְצֹ֥ר כֹּ֖חַ לְמַמְלָכָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he soughtבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• Ahaziahאֲחַזְיָ֫הוּ'ăchazyâh 'ăchazyâhû · AhaziahH274
• and they caughtלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• him, (for he was hidחָבָאchâbâ' · to hideH2244
• in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• and broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• him to Jehuיֵהוּאyêhû' · JehuH3058
• and when they had slainמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• him, they buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• him: Because, saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehôshâphâţ · JehoshaphatH3092
• who soughtדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• with all his heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• So the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• had no powerכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• to keepעָצַר‛âtsar · to restrainH6113
• still the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 22:9

• 2 Chronicles 9:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.
• 1 Kings 13:21and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you rebelled against the Lord’s command and did not keep the command that the Lord your God commanded you —
• 1 Kings 14:13All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be given a proper burial because out of the house of Jeroboam something favorable to the Lord God of Israel was found in him.
• 2 Kings 9:28Then his servants carried him to Jerusalem in a chariot and buried him in his ancestors’ tomb in the city of David.
• 2 Chronicles 17:3Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his ancestor David. He did not seek the Baals
• 2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king; he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He died to no one’s regret and was buried in the city of David but not in the tombs of the kings.
• 2 Chronicles 21:1Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jehoram became king in his place.
• 2 Chronicles 21:4When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 22:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He sought Ahaziah - See a different account 2 Kings 9:27; (note), and the note there, where the accounts are reconciled.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Compare the marginal reference. Ahaziah after remaining a while at Megiddo, removed to Samaria, where his wounds could be better cared for and concealment might be easier; Jehu‘s emissaries discovered him there; they took him to Jehu, who happened at the time to be at Megiddo; and then and there Jehu put him to death. The narrative here is therefore supplementary to that of 2Kings, and finds its proper place between the clause,” He fled to Megiddo,” and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9Ahaziah died as a punishment for allying with the king of Israel. The king of Judah, who followed the advice of the Israelite house of Omri, shared their fate and found no safety when he died. Ahaziah's unfaithfulness nearly brought David's family line to the same end as Saul's, with no one left to take the throne.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (for he was hid in Samaria)--(compare 2Ki 9:27-29). The two accounts are easily reconciled. "Ahaziah fled first to the garden house and escaped to Samaria; but was here, where he had hid himself, taken by Jehu's men who pursued him, brought to Jehu, who was still near or in Jezreel, and at his command slain at the hill Gur, beside Ibleam, in his chariot; that is, mortally wounded with an arrow, so that he, again…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 22:9

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoshaphat
• Jehu
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Ahaziah
• Jehoshaphat
• Jehu
• Samaria
• Samaria, Samaritan
• Jehoahaz
• Athaliah
• Samaria, City of
• Still

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings