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

7When Ahaziah visited Joram, God used it to cause Ahaziah's death. When Ahaziah arrived, he went with Joram to meet Nimshi's son Jehu. But the Lord had chosen Jehu to kill all Ahab's family. 8While Jehu was destroying Ahab's family, he met some of the officers of Judah who had come with Ahaziah. Jehu killed them, as well as some of Ahaziah's relatives who had travelled with him. Then he went to look for Ahaziah. Jehu's men caught him in the city of Samaria, where he was hiding. They took him to Jehu. Then they punished him with death. They buried him properly, because they said, ‘He was the grandson of King Jehoshaphat who served the Lord faithfully.’ Now there was nobody in Ahaziah's family who had the authority to rule Judah as king. 10Ahaziah's mother Athaliah heard the news that her son was dead. So she started to kill everyone in Judah's royal family. 11But King Jehoram's daughter Jehosheba rescued Ahaziah's son Joash. When Athaliah's servants had come to murder the royal sons, Jehosheba took Joash away and she hid him. She put him in a bedroom in the temple with his nurse. Jehosheba was Ahaziah's sister and she was the wife of Jehoiada, the priest. So she hid Joash from Athaliah to stop her from killing 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 9:27While Solomon ruled as king, there was as much silver in Jerusalem as stones! There was as much wood from cedar trees as there were fig trees that grew in the low hills in the west.
• 1 Kings 13:21He spoke this message to the servant of God who had come from Judah: ‘This is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed the Lord. You have not done what the Lord your God commanded you to do.
• 1 Kings 14:13All Israel will cry because of his death and they will bury him. He is the only person from Jeroboam's family that they will bury properly. He is the only one among Jeroboam's descendants who has pleased the Lord, Israel's God.
• 2 Kings 9:28King Ahaziah's servants took his body back to Jerusalem in a chariot. They buried him there in a grave beside his ancestors in the City of David.
• 2 Chronicles 17:3Jehoshaphat obeyed the Lord as his ancestor David had done when he first ruled as king. So the Lord was with him to help him. Jehoshaphat did not worship the idols of Baal.
• 2 Chronicles 21:20Jehoram was 32 years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. When he died, nobody was sad. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the place where they had buried the other kings.
• 2 Chronicles 21:1Jehoshaphat died and they buried him beside his ancestors in the City of David. Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram became king after him.
• 2 Chronicles 21:4Jehoram made himself a strong king to rule over his father's kingdom. Then he killed all his brothers, as well as some of the Israelite leaders.

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