2 Chronicles 22:6

Translations

Modern

So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

Traditional

And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.

Literal

And he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that he had received at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

Latin

Qui reversus est ut curaretur in Jezrahel: multas enim plagas acceperat in supradicto certamine. Igitur Ochozias filius Joram rex Juda descendit ut inviseret Joram filium Achab in Jezrahel ægrotantem.

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English

So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.

Notes

2 Chronicles 22:5–6

Ramoth-gilead, a city for the Levites in the land of Gad (Joshua 21:38), was on a major trade route. It was important for both Aram and Israel.
Jezreel, located at the base of Mount Gilboa in the Jezreel plain, became the summer residence of the Israelite kings.

Related verses

2 Kings 9:15
…but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had suffered at the hands of the Arameans in the battle against Hazael their king.) So Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then do not let anyone escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”
2 Chronicles 22:1
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
2 Kings 10:13–14
Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”
2 Kings 8:29
So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
2 Chronicles 22:7
Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit 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.
2 Chronicles 21:17
So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except Jehoahaz, his youngest.

Parallels

2 Kings 8:25–29

People

Ahab: Wicked king of Israel; husband of Jezebel Ahaziah: King of Judah, son of Jehoram and Athaliah Hazael: King of Aram (Syria), anointed by Elijah Jehoram: Son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah Joram: King of N. Israel, son of Ahab Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Jezreel: A city in Issachar, associated with Ahab and Jezebel Ramoth: City of refuge east of the Jordan Syria: Ancient region north of Israel, often in conflict

Glossary

Ahaziah Athaliah Azariah Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Ramah Ramoth-Gilead

Topics

Azariah: King of Judah, Called Ahaziah Hazael: Conquests By Joram: Also Called Jehoram: Has War with the King of Syria Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Ahaziah Prophecies Concerning Israel: Ahaziah, Also Called Azariah Ramoth-Gilead: Also Called Ramah Ramoth-Gilead: Recovered by Joram; Joram Wounded There Rulers: Wicked: Ahaziah, Doing Evil Like the Household of Ahab

2 Chronicles 22:6

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