Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri.
Parallel translations
- WEB Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
- KJV Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
- BSB Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
- NKJV Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri.
- NASB Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
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Quick answer
Ahaziah began to reign and ruled only one year in Jerusalem; his mother was Athaliah of Ahab's line. His brief reign was shaped by ungodly influence.
Overview
The Chronicler notes Ahaziah's short one-year reign and identifies his mother as Athaliah, granddaughter of Omri. (The stated age of forty-two is widely understood as a copyist's variation, since 2 Kings 8:26 reads twenty-two.) Naming Athaliah signals the corrupting power that her family's idolatry held over Judah's throne.
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- 1 Kgs 16:28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kgs 8:26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
- 2 Chr 21:6He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did Ahab’s house; for he had Ahab’s daughter as his wife. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.
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