Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
Parallel translations
- WEB He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s house, because his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.
- KJV He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
- NKJV He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly.
- NASB He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to act wickedly.
- NLT Ahaziah also followed the evil example of King Ahab’s family, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong.
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Ahaziah followed the wicked ways of Ahab's house because his mother counseled him toward evil. Bad counsel from his own family led him astray.
Overview
Ahaziah walked in the sins of Ahab's dynasty, with Athaliah encouraging him in wickedness. The verse exposes how ungodly advisors, even a parent, can ruin a ruler. It warns that the company and counsel we keep profoundly shape our path.
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- Gen 27:12–13What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
- Deut 13:6–10If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
- Judg 17:4–5So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
- Neh 13:23–27In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Gen 6:4–5The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
- Deut 7:3–4Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
- Matt 10:37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Mal 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
- Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Matt 14:8–11Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
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