2 Chronicles 22:3
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
2 Chronicles 22:3 in other translations
| BSB | Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. |
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| WEB | He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s house, because his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly. |
| ASV | He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. |
| YLT | he also hath walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother hath been his counsellor to do wickedly. |
| DARBY | He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. |
| BBE | He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, for his mother was his teacher in evil-doing. |
| Webster | He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. |
What does 2 Chronicles 22:3 mean?
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2 Chronicles 22:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 22:3
- Genesis 27:12-13
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
- Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- Matthew 14:8-11
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger. And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
- Nehemiah 13:23-27
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. …
- Genesis 6:4-5
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Deuteronomy 7:3-4
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
- Deuteronomy 13:6-10
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. …
- Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
- Malachi 2:15
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
- Judges 17:4-5
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 22:2
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.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
- 2 Chronicles 22:4
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
2 Chronicles 22:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | También él anduvo en los caminos de la casa de Achâb: porque su madre le aconsejaba á obrar impíamente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Lui aussi marcha dans les voies de la maison d’Achab; car sa mère était sa conseillère à mal faire. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Auch er wandelte auf den Wegen des Hauses Ahabs; denn seine Mutter war seine Ratgeberin zum gesetzlosen Handeln. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sed et ipse ingressus est per vias domus Achab: mater enim ejus impulit eum ut impie ageret. |