2 Chronicles 22 · Verse 9

2 Chronicles 22:9

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.

2 Chronicles 22:9, King James Version

2 Chronicles 22:9 in other translations

BSB	Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah 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.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.
WEB	He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
ASV	And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And the house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
YLT	And he seeketh Ahaziah, and they capture him, (and he is hiding himself in Samaria), and bring him in unto Jehu, and put him to death, and bury him, for they said, ‘He is son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart;' and there is none to the house of Ahaziah to retain power for the kingdom.
DARBY	And he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him (for he had hid himself in Samaria), and brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Jehovah with all his heart. And in the house of Ahaziah there was no one who was able to hold the kingdom.
BBE	And he went in search of Ahaziah; and when they came where he was, (for he was in a secret place in Samaria,) they took him to Jehu and put him to death; then they put his body to rest in the earth, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, whose heart was true to the Lord. So the family of Ahaziah had no power to keep the kingdom.
Webster	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 retain the kingdom.

What does 2 Chronicles 22:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. 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 fleeing, expired at Megiddo" [Keil]. Jehu left the corpse at the disposal of the king of Judah's attendants, who conveyed it to Jerusalem, and out of respect to his grandfather Jehoshaphat's memory, gave him an honorable interment in the tombs of the kings. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom--His children were too young to assume the reins of government, and all the other royal princes had been massacred by Jehu (2Ch 22:8). 2Ch 22:10-12. Athaliah, Destroying the Seed Royal Save Joash, Usurps the Kingdom.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 9 He sought Ahaziah - See a different account 2Kgs 9:27 (note), and the note there, where the accounts are reconciled.

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2 Chronicles 22:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֩vay.va.Keshand he sought to findH1245

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huAhaziahH274

וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּvai.yil.ke.Du.huand people captured himH3920

וְה֧וּאve.Hu'and heH1931

מִתְחַבֵּ֣אmit.cha.Be'[was] hiding himselfH2244

בְשֹֽׁמְר֗וֹןve.sho.me.Ronin SamariaH8111

וַיְבִאֻ֣הוּvay.vi.'U.huand they brought himH935

אֶל\־'el-toH413

יֵהוּא֮ye.Hu'JehuH3058

וַיְמִתֻהוּ֒vay.mi.tu.Huand they put to death himH4191

וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּvai.yik.be.Ru.huand they buried himH6912

כִּ֤יkiforH3588

אָֽמְרוּ֙'a.me.Ruthey saidH559

בֶּן\־ben-[was] [the] son ofH1121

יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣טye.ho.sha.FatJehoshaphatH3092

ה֔וּאHu'heH1931

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whoH834

דָּרַ֥שׁda.Rashhe soughtH1875

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068

בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605

לְבָב֑וֹle.va.Voheart hisH3824

וְאֵין֙ve.'Einand notH369

לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitfor [the] house ofH1004

אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ'a.chaz.Ya.huAhaziahH274

לַעְצֹ֥רla'.Tzorto retainH6113

כֹּ֖חַKo.achstrengthH3581

לְמַמְלָכָֽה\׃le.mam.la.Khahfor kingshipH4467

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 22:9

1 Kings 14:13
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 17:3-4
And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
1 Kings 13:21
And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
2 Chronicles 21:4
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:20-22:1
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Kings 9:27-28
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Chronicles 22:8
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
2 Chronicles 21:17
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Kings 9:34
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

he sought Ahaziah.The account in the parallel passage is somewhat different. "The current of the story at large is this," says Dr. Lightfoot: "Jehu slayeth Joram in the field of Jezreel, as Ahaziah and Joram were together: Ahaziah seeing this, flies, and gets into Samaria, and hides himself there. Jehu marches to Jezreel, and makes Jezebel dogs' meat: from thence sends to Samaria for the heads of Ahab's children and posterity; which are brought him by night, and shewed to the people in the morning. Then he marches to Samaria, and, by the way, slayeth forty-two of Ahab's kinsmen, and findeth Jehonadab, the father of the Rechabites. Coming into Samaria, he maketh search for Ahaziah: they find him hid, bring him to Jehu, and he commands to carry him towards Gur, by Ibleam, and there to slay him. They do so: smite him in his chariot, and his charioteer driveth away to Megiddo before he dies." "2 Ki 9:27, at Megiddo, in the kingdom of Samaria."
in Samaria.
1Ki 13:21
Because.
1Ki 14:13; 2Ki 9:28,34
the son of Jehoshaphat.
17:3,4; 21:20
the house.
1,8; 21:4,17

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Context

2 Chronicles 22:8
And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
2 Chronicles 22:9
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.
2 Chronicles 22:10
But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

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2 Chronicles 22:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y buscando á Ochôzías, el cual se había escondido en Samaria, tomáronlo, y trajéronlo á Jehú, y le mataron; y diéronle sepultura, porque dijeron: Es hijo de Josaphat, el cual buscó á Jehová de todo su corazón. Y la casa de Ochôzías no tenía fuerzas para poder retener el reino.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il chercha Achazia qui s’était caché à Samarie; et on le prit, et on l’amena à Jéhu, et on le fit mourir. Et ils l’enterrèrent; car ils dirent: Il est fils de Josaphat, qui rechercha l’ Éternel de tout son cœur. Et il n’y eut plus personne de la maison d’Achazia qui puisse conserver le pouvoir du royaume.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er suchte Ahasja, und sie griffen ihn, als er sich in Samaria versteckt hielt; und sie brachten ihn zu Jehu und töteten ihn. Und sie begruben ihn, denn sie sprachen: Er ist ein Sohn Josaphats, der Jehova gesucht hat mit seinem ganzen Herzen. Und das Haus Ahasjas hatte niemand mehr, der zum Königtum tüchtig gewesen wäre.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ipsum quoque perquirens Ochoziam, comprehendit latitantem in Samaria: adductumque ad se, occidit: et sepelierunt eum, eo quod esset filius Josaphat, qui quæsierat Dominum in toto corde suo. Nec erat ultra spes aliqua ut de stirpe quis regnaret Ochoziæ: