II Chronicles 22:2
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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.
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We read, in the foregoing chapter, of the carrying away of Jehoram's sons and his wives; but here we find one of his sons and one of his wives left, his son Ahaziah and his wife Athaliah, both reserved to be the shame and plague of his family. I. Ahaziah was the shame of it as a partaker, 1. In the sin, and, 2. In the destruction, of the house of Ahab (Ch2 22:1-9). II. Athaliah was the plague of it, for she destroyed all the seed-royal, and usurped the throne (Ch2 22:10-12).
Open source ↗22:2-4 The queen mother, Athaliah, exercised significant influence over the king (see study note on 15:16). Athaliah was very much like her mother, Jezebel (see 22:10–23:15; cp. 1 Kgs 16:31–21:28), and she followed in the footsteps of her grandfather Omri (see 1 Kgs 16:21-26). 22:2 one year: Ahaziah, also known as Jehoahaz, reigned briefly over Judah in 841 BC.
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And Omri rested with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab reigned in his place.
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 king of Israel.
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.