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2 Chronicles 22:8-10
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 22:8-10
New English Translation
8 While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab’s family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them. 9 He looked for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. They brought him to Jehu and then executed him. They did give him a burial, for they reasoned,[a] “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart.” There was no one in Ahaziah’s family strong enough to rule in his place.[b]
Athaliah is Eliminated
10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line[c] of Judah.[d]
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- 2 Chronicles 22:9 tn Heb “they said.”
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 tn Heb “and there was no one belonging to the house of Ahaziah to retain strength for kingship.”
- 2 Chronicles 22:10 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum, “arise”) is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10 tn Heb “house of Judah.”
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