KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Chronicles 22:1
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
WEB World English Bible
The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem cause Ahaziah his youngest son to reign in his stead, (for all the elder had the troop slain that came in with the Arabians to the camp,) and Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigneth.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 22
1 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 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.
3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father to his destruction.
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וַיַּמְלִיכוּ֩H4427 · ma.lakhto reignיוֹשְׁבֵ֨יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellיְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּH274 · a.chaz.yahAhaziahבְנ֤וֹH1121 · benson: childהַקָּטֹן֙H6996 · qa.tansmallתַּחְתָּ֔יוH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforכָל־H3605 · kolallהָרִאשֹׁנִים֙H7223 · ri.shonfirstהָרַ֣גH2026 · ha.ragto killהַגְּד֔וּדH1416 · ge.dudbandהַבָּ֥אH935 · boto come (in): comeבָֽעַרְבִ֖יםH6163 · a.ra.viArabלַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הH4264 · ma.cha.nehcampוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignאֲחַזְיָ֥הוּH274 · a.chaz.yahAhaziahבֶן־H1121 · benson: childיְהוֹרָ֖םH3088 · ye.ho.ramJehoramמֶ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingיְהוּדָֽה׃ פH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudah
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 21:16-17Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that [were] near the Ethiopians:2 Kings 8:24-29And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.2 Chronicles 36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 26:1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who [was] sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.2 Chronicles 33:25But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.2 Chronicles 23:3And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.1 Chronicles 3:11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
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