KJV King James Version
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.
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2 Chronicles 22:3
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
WEB World English Bible
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
ASV American Standard Version
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
he also hath walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother hath been his counsellor to do wickedly.
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.
5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
גַּם־H1571 · gamalsoה֣וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itהָלַ֔ךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבְּדַרְכֵ֖יH1870 · de.rekhway: conductבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceאַחְאָ֑בH256 · ach.avAhabכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforאִמּ֛וֹH517 · emmotherהָיְתָ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beיֽוֹעַצְתּ֖וֹH3289 · ya.atsto adviseלְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃H7561 · ra.sahbe wicked
Cross-references
Genesis 27:12-13My 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.Matthew 14:8-11And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.Nehemiah 13:23-27In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:Matthew 10:37He 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.Deuteronomy 13:6-10If 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;Malachi 2:15And 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.Deuteronomy 7:3-4Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.Judges 17:4-5Yet 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.Genesis 6:4-5There 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.Acts 4:19But 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.
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