2 Chronicles 22:2
What does 2 Chronicles 22:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 22:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Forty 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A son of twenty and two years <FI>is<Fi> Ahaziah in his reigning, and one year he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother <FI>is<Fi> Athaliah daughter of Omri;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Ochozias was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Athalia the daughter of Amri.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah, daughter of Omri.
Context
v.1And 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.
v.2This passage
v.3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 16:28
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Kings 8:26
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.