2 Chronicles 22:3

Ahab

¹ 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.

² 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.

Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.

⁴ And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

⁵ Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram;

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
KJV: He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
WEB: He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s house, because his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.
ASV: He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
DARBY: He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
BLB: He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly.

ÅB: Også han vandret på samme veier som Akabs hus; for hans mor forførte ham med sine råd til ugudelighet.
OTB: Han vandret også i Akabs hus' veier, for hans mor var hans rådgiver til å handle ondt.
B1930: Også han vandret på samme veier som Akabs hus; for hans mor forførte ham med sine råd til ugudelighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
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Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
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Matthew 14:8–11
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Nehemiah 13:23–27
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
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Genesis 6:4–5
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
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Deuteronomy 7:3–4
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
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Deuteronomy 13:6–10
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
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Acts 4:19
But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
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