2 Chronicles 22 Cross References - NSB

¹ The people of Jerusalem made Jehoram’s youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, because the raiders who came to the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king of Judah. ² Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to rule. He ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. ³ Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab’s family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin. ⁴ He did what Jehovah considered evil the same as Ahab’s family had done. After his father died, they advised him to do what Ahab’s family had done. They did this to destroy him. ⁵ He followed their advice. He joined King Joram of Israel in a war against King Hazael of Syria. The armies clashed at Ramoth in Gilead, and Joram was wounded in battle. ⁶ He returned to the city of Jezreel to recover from his wounds. Ahaziah went there to visit him. ⁷ God used this visit to Joram to bring about Ahaziah’s downfall. While Ahaziah was there, a man named Jehu confronted him and Joram. Jehu was the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah chose to destroy the dynasty of Ahab. ⁸ Jehu carried out God’s sentence on the dynasty. He came across a group made up of Judean leaders and of Ahaziah’s nephews that had accompanied Ahaziah on his visit. Jehu killed them all. ⁹ A search was made for Ahaziah. He was found hiding in Samaria. They took him to Jehu and put him to death. But they did bury his body out of respect for his grandfather King Jehoshaphat, who had done all he could to serve Jehovah. No member of Ahaziah’s family was left who could rule the kingdom. ¹⁰ When King Ahaziah’s mother Athaliah learned of her son’s murder, she gave orders for all the members of the royal family of Judah to be killed. ¹¹ Ahaziah had a half sister, Jehosheba, who was married to a priest named Jehoiada. She secretly rescued one of Ahaziah’s sons, Joash, took him away from the other princes who were about to be murdered. She hid him and a nurse in a bedroom at the Temple. By keeping him hidden, she saved him from death at the hands of Athaliah. ¹² For six years he remained there in hiding, while Athaliah ruled as queen.

⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. ⁵ Jehovah saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become. Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

¹² »Perhaps my father will touch me and find out that I am deceiving him. That way, I will bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing.« ¹³ His mother replied: »Let any curse against you fall on me, my son. Just do as I say, and go and get the goats for me.«

³ »Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. ⁴ »They will lead your young people away from me to serve other gods. So the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you and will destroy you suddenly.

⁶ »If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your very best friend tries to secretly entice you, saying: ‘Let us go and serve other gods, gods neither you nor your fathers have known, ⁷ »‘the gods of the people who are around you from one end of the earth to the other end.’ ⁸ »Do not yield to him or listen to him. Your eye should not have pity on him. You should not spare or conceal him. ⁹ »You must kill him! Your hand should be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. ¹⁰ »Stone him to death because he has sought to draw you away from Jehovah your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

³⁵ »Vengeance and retribution belong to me. (Vengeance is mine, I will repay.) Their foot shall slide in time, for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things to come on them come quickly.

⁴ His parents did not know Jehovah was leading Samson to do this. Jehovah was looking for an opportunity to fight the Philistines. At this time the Philistines were ruling Israel.

⁴ He returned them to his mother. She took two hundred of the pieces of silver and gave them to a metalworker. The metalworker made an idol, carving it from wood and covering it with the silver. It was placed in Micah’s house. ⁵ Micah had his own place of worship. He made some idols and an ephod, and appointed one of his sons as his priest.

¹³ »‘I will allow no one to take his long lasting kingdom away from him. He will be the one to build a temple for me.

¹⁵ The king did not listen to the people. This came about by Jehovah’s purpose, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be fulfilled.

²¹ Crying out to the man of God who came from Judah, he said: »Jehovah says, ‘because you have gone against the voice of Jehovah, and have not done as Jehovah ordered you,

¹³ »All the people of Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He will be the only member of Jeroboam's family who will be properly buried for he is the only one with whom Jehovah, the God of Israel, is pleased.

⁴ For David's sake Jehovah his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising Abijam a son to rule after him to keep Jerusalem secure.

²⁸ Omri rested with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria. Ahab his son became king in his place.

¹⁶ »And also anoint Jehu, son of Nimshi, making him king over Israel; and Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, to be prophet in your place.

³ Ahab asked his officials: »Why have we not done anything to get back Ramoth in Gilead from the king of Syria? It is ours!«

²⁰ Jehovah asked: »Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth? Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,

⁹ Hazael loaded forty camels with all kinds of the finest products of Damascus and went to Elisha. Hazael said: »Your servant, King Benhadad sent me to ask if he will recover from his sickness.«

²⁴ Jehoram died and was buried in the royal tombs in David's City. His son Ahaziah succeeded him as king. ²⁵ Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. This was in the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab as king of Israel. ²⁶ He was twenty-two years old. He ruled in Jerusalem for one year. His mother was Athaliah, the daughter of King Ahab and granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.

²⁶ He was twenty-two years old. He ruled in Jerusalem for one year. His mother was Athaliah, the daughter of King Ahab and granddaughter of King Omri of Israel. ²⁷ Ahaziah was related to King Ahab by marriage. He sinned against Jehovah as Ahab's family did. ²⁸ King Ahaziah joined King Joram of Israel in a war against King Hazael of Syria. The armies clashed at Ramoth in Gilead. Joram was wounded in battle. ²⁹ He returned to the city of Jezreel to recover from his wounds. Ahaziah went there to visit him.

²⁹ He returned to the city of Jezreel to recover from his wounds. Ahaziah went there to visit him.

¹ Elisha the prophet called one of the young prophets and said to him: »Prepare to go to Ramoth in Gilead. Take this jar of olive oil with you. ² »When you get there look for Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Take him to a private room away from his companions. ³ »Pour this olive oil on his head, and say: ‘Jehovah anoints you king of Israel. Then leave there as fast as you can.’« ⁴ The young prophet went to Ramoth. ⁵ He found the army officers in conference. He said: »I have a message for you.« Jehu asked: »Who are you speaking to?« »To you, captain.« He replied. ⁶ The two of them went indoors. The prophet poured the olive oil on Jehu's head and said to him: »Jehovah, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king of my people Israel. ⁷ »‘You are to kill your master the king of the house of Ahab. I am punishing Jezebel for murdering my prophets and my other servants.

¹⁵ King Joram went back to Jezreel to recuperate from the wounds he received from the Aramaeans when he fought against Hazael, king of Aram. Jehu said: »If this is your purpose let no one get away to give news of it in Jezreel.«

²¹ Joram said: »Get ready.« They prepared his chariot and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their chariots to meet Jehu. They came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.

²⁷ When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled on the road leading to Beth Haggan. Jehu pursued him and ordered: »Shoot him down in his chariot.« They shot him at Gur Pass, near Ibleam. Ahaziah continued to flee until he got to Megiddo, where he died. ²⁸ His servants brought him in a chariot to Jerusalem. They buried him in a tomb with his ancestors in the City of David.

³⁴ He came in and ate and drank. He said: »Now see to this cursed woman. Bury her body in the earth, for she is a king's daughter.«

¹⁰ »You may be certain that nothing Jehovah said about the family of Ahab will be without effect. Jehovah has done what he said by his servant Elijah.« ¹¹ Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them. ¹² Jehu then left for Samaria. He was at the meeting-place of the shepherds of the sheep. ¹³ He came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and asked: »Who are you?« They replied: »We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah. We are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.« ¹⁴ He ordered: »Take them alive.« So they took them alive and then killed them at the cistern of the shearing house. He killed all forty-two of them.

¹ King Ahaziah's mother Athaliah learned of her son's murder. She gave orders for all the members of the royal family to be killed. ² Only Ahaziah's son Jehoash escaped. He was about to be killed with the others, but was rescued by his aunt Jehosheba, who was King Jehoram's daughter and Ahaziah's half sister. She hid him and his nurse in a bedroom in the Temple.

² Only Ahaziah's son Jehoash escaped. He was about to be killed with the others, but was rescued by his aunt Jehosheba, who was King Jehoram's daughter and Ahaziah's half sister. She hid him and his nurse in a bedroom in the Temple. ³ Jehosheba took care of the boy and kept him hidden in the Temple for six years. During this time Athaliah ruled as queen.

¹¹ Jehoram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

¹⁵ The king refused to listen to the people because Jehovah was directing these events to carry out the promise he had made to Jeroboam, Nebat’s son through Ahijah from Shiloh.

³ Jehovah blessed Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father’s early life and did not worship Baal. ⁴ He served his father’s God. He obeyed God’s commandments, and did not act the way the kings of Israel did.

³ He asked: »Will you go with me to attack Ramoth?« Jehoshaphat replied: »I am ready when you are. My army is ready. We will join you.«

³¹ When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said: »He must be the king of Israel.« So they surrounded him in order to fight him. When Jehoshaphat cried out Jehovah helped him. God drew them away from him.

² A prophet, Jehu son of Hanani, went to meet the king. He said to him: »Do you think it is right to help those who are wicked and to take the side of those who hate Jehovah? What you have done has brought Jehovah’s anger upon you.

³ The entire assembly made an agreement with the king in God’s Temple. Then Jehoiada said to them: Here is the king’s son. He should be king, as Jehovah said about David’s descendants.

¹⁷ After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the leaders of Judah went to Joash and talked him into doing what they wanted. ¹⁸ The people of Judah stopped worshiping in the Temple of Jehovah God. They started worshiping idols and the symbols of the goddess Asherah. These sinful things made Jehovah God angry with the people of Judah and Jerusalem,

⁴ Jehoram was in firm control of the kingdom. He had all his brothers killed, and also some Israelite officials.

⁶ He followed the wicked example of King Ahab and the other kings of Israel. He married one of Ahab’s daughters. He sinned against Jehovah. ⁷ Jehovah was not willing to destroy the dynasty of David. This is because he made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would always continue to rule.

¹⁶ Later Jehovah caused the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians to become angry with Jehoram. ¹⁷ They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace. They led Jehoram’s wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah, his youngest son.

¹⁷ They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace. They led Jehoram’s wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah, his youngest son.

²⁰ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king. He ruled eight years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.

¹ The people of Jerusalem made Jehoram’s youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, because the raiders who came to the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became king of Judah. ² Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to rule. He ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. ³ Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab’s family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin. ⁴ He did what Jehovah considered evil the same as Ahab’s family had done. After his father died, they advised him to do what Ahab’s family had done. They did this to destroy him.

⁷ God used this visit to Joram to bring about Ahaziah’s downfall. While Ahaziah was there, a man named Jehu confronted him and Joram. Jehu was the son of Nimshi, whom Jehovah chose to destroy the dynasty of Ahab. ⁸ Jehu carried out God’s sentence on the dynasty. He came across a group made up of Judean leaders and of Ahaziah’s nephews that had accompanied Ahaziah on his visit. Jehu killed them all.

¹ After a six-year wait Jehoiada the priest decided that it was time to take action. He made a pact with five army officers: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

¹ All the people of Judah took Uzziah and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

²⁵ The people of the land killed everyone who conspired against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.

¹ The people of the land crowned Josiah’s son Jehoahaz as their new king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

²³ I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab: ²⁴ Their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples. ²⁵ I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair. I made them take an oath by God, saying: »You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. ²⁶ »Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? Among a number of nations there was no king like him. He was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But even he was made to do evil by strange women. ²⁷ »Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?«

¹⁶ Jehovah has revealed himself by his righteous judgments. The wicked are trapped by their deeds.

¹ Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers.

⁸ The wicked walk about when immorality increases among the sons of men.

⁵ He hides me in his shelter when there is trouble. He keeps me hidden in his tent. He puts me high on a rock.

¹⁰ Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

¹⁴ I have been plagued all day long, and chastened every morning.

¹⁸ Surely you set them in slippery places. You threw them down into destruction. ¹⁹ How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

¹⁰ For the wrath of man shall praise you. You will fortify yourself with a remnant of wrath.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

²⁰ The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.

²⁷ Stop listening to instruction (discipline) (correction), my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Jehovah!

¹⁰ »I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

⁸ Jehovah says: »As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, there is yet some good in it,’ so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all.

¹ Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?

⁴⁵ The man said to me: »This room that faces south is for the priests who serve in the temple. ⁴⁶ The room that faces north is for the priests who serve at the altar. These priests are Zadok's descendants. They are the only Levites who are able to come near Jehovah and serve him.«

²² »You his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you know all this.

⁹ Let the wise understand these things. Let the discerning know them. For the ways of Jehovah are right. And the righteous will walk in them. But transgressors will stumble in them.

¹⁶ »The statutes of Omri and the works of the house of Ahab are observed. You walk in their counsels. I will make you desolation! The inhabitants will be hissed. You will bear the reproach of my people.«

¹² You are from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One, You are eternal. O Jehovah, you have appointed them (the Chaldean) to execute judgment. You, O Rock, have established them for correction.

¹⁵ »Did God make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. What does God look for but godly descendants? Do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

³ »When I act you will tread down the wicked. They will be like dust under your feet,« Jehovah of Hosts said.

³⁷ »He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

⁸ Prompted by her mother, she said: »Give me John the Baptist’s head on a platter.« ⁹ The king was grieved. He gave his oath and many were watching so he commanded that it be done. ¹⁰ He gave the order to behead John in prison. ¹¹ His head was brought on a platter to the young lady. She in turn gave it to her mother.

¹⁹ Peter and John answered: »You judge whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God.

²⁸ »They were there to do the things your hand and council foreordained to occur.