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2 Chronicles 22:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to Joram.  When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi,  whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

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The king did not listen to the people because the turn of events came from God,  in order that the Lord might carry out his word that he had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.


‘Get the chariot ready! ’ Joram shouted, and they got it ready. Then King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu at the plot of land of Naboth the Jezreelite.


You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,’ says the Lord of Armies.


Let whoever is wise  understand these things, and whoever is insightful recognise them. For the ways of the  Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.


I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.


And the Lord said, “Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? ”  So one was saying this and another was saying that.


You are to anoint Jehu  son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha  son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.


The king did not listen to the people, because this turn of events came from the Lord   to carry out his word, which the Lord had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.


Now his father and mother did not know this was from the Lord,  who wanted the Philistines to provide an opportunity for a confrontation.  At that time, the Philistines were ruling Israel.


Vengeance and retribution belong to me.  , In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.’


When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled up the road towards Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, ‘Shoot him too! ’ So they shot him in his chariot  at Gur Pass near Ibleam,  but he fled to Megiddo  and died there.


so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead  when he fought against King Hazael of Aram. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah  son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.


For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts,  so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.


“This is what the Lord says: You are not to march up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you return home, for this situation is from me.” ’ So they listened to the word of the Lord and went back according to the word of the Lord.


So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel #– #all his great men, close friends, and priests #– #leaving him no survivors.


A person’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.





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