Ahaziah did the things the Lord said were wrong. Ahaziah did many bad things like the people from Ahab’s family. Ahaziah lived like this because his wife was from Ahab’s family.
2 Chronicles 22:3 - Easy To Read Version Ahaziah also lived the way Ahab’s family lived. He lived that way because his mother encouraged him to do wrong things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. American Standard Version (1901) He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. Common English Bible Ahaziah walked in the ways of Ahab’s dynasty, encouraged in this wickedness by his mother. Catholic Public Domain Version But he too went forth in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother impelled him to act impiously. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He also walked in the ways of the house of Achab: for his mother pushed him on to do wickedly. |
Ahaziah did the things the Lord said were wrong. Ahaziah did many bad things like the people from Ahab’s family. Ahaziah lived like this because his wife was from Ahab’s family.
Ahaziah was 22 years old when he began to rule. {\cf2\super [250]} Ahaziah ruled one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah. Athaliah’s father’s name was Omri.
Ahaziah did evil things in the Lord’s sight. That is what Ahab’s family did. Ahab’s family gave advice to Ahaziah after Ahaziah’s father died. They gave Ahaziah bad advice. That bad advice led to his death.
After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah came and bowed to King Joash. The king listened to those leaders.
In the past, Athaliah’s sons broke into God’s temple. {\cf2\super [273]} They used the holy things in the Lord’s temple for their worship of the Baal gods. Athaliah was a very wicked woman.
Ahaz followed the bad example of the kings of Israel. He used molds to make idols to worship the Baal gods.
God wants husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit. Why? So they would have holy children. So protect that spiritual unity. Don’t cheat on your wife. She has been your wife from the time you were young.
“Any person that loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me. Any person who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me.
But Peter and John answered them, “What do you think is right? What would God want? Should we obey you or God?