## II Chronicles Chapter 22

###### II Chronicles 22:1
[II Chronicles 22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:1)

וַיַּמְלִ֩יכוּ֩ יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם אֶת־אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ בְנ֤וֹ הַקָּטֹן֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כִּ֤י כׇל־הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים֙ הָרַ֣ג הַגְּד֔וּד הַבָּ֥א בָעַרְבִ֖ים לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲחַזְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹרָ֖ם מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the inhabitants of Yerushalayim made Aĥazyahu his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the ῾Arvim to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Aĥazyahu the son of Yehoram king of Yehuda reigned.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the dwellers of Jerusalem made Achazyahu, his youngest son, king in his place. For all of the first (sons) had been killed by the Arab troop that had come to the camp [viz. 21:17]. And Achazyahu the son of Yehoram king of Judah reigned.


###### II Chronicles 22:2
[II Chronicles 22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:2)

בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ בְמׇלְכ֔וֹ וְשָׁנָ֣ה אַחַ֔ת מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ בַּת־עׇמְרִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Forty two years old was Aĥazyahu when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was ῾Atalyahu the daughter of ῾Omri.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Achazyahu was forty-two years old when he [began] to rule. And he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Atalyahu, the [grand-] daughter of Omri, king of Israel.


###### II Chronicles 22:3
[II Chronicles 22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:3)

גַּם־ה֣וּא הָלַ֔ךְ בְּדַרְכֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב כִּ֥י אִמּ֛וֹ הָיְתָ֥ה יוֹעַצְתּ֖וֹ לְהַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He also walked in the ways of the house of Aĥ᾽av: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He, too, went in the ways of Achav, his mother counseling him to evil.


###### II Chronicles 22:4
[II Chronicles 22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:4)

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ הָרַ֛ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה כְּבֵ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב כִּי־הֵ֜מָּה הָיוּ־ל֣וֹ יוֹעֲצִ֗ים אַחֲרֵ֛י מ֥וֹת אָבִ֖יו לְמַשְׁחִ֥ית לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Aĥ᾽av: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the L rd, as (did) the house of Achav, for they were his counselors after his father's death, to corrupt him.


###### II Chronicles 22:5
[II Chronicles 22:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:5)

גַּ֣ם בַּעֲצָתָם֮ הָלַךְ֒ וַיֵּ֩לֶךְ֩ אֶת־יְהוֹרָ֨ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֜ב מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה עַל־חֲזָאֵ֥ל מֶלֶךְ־אֲרָ֖ם בְּרָמ֣וֹת גִּלְעָ֑ד וַיַּכּ֥וּ הָרַמִּ֖ים אֶת־יוֹרָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He also followed their counsel, and went with Yehoram the son of Aĥ᾽av king of Yisra᾽el to war against Ḥaza᾽el king of Aram at Ramot-gil῾ad: and the Arammim smote Yoram.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Their counsel, too, he followed. And Yehoram, the son of Achav, king of Israel, went to war against Chazael, king of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. And the Aramites wounded Yoram.


###### II Chronicles 22:6
[II Chronicles 22:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:6)

וַיָּ֜שׇׁב לְהִתְרַפֵּ֣א בְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל כִּ֤י הַמַּכִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכֻּ֣הוּ בָרָמָ֔ה בְּהִלָּ֣חֲמ֔וֹ אֶת־חֲזָהאֵ֖ל מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֑ם וַעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹרָ֜ם מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה יָרַ֡ד לִרְא֞וֹת אֶת־יְהוֹרָ֧ם בֶּן־אַחְאָ֛ב בְּיִזְרְעֶ֖אל כִּי־חֹלֶ֥ה הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he returned to be healed in Yizre᾽el because of the wounds which were given him at Rama, when he fought with Ḥaza᾽el king of Aram. And ῾Azaryahu the son of Yehoram king of Yehuda went down to see Yehoram the son of Aĥ᾽av at Yizre᾽el, because he was sick.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he returned to recuperate in Yizre'el from the wounds inflicted upon him in Ramah when he warred with Chazael, king of Aram. And Azaryahu [(Achazyahu)] the son of Yehoram king of Judah went down to see Yehoram the son of Achav in Yizre'el, for he was ill.


###### II Chronicles 22:7
[II Chronicles 22:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:7)

וּמֵאֱלֹהִ֗ים הָֽיְתָה֙ תְּבוּסַ֣ת אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ לָב֖וֹא אֶל־יוֹרָ֑ם וּבְבֹא֗וֹ יָצָ֤א עִם־יְהוֹרָם֙ אֶל־יֵה֣וּא בֶן־נִמְשִׁ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר מְשָׁח֣וֹ יְהֹוָ֔ה לְהַכְרִ֖ית אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אַחְאָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the destruction of Aĥazyahu came from God in that he went to Yoram: for when he was come, he went out with Yehoram against Yehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Aĥ᾽av.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And from G d was the downfall of Achazyahu, his coming to Yoram. And when he came, he went out with Yehoram to Yehu the son of Nimshi, whom the L rd had anointed [(as king over Israel)] to cut off the house of Achav [viz. II Kings 9].


###### II Chronicles 22:8
[II Chronicles 22:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:8)

וַיְהִ֕י כְּהִשָּׁפֵ֥ט יֵה֖וּא עִם־בֵּ֣ית אַחְאָ֑ב וַיִּמְצָא֩ אֶת־שָׂרֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה וּבְנֵ֨י אֲחֵ֧י אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים לַאֲחַזְיָ֖הוּ וַיַּהַרְגֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, that, when Yehu was executing judgment upon the house of Aĥ᾽av, he found the princes of Yehuda, and the sons of Aĥazyahu’s brothers, who attended Aĥazyahu, and he slew them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when Yehu executed judgment upon the house of Achav, that he found the officers of Judah and the sons of Achazyahu's brothers ministering to Achazyahu, and he killed them.


###### II Chronicles 22:9
[II Chronicles 22:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:9)

וַיְבַקֵּשׁ֩ אֶת־אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֜הוּ וְה֧וּא מִתְחַבֵּ֣א בְשֹׁמְר֗וֹן וַיְבִאֻ֣הוּ אֶל־יֵהוּא֮ וַיְמִיתֻ֒הוּ֒ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּ כִּ֤י אָֽמְרוּ֙ בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁר־דָּרַ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּכׇל־לְבָב֑וֹ וְאֵין֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ לַעְצֹ֥ר כֹּ֖חַ לְמַמְלָכָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he sought Aĥazyahu: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Shomeron,) and they brought him to Yehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Yehoshafat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Aĥazyahu had no one able to hold the kingdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he sought Achazyahu and they caught him while he was hiding in Shomron, and they brought him to Yehu and he put him to death. And they buried him, saying: He is the [grand-] son of Yehoshafat, who sought out the L rd with all his heart. And there were none in the house of Achazyahu who could summon up strength for kingdom [(all of Achazyah's children being very young)].


###### II Chronicles 22:10
[II Chronicles 22:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:10)

וַעֲתַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ אֵ֣ם אֲחַזְיָ֔הוּ רָאֲתָ֖ה כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת בְּנָ֑הּ וַתָּ֗קׇם וַתְּדַבֵּ֛ר אֶת־כׇּל־זֶ֥רַע הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה לְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But when ῾Atalyahu the mother of Aĥazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal seed of the house of Yehuda.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Atalyahu, the mother of Achazyahu, saw that her son had died, and she arose and poisoned all the seed of the kingdom of the house of Judah.


###### II Chronicles 22:11
[II Chronicles 22:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:11)

וַתִּקַּח֩ יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֨ת בַּת־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב אֹתוֹ֙ מִתּ֤וֹךְ בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔ים וַתִּתֵּ֥ן אֹת֛וֹ וְאֶת־מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֣ת בַּת־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹרָ֡ם אֵ֩שֶׁת֩ יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע הַכֹּהֵ֜ן כִּ֣י הִיא֩ הָיְתָ֨ה אֲח֧וֹת אֲחַזְיָ֛הוּ מִפְּנֵ֥י עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א הֱמִיתָֽתְהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Yehoshav’at, the daughter of the king, took Yo᾽ash the son of Aĥazyahu, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Yehoshav῾at, the daughter of king Yehoram, the wife of Yehoyada the priest, (for she was the sister of Aĥazyahu,) hid him from ῾Atalyahu so that she could not slay him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Yehoshavath the daughter of the king [(Yehoram)] took Yoash the son of Achazyahu and stole him from amidst the sons of the king who had been put to death and placed him and his nurse in the "bed-chamber" [(an upper chamber of the holy of holies)]. And Yehoshavath the daughter of King Yehoram, the wife of Yehoyada the [high-] priest, concealed him (for she was the sister of Achazyahu) from Atalyahu, so that she did not put him to death.


###### II Chronicles 22:12
[II Chronicles 22:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/22:12)

וַיְהִ֤י אִתָּם֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִתְחַבֵּ֖א שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֑ים וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה מֹלֶ֥כֶת עַל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he was with them hid in the house of God for six years: and ῾Atalya reigned over the land.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he was with them in the house of G d, hidden for six years. And Atalyah reigned over the land.