2 Tawarikh 18:12

18:12 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. ¹  Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!” ² 

2 Tawarikh 22:1

Ahaziah’s Reign

22:1 The residents of Jerusalem ³  made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. ⁴  So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

2 Tawarikh 22:5

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram ⁵  of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria ⁶  at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

[18:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”

[18:12]  ² tn Heb “let your words be like one of them and speak good.”

[22:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “for all the older [ones] the raiding party that came with the Arabs to the camp had killed.”

[22:5]  ⁵ sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

[22:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).