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2 Chronicles 22:5
Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Ahaziah’s decision to join Joram son of Ahab in a military campaign against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, immediately following his father’s death.
The words — גַּ֣ם (gam) translates literally as "also," and בַּ/עֲצָתָ/ם֮ (ba.'a.tza.Ta/m) means "in their counsel," highlighting the immediate continuation of the counselors' influence.
The thread — The campaign and wounding at Ramoth-gilead appear in 2 Kings 8:28, while 1 Kings 22:3 identifies the city as the long-standing disputed territory.
Why it lands — The text states that Ahaziah followed destructive counsel and Joram was wounded, requiring the reader to trace how political alliances produce direct historical outcomes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth–gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 22:3 who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 2 Kings 8:9 So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- 2 Kings 8:28 Then Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
- 2 Chronicles 18:3 Ahab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
- Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Daniel 5:22 But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
- Micah 6:16 You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”