2 Chronicles 22 — Ahaziah’s fall and the rescue of Joash — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 22:9
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Chapter 22 — Ahaziah’s fall and the rescue of Joash
Ahaziah and the house of Ahab
Verse 22:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:1] Jerusalem's inhabitants made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, because the raiding band that had come with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. Ahaziah son of Jehoram reigned as king of Judah.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:1] Jerusalem's inhabitants made his younger son Ahaziah king in his place, because the raiding band that had come against them, the Arabs and the Alimazonians, had killed all the older ones. Ahaziah son of Joram king of Judah reigned.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek names Alimazonians alongside Arabs and has no camp. Hebrew explicitly calls Ahaziah Judah's king; Greek's genitive king of Judah is attached to his father Joram.
Verse 22:2 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:2] Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah daughter of Omri.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:2] Ahaziah was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah daughter of Omri.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The selected texts give accession ages of forty-two and twenty, respectively; neither is changed to twenty-two. Both give a one-year reign and preserve daughter as the stated relationship.
Verse 22:3 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:3] He too walked in the ways of Ahab's house, because his mother counseled him to act wickedly.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:3] He too walked in the way of Ahab's house, because his mother was his counselor in sinning.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both identify his mother as the counselor behind his evil conduct.
Verse 22:4 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:4] He did what was evil in YHWH's eyes, like Ahab's house, because after his father's death they became his counselors, to his destruction.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:4] He did what was evil before the Lord, like Ahab's house, because after his father died they were counselors to him, to destroy him.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Both connect the Ahabite counsel with his destruction; Greek states the destructive outcome in an active infinitive.
Verse 22:5 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:5] He followed their counsel and went with Jehoram son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans struck Joram.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:5] He followed their counsels and went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Rama-galaad. The archers struck Joram.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek lacks the title king of Israel here and identifies the attackers as archers, where the Hebrew displayed form designates Arameans.
Verse 22:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:6] He returned to Jezreel to recover because of the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought Hazael king of Aram. Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was ill.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:6] Joram returned to Jezrael to be healed of the wounds the Syrians had inflicted on him at Rama when he fought Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah son of Joram king of Judah went down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezrael, because he was ill.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew calls the visiting Judean king Azariah in this verse; Greek has Ahaziah. Greek also explicitly names Joram as the returning king and Syrians as those who wounded him. The recognizable Ahaziah represents Greek Ochozias and is not substituted for Hebrew Azariah.
The downfall and judgment
Verse 22:7 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:7] Ahaziah's downfall came from God through his going to Joram. On arriving, he went out with Jehoram to Jehu son of Nimshi, whom YHWH had anointed to cut off Ahab's house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:7] Ahaziah's downfall came from God through his going to Joram. When he arrived, Joram went out with him to Jehu son of Namessi, the Lord's anointed—Ahab's house.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: The Greek main text ends with the unconnected accusative Ahab's house after the Lord's anointed; it has no verb corresponding to Hebrew cut off. The syntactic gap is exposed, not silently filled from Hebrew.
Verse 22:8 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:8] When Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab's house, he found Judah's princes and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:8] When Jehu took vengeance on Ahab's house, he found Judah's rulers and Ahaziah's brothers ministering to Ahaziah, and he killed them.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew identifies nephews, the sons of the king's brothers; Greek identifies the brothers themselves.
Verse 22:9 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:9] He sought Ahaziah, and they captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. They brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him, for they said, “He is a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought YHWH with all his heart.” Ahaziah's house had no one able to retain strength for the kingdom.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:9] He ordered a search for Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was receiving treatment in Samaria. They brought him to Jehu, and he killed him. They buried him, for they said, “He is a son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart.” There was no one in Ahaziah's house able to hold power over the kingdom.
Classification & Notes
Disparate
Text: The captured king is hiding in Hebrew but receiving medical treatment in Greek. Hebrew has a plural killing agent, Greek a singular one; both explain the burial through Jehoshaphat's piety.
Athaliah and the hidden child
Verse 22:10 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:10] Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, saw that her son was dead. She rose and destroyed all the royal offspring belonging to Judah's house.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:10] Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother, saw that her son was dead. She rose and destroyed all the royal offspring in Judah's house.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both describe the attempt to destroy the royal line; the next verse narrates the rescued child.
Verse 22:11 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:11] Jehoshabeath the king's daughter took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being killed. She put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. Jehoshabeath, daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid him from Athaliah, because she was Ahaziah's sister, and Athaliah did not kill him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:11] Jehoshabeath the king's daughter took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being killed. She put him and his nurse in the chamber of beds. Jehoshabeath, daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, and wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid him; she hid him from Athaliah, and Athaliah did not kill him.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek rearranges the woman's relationships and repeats hid him; both preserve her identity as the priest's wife and the king's sister.
Verse 22:12 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
[BHS 22:12] He remained hidden with them in God's house for six years, while Athaliah ruled over the land.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
[LXX 22:12] He remained hidden with her in God's house for six years, while Athaliah ruled over the land.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew says with them; Greek says with her. The hiding period is six years in both.