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2Ch 22:2 — Forty and two years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3119, 3120. B.C. 885, 884.
Forty and two		In the parallel passage, (on which see the Note) he is said to be only twenty-two; and this is doubtless the true reading, as it is supported here by several MSS. and Versions. 2Ki 8:26
Athaliah		2Ch 21:6; 1Ki 16:28

Correlating Passages

Forty and two

2Ki 8:26

Two and twenty years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

Athaliah

	2Ch 21:6	And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.
	1Ki 16:28	So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 22:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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