2 Kings 8:26 & 2 Chr 22:2 taken at face value seems contradiction. Many bible scholars say this is a scribal copyist error and different translations referring to different manuscripts have corrected ages to 22 in 2 Chr 22:2. But when we understand and dig deeper, we will be able to understand that there is no contradiction and it's amazing to see the blood lines and the perspective of the writers of 2 different ages. This note debunks the view of copyist error theory. Let's begin first by placing the scriptures:
2Ki 8:26 AchazYahu was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Yerushalam. And his mother’s name was AthalYahu the daughter of Amri king of Yisra’El.
2Chr22:2 AhazYahu was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Yerushalam. And his mother’s name was AthalYahu, the daughter of Amri.
To decode the mystery we first need to understand why its says in both the texts 'And his mother’s name was AthalYahu, the daughter of Amri'
For this we need to understand a bit of background on Amri/Omri.
2Ki8:25 In the twelfth year of Yoram the son of Achab king of Yisra’El, AchazYahu the son of Yahuram king of Yahudah reigned.
AchazYahu/Ahaziah was the son of Yahuram/Jehoram king of Yahudah.
Who was Yahuram/Jehoram king of Yahudah?
Jehoram/Yahuram had married AthalYahu the granddaughter of Amri/Omri king of Yasharal.
Ahaziah’s/AchazYahu's father Yahuram/Jeroham was king of Yahudah, and his father was Jehoshaphat/Yahushaphat
Who was Amri/Omri?
Jeroham/Yahuram king of Yahudah married the granddaughter of Omri/Amri the king of Yasharal. Ahaziah/AchazYahu was a produce of that integrated marriage. In both the texts 1Kings 8:26 & 2 Chr22:2 we read 'And his mother’s name was AthalYahu, the daughter of Amri/Omri'. She was not the direct daughter of Omri/Amri but his granddaughter. She was the direct daughter of Ahab/Achab.
2Chr21:6 And he (Yahuram/Jehoram) walked in the way of the kings of Yisra’El, just as the house of Achab/Ahab did: for Achab’s/Ahab's daughter was the wife to him, and he did evil in the sight of Yahuah.
Omri/Amri whose genealogy is not mentioned (he was the commander of the army) became king of Yasharal & Ahab/Achab was his direct son, which means if Yahuram/Jehoram king and son of Yahushapat/Jehoshapat the king of Yahudah married Ahab/Achab's daughter, Ahaziah/AchazYahu was both son from lineage from Omri from his mother as well as from the lineage of David from his father. While lineage is attributed to the father's lineage only, it's important to understand the perspective of the writer of 2 Chronicles as he was pointing out to a non setapart dynasty. Ahaziah/AchazYahu also walked in the way of the house of Ahab/Achab and did evil in the eyes of Yahuah.2 Kings 8:27 And he (Ahaziah/AchazYahu ) walked in the way of the house of Ahab/Achab, and did evil in the sight of the Yahuah, as did the house of Ahab/Achab: for he was the son in/by law of the house of Ahab/Achab.
While in our culture we would call Yahuram/Jehoram as son in law of Ahab/Achab as he married Ahab's/Achab's daughter, here in 2 Kings 8:27 mentions Ahaziah/AchazYahu as the son in/by law of the house of Ahab/Achab and its a clear indication that he is tied up also to the lineage of Omri/Amri dynasty from where we get his age as 42. Let us see how:
1Ki16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Yahudah, Zimri reigned seven days
at Thirtsah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon,
which belonged to the Philistines.
1Ki16:16 The people who were camped heard it said, Zimri has conspired
and has also struck down the king (1 Kings 16:8 Elah the son of Baasha). Therefore, all Yisra’El made Amri/Omri,
the commander of the army, king over Yisra’El on that day in the camp.
Zimri had conspired against king Elah and killed him, he became king and was just a 7-day king. The people encamped against Zimri for his rebellion & he burnt down the king's house upon himself and died (1 Kings 16:18).
We then read the people of Yasharal were divided into 2 parts; half of them followed Tibni and made him king while the other half followed Amri/Omri. But we read in 1 Kings 16:22 that the people following Omri/Amri prevailed over the people following Tibni and when Tibni died Omri became king over all Yasharal.
1Ki16:21 Then the people of Yisra’El were divided into two parts: half of the people
were after Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half were after Amri/Omri.
1Ki16:22 But the people who were after Amri/Omri prevailed over the people
who were after Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Amri/Omri became king.
Omri/Amri:
1Ki16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Yahudah, Zimri reigned seven days
at Thirtsah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon,
which belonged to the Philistines.
It is understood that after the death of Zimri the half people stated in 1Kings 16:21 who followed Tibni, that Omri ruled in Thirtsah i.e. now all over Yasharal.
1Ki16:23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Yahudah, Amri/Omri became king over Yisra’El,
twelve years; he reigned six years at Thirtsah.
Since, Omri ruled over Thirtsah for 6 years i.e., all over Yasharal. Hence, we need to mark these 6 years of a complete reign.
1Ki 16:29 Now Ahab/Achab the son of Amri/Omri became king over Yisra’El
in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Yahudah,
and Achab/Ahab the son of Amri/Omri reigned over Yisra’El in Shomeron twenty-two years.
Ahab/Achab ruled 22 years over Yasharal. We need to mark these 22 years as well.
2Ki1:17 And he died according to the word of Yahuah which EliYahu had spoken.
And because he had no son, Yahuram became king in his place
in the second year of Yahuram the son of Yahushaphat, king of Yahudah.
His brother Yahuram son of Achab became king in his place as he had no son.
2Chr22:11 But Yahushabeath the king’s daughter took Yoash the son of AchazYahu, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. And Yahushabeath, the daughter of King Yahuram, the wife of Yahuyada the priest (for she was the sister of AchazYahu), hid him from the face of AthalYahu so that she would not put him to death.
2 Chr 22:8 And it came to pass, when Jeu (Jehu) was taking vengeance on the house of Achaab, that he found the princes of Juda (Judah) and the brethren of Ochozias (Ahaziah) ministering to Ochozias (Ahaziah), and he slew them.
1Ki22:51 AchazYahu the son of Achab reigned over Yisra’El in Shomeron
in the seventeenth year of Yahushaphat king of Yahudah,
and he reigned two years over Yisra’EL.
2Ki1:17 And he died according to the word of Yahuah which EliYahu had spoken.
And because he had no son, Yahuram became king in his place
in the second year of Yahuram the son of Yahushaphat, king of Yahudah.
When 12 years had passed of Yehoram's reign (Yahuram direct son of Ahab and not son of Yahushapat) when Ahaziah/AchazYahu who was tied to both the kingdoms of Yasharal and Yahudah began to reign. Hence we need to mark these 12 years as well.
2Ki8:25 In the twelfth year of Yahuram/Jehoram the son of Achab king of Yisra’El,
AchazYahu the son of Yahuram king of Yahudah reigned.
Now let's add the ages we marked: 6 + 22 + 2 + 12 = 42
1. Omri 6 years when he became king over all Yasharal (1 Kings 6:23)
2. Ahab/Achab king of Yasharal ruled 22 years (1 Kings 16:29)
3. AchazYahu/Ahaziah son of Ahab/Achab king of Yasharal ruled 2 years (1 Kings 22:51)
4. Yahuram/Yehoram son of Achab king of Yasharal ruled 12 years (2 Kings 8:25)
Hence, 2 Chr 22:2 gives us the dynastical age of AchazYahu son of Yahuram of Yahudah from Omri/Amri's lineage while 2 Kings 8:26 gives his age from his direct lineage from Yahushaphat/Jehoshapat's lineage i.e., Yahudah. There is no contradiction in scripture. It's the carnal mind which doesn't understand Yahuah's perspective in mentioning the ages. We see a complete end of this dynasty of 50 years with the death of AtalYah who ruled 6 years in Yahudah being seedless after her son AchazYahu's death. AtalYah means Yah has constrained.
6 + 22 + 2 + 12 = 42 +1 + 6 = 49
1 year of AchazYahu's rule & 6 years of AtalYah's rule, which shows the dynasty falling short of 50 which is the number of release/jubilee. The 1 year and 6 years rule was in Yahudah and not Yasharal. An attempt was made to carry forward the Baal worship pattern over to Yahudah but Yahuah constrained the pattern.
2Ki 8:26 AchazYahu was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Yerushalam. And his mother’s name was AthalYahu the daughter of Amri king of Yisra’El.
2Chr22:2 AhazYahu was twenty-two years old when he became king,
and he reigned one year in Yerushalam. And his mother’s name was AthalYahu,
the daughter of Amri.
2Chr22:12 And he was with them hidden in the house of the Elohim six years
while AthalYahu reigned over the land.
2Ki 11:13 And Athalyah heard the noise of the runners, the people, and she came to the people, into the House of יהוה,
2Ki 11:14 and looked and saw the sovereign standing by a column, according to the ruling, and the chiefs and the trumpeters were beside the sovereign, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athalyah tore her garments and cried out, “Treason! Treason!”
2Ki 11:15 And Yehoyaḏa the priest commanded the commanders of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, “Take her outside the ranks, and slay with the sword whoever follows her.” For the priest had said, “Do not let her be killed in the House of יהוה.”
2Ki 11:16 So they took hold of her, and she went by way of the horses’ entrance to the sovereign’s house, and was put to death there.
2Ki 11:17 And Yehoyaḏa made a covenant between יהוה and the sovereign and the people, to be the people of יהוה – also between the sovereign and the people.
2Ki 11:18 And all the people of the land went to the house of Ba‛al, and broke it down. They completely broke up its slaughter-places and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Ba‛al before the slaughter-places. And the priest appointed inspectors over the House of יהוה,
Yahuram (direct father of AchazYahu/Ahaziah whose age is in question) took the throne at age 32 and he ruled 8 years in Yerushalayim. Hence, if AchazYahu's literal age would be 42, he can't be in age greater than his father, can he? Hence, we must understand this as clearly shown as a dynastical age.
Yahuram was extremely evil king, and he was the one who received a letter from AlaYahu/Elijah which is mentioned in 2 Chr 21, when AlaYahu/Elijah was transported to another location (and not heaven as traditionalists teach).
2Ki8:17 He (Yahuram/Jehoram) was thirty-two years old when he became king,
and he reigned eight years in Yerushalam.
2Chr21:5 Yahuram was thirty-two years old when he became king,
and he reigned eight years in Yerushalam.
2Chr21:12 And a letter came to him from EliYahu the prophet saying, thus says Yahuah the El of your father Dawid, because you have not walked
in the ways of Yahushaphat your father and in the ways of Asa king of Yahudah,
2Chr21:13 but have walked in the way of the kings of Yisra’El,
and have caused Yahudah and the inhabitants of Yerushalam to commit fornication
like the fornicators of the house of Achab, and you have also killed your brothers
of your father’s house, who were better than you,
2Chr21:14 behold, Yahuah shall strike with a great destruction among your people,
and among your sons, and among your wives and among all your possessions;
2Chr21:15 and you shall have with many sickness, by disease of your bowels,
until your bowels come out because of the sickness, day by day.
As per the letter received from AlaYahu/Elijah Yahuah struck his bowels and there was no healing for his bowels and after 2 years he died.
2Ki8:17 & 2Chr21:5 records that he ruled at age 32 for 8 years in Yerushalayim and 2 Chr 21:19 records after 2 years with his bowels falling out he died. He would have died at age 40 (32 when he began to rule + 8 years rule in Yerushalayim out of which 2 years being diseased).
2Chr21:18 And after all this Yahuah smote him in his bowels by disease
for which there was no healing.
2Chr21:19 And it came about from days to days, and as the time went out, at the end
of two years of days, that his bowels fell out because of his sickness and he died of painful
disease. And his people made no burning for him like the burning of his fathers.
Ahaziah/AchazYahu was 22 years old when his father died and 42 from a dynastical point of view from Omri's lineage as he had killed all his brothers and was extremely wicked, being from the lineage of Yahushapat who was a righteous king, his dynasty from Omri would end as it was prophesied that Yahu/Jehu would end it but his lineage from David would continue for the sake of David, Yahuah would keep a lamp burning on David's throne.
2Ki9:1 Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him,
Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead.
2Ki9:2 And you shall go there, and you shall see there Yahu/Jehu the son of Yahushaphat
the son of Nimshi and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers and bring him to an inner room.
2Ki9:3 And take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, thus says Yahuah,
I have anointed you king over Yisra’El. And open the door and flee and do not wait.
2Ki9:6 He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his (Yahu's) head
and said to him, thus says Yahuah, the El of Yisra’El, I have anointed you king
over the people of Yahuah, even over Yisra’El.
2Ki9:7 And you shall strike the house of Achab your master,
that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets,
and the blood of all the servants of Yahuah, at the hand of Izabel.
2Ki9:8 And the whole house of Achab shall perish, and I shall cut off from Achab
him that urinate against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Yisra’El.
2Ki9:10 And the dogs shall eat Yizebel in the territory of Yizreel,
and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.
***Yahu/Jehu executes the judgment on Ahab/Achab's house***
Yahuram son of Ahab went to make war taking along with him AchazYahu king of Yahudah against the king of Aram at Ramoth-Gilead and Yahuram was wounded in the battle. Yahuram returned to Yizreel to be healed of his wounds. AchazYahu/Ahaziah king of Yahuram king of Yahudah went down to see him when Yahu/Jehu executed them both which we will see how bit later. Below are the scriptures I have shown sequentially and how after AchazYahu/Ahaziah was killed how his son Yoash was spared to keep the lamp of David on the throne while the dynasty of Omri was destroyed.
2Ki8:28 And he (AchazYahu son of Yahuram of Yahudah) went with Yoram the son of Achab to war against Chazah’El king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Yoram.
2Ki8:29 So King Yoram returned to be healed in Yizreel of the wounds which the Arameans had smitten him at Ramah when he fought against Chazah’El king of Aram. Then AchazYahu the son of Yahuram king of Yahudah went down to see Yoram the son of Achab in Yizreel because he was sick.
2Ki 9:14 So Yahu the son of Yahushaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Yoram.
And Yoram had kept in Ramoth-gilead, he and all Yisra’El before Chaza’El king of Aram,
2Ki9:15 but King Yahuram had returned to Yizreel to be healed of the wounds
which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Chaza’El king of Aram.
So Yahu said, If it be your mind, then let no one go forth nor escape out of the city to go
to tell it in Yizreel.
2Ki9:16 Then Yahu rode and went to Yizreel, for Yoram was lying there.
AchazYah king of Yahudah had come down to see Yoram.
2Ki9:17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Yizreel and he saw
the company of Yahu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Yahuram said,
Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, Is it peace?
2Ki9:18 And a horseman went to meet him and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace?
And Yahu said, What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.
And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came to them, but he did not return.
2Ki9:19 And he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said,
Thus says the king, Is it peace? And Yahu answered, What have you to do with peace?
Turn behind me.
2Ki9:20 And the watchman reported, saying, He came even to them, and he did not return;
and the driving is like the driving of Yahu the son of Nimshi, for he drives in madness.
2Ki9:21 Then Yahuram said, Get ready. And they made his chariot ready.
Yahuram king of Yisra’El and AchazYahu king of Yahudah went out, each in his chariot,
and they went out to meet Yahu and found him in the property of Naboth the Yizreelite.
2Ki9:22 And it came to pass, when Yahuram saw Yahu, he said, Is it peace, Yahu?
And he said, What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Izebel
and her witchcrafts are so many?
2Ki9:23 And Yahuram turned his hands and fled and said to AchazYahu,
There is treachery, O AchazYahu!
2Ki9:24 And Yahu filled his hands with his bow and smote Yahuram between his arms;
and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.
2Ki9:25 And he said to Bidqar his officer, Take up and cast him into the property
of the field of Naboth the Yizreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding
together after Ahab his father, that Yahuah laid this oracle against him:
2Ki9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,
says Yahuah and I shall repay you in this property, says Yahuah.
Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of Yahuah.
2Ki9:27 When AchazYah the king of Yahudah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden
house. And Yahu pursued after him and said, Shoot him, him too, in the chariot,
at the ascent of Gur, which is at Yibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.
2Ki9:28 Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Yerushalam
and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of Dawid.
2Chr22:8 And it came about when Yahu was executing judgment on the house of Achab,
he found the princes of Yahudah and the sons of AchazYahu’s brothers ministering
to AchazYahu, and slew them.
2Chr22:9 And he sought AchazYahu, and they caught him while he was hiding
in Shomron; they brought him to Yahu, put him to death and buried him.
For they said, He is the son of Yahushaphat, who sought Yahuah with all his heart.
So there was no one of the house of AchazYahu to retain the power of the kingdom.
2Chr22:10 And when AthalYahu the mother of AchazYahu saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom of the house of Yahudah.2Chr22:11 But Yahushabeath the king’s daughter took Yoash the son of AchazYahu, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. And Yahushabeath, the daughter of King Yahuram, the wife of Yahuyada the priest (for she was the sister of AchazYahu), hid him from the face of AthalYahu so that she would not put him to death.
2Chr22:12 And he was with them hidden in the house of the Elohim six years
while AthalYahu reigned over the land.
2 Kings 9:27 & 2 Chr 22:8 also seem contradicting in the first blush meaning as both the accounts have different version of Ahaziah/AchazYahu's death. Comparing both the accounts we understand 2Kings 9 & Chr 22 accounts shows us while Yahu/Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Achab, he found the sons of the brothers of AchazYahu/Ahaziah & the princes of Yahudah ministering to AchazYahu whom he slew, details of this we will see a bit later. The remainder of the seed of Yahudah existing as threat to the throne was killed by Athaliah later after Ahaziah her son i.e., the king of Yahudah was killed by Jehu/Yahu.
Nevertheless, when we get the context correct Yehu/Yahu would only turn towards killing Ahaziah king of Yahudah once he has completed his vengeance on Ahab's household as given to him as prime responsibility. There was a time lapse as well in the judgment executed by Jehu/Yahu because he mentions the vineyard of Nabouth. Let's go in flashback to understand what had happened to Nabouth and his vineyard in short.
Ahab had desired the vineyard of Nabouth and when Nabouth refused to give the inheritance of his fathers to king Ahab, his countenance fell and Jezebel/Ayzabel had a conspiracy built against Nabouth by raising false witnesses against him to say he cursed the king and to have him stoned and was successful in the conspiracy. Then king Ahab took over his vineyard, but Yahuah sent AlayYahu/Elijah the nabi to Ahab. You may read the entire account in 1Kings 21. But here are a few verses to put a context to the judgement meted out to Ahab's house by Jehu/Yahu.
1Ki21:19 You shall speak to him, saying, thus says Yahuah, have you murdered and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying,
thus says Yahuah In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs
shall lick up your blood, even yours.
1Ki21:20 Achab said to EliYahu, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he said,
I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of Yahuah.
1Ki21:21 Behold, I shall bring evil upon you, and shall utterly sweep you away,
and shall cut off from Achab those that urinating against the wall,
and him that is shut up, and left in Yisra’El;
Who urinates against the wall? The sons of course. Hence, the prophecy that dogs will lick up his blood from the chariot and his sons being killed was prophesied. When Ahab heard the woe's prophesied against him and his house, he humbled himself and tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted. Yahuah told AlaYahu/Elijah that he would not bring the evil He pronounced in Ahab's days but in his son's days because Ahab humbled himself.
1Ki21:27 And it came about when Achab heard these words, that he tore his clothes
and put sackcloth upon his flesh and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went quietly.
1Ki21:28 Then the word of Yahuah came to EliYahu the Tishbite, saying,
1Ki21:29 Do you see how Achab has humbled himself in the presence of Me?
Because he has humbled himself in the presence of Me, I shall not bring the evil in his days,
but I shall bring the evil upon his house in his son’s days.
Now coming back to Jehu/Yahu taking vengeance on Yahuram; 1 Kings 21 doesn't record the entire woe's against Achab's sons. But Yahu/Jehu was instructed by the prophet Alaysha/Elisha on how the judgement has to be executed and that's how we see Nabouth's vineyard which his father took deceitfully and killed Nabouth, this vengeance is taking on Yahuram and his blood relatives.
2Ki9:25 And he said to Bidqar his officer, Take up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Yizreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that Yahuah laid this oracle against him:
2Ki9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,
says Yahuah, and I shall repay you in this property, says Yahuah.
Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of Yahuah.
2Ki9:27 When AchazYah the king of Yahudah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden
house. And Yahu pursued after him and said, Shoot him, him too, in the chariot,
at the ascent of Gur, which is at Yibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.
The key words to understand here are: "...for I remember when you and I were riding
together after Ahab his father, that Yahuah laid this oracle against him:" and also to understand the judgement to be meted out in 2Kings 9:26 as mentioned in the scripture above.
This is a clear indication that Jehu/Yahu is telling his officer Biqdar to recollect that they rode together, where? To the prophet to understand in the way the judgment has to be executed. How would they know that Yahuah laid this oracle against him unless the prophet told them when they rode to his place?
Ahaziah king of Yahudah fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu/Yahu pursued after him has to be understood in a time lapse as Jehu/Yahu will not turn after him until he has completed the execution of vengeance on the house of Ahab, moreover, Ayzabel/Jezebel was yet left to be executed. We read in a few verses down:
2Ki9:30 When Yahu came to Yizreel, Yizebel heard of it, and she had put on paint her eyes
and adorned her head and looked out at the window.
2Ki9:31 As Yahu came to the gate, she said, Is it well, Zimri, your master’s murderer?
2Ki9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window and said, Who is with me? Who?
And two or three eunuchs looked out to him.
2Ki9:33 He said, Throw her down. And they threw her down, and some of her blood
was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot.
2Ki9:34 And he came in, he ate and drank, and he said, Now look after this cursed woman
and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.
2Ki9:35 And they went to bury her, but they found nothing of her except the skull
and the feet and the palms of the hands.
2Ki9:36 And they came back and told him. And he said, It is the word of Yahuah which He spoke by the hand of His servant EliYahu the Tishbite, saying,
In the property of Yizreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Izebel;
2Ki9:37 and the corpse of Izebel shall be as dung on the face of the field
in the property of Yizreel, so that they shall not say, This is Izebel.
The event of killing Ahaziah/AchazYahu king of Yahudah is mentioned just before the execution of Ayzabel/Jezebel with an interjection verse & that interjection verse is 2Kings 9:29.
2Ki9:28 Then his (Ahazia/AchazYahu) servants carried him in a chariot to Yerushalam
and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of Dawid.
2Ki9:29 And in the eleventh year of Yoram, the son of Achab,
AchazYah reigned over Yahudah.
Why would there be an interjection verse i.e. 2Kings 9:29 when AchazYahu was already killed and buried. And there is a shift from here towards scripture telling us 2Ki9:30 When Yahu came to Yizreel, Ayzabel heard of it...
This shows that Jehu/Yahu was coming deeper into Yizreel towards her house after executing Yahuram/Jehoram her son. The events of judgement mentioned are not in chronological order. While we will look at Chronicles, the other first blush meaning contradiction is between 2Kings 8:25 where we read in the 12th year of Yehoram AchazYahu king of Yahudah began to rule & 2 Kings 9:29 where we read in the 11th year of Yoram AchazYahu king of Yahudah began to rule. Our eye by the Ruach needs to catch the information revealed. Below are the verses:
2Ki8:25 In the twelfth year of Yoram the son of Achab king of Yisra’El,
AchazYahu the son of Yahuram king of Yahudah reigned.
2Ki9:29 And in the eleventh year of Yoram, the son of Achab, AchazYah reigned over Yahudah.
So, is it in the 12th or 11th year of Yoram did AchazYahu king of Yahudah rule?
Both are correct as the writer of Kings is giving us 2 perspectives of how a reign was calculated i.e., a difference of calculation system in Yasharal and in Yahudah, where Yasharal calculated the reign of a king from the day of his ascension to the throne, Yahudah calculated the reign from the New Year and hence the delay of 1 year. Notice in 2 Kings 8:25 the nabi mentions "king of Yasharal" ''the son of Yahuram'' while in 2King 9:29 he mentions "the son of Achab, the son of Achab" with both ''king of Yasharal'' and ''son of Yahuram'' missing in 2 Kings 9:29.
Remember, we are seeing a dynastical view of lineage from Omri in 2Kings 8:25 and a non-dynastical reign in 2Kings 9:29 from Yahudah's perspective. In Yahudah the calculation of a reign is from their new year reign calculation system. Hence, in our count we took the 12 years of Yahuram/Jehoram (as per Yasharal's system of calculation of a reign) as he was the son of Achab from the Omri's dynasty denoted by ''king of Yasharal'' & "the son of Yahuram". AchazYahu is related to the dynasty as a son by law, as his mother was the daughter of Ahab and hence 2 Kings 8:25 says ''AchazYahu the son of Yahuram/Jehoram'' as Yahuram/Jehoram had married the daughter of Achab/Ahab.
Now back to understanding why would there be an interjection verse after the burial of AchazYahu?
2Ki9:29 And in the eleventh year of Yoram, the son of Achab, AchazYah reigned over Yahudah.
And then verse 30 states Yahu/Jehu entering deeper into Yizreel to the gate to execute judgement on Ayzabel? This clearly shows that the verses are not in chronological order. We see that Ayzabel had already heard that her son Yahuram was killed by Yahu/Jehu as in 2Kings 9:31 she addresses him "Is it well, Zimri, your master's murderer?"
2Ki9:30 When Yahu came to Yizreel, Yizebel heard of it, and she had put on paint her eyes
and adorned her head and looked out at the window.
2Ki9:31 As Yahu came to the gate, she said, Is it well, Zimri, your master’s murderer?
We already read about Zimri, how he had conspired against Elah the king and how Omri was made a king when he burnt the kings house upon himself when he was encamped against. Here Ayzabel is tying the act of Yahu/Jehu to Zimri i.e., the rebellion.
Now the most interesting information we need to look up:
2Ki9:27 When AchazYah the king of Yahudah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Yahu pursued after him and said, Shoot him, him too, in the chariot, at the ascent of Gur, which is at Yibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.
Jos17:11 In Yisasshkar and in Asher, Manasseh had Beyth-shean and its towns
and Yibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants
of Eyn-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Thaanak and its towns,
and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, the third is Napheth.
Yibleam was a town of Manasseh, some place within Yisasshkar and Asher's inheritance border. Yizreel was near Samaria and so was the Valley of Yizreel. The word Gur the translators didn't translate in English. Gur in Hebrew means stranger/sojourner. Where did Yahu/Jehu's men shoot Ahaziah/AchazYahu at? The answer is at the ascent of the sojourn which is at Yibleam. This means he fled from Yizreel to Yibleam, and we saw Yibleam was a town of Manasseh either in Yissakar or Asher.
We also have information that Megiddo was in possession of Manasseh. While Judges 1:27 says Manasseh didn't take possession of Yibleam (completely). Megiddo and other towns and villages when they became stronger, they put the Kanaanites to tribute but didn't drive them completely.
Jud1:27 But Manasseh did not take possession of Beyth-shean and its villages,
or Taanak and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages,
or the inhabitants of Yibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo
and its villages; so, the Kanaanites desired to live in that land.
Jud1:28 It came about when Yisra’El became strong,
that they put the Kanaanites to tribute, but they did not drive them out completely.
Hence, we have information of the time lapse which fits perfectly that Yahu/Jehu post killing Yahuram, his blood relatives and Ayzabel, he then pursued after Ahaziah/AchazYahu who was fleeing towards Yibleam and in the sojourn he was shot by the archers. Now we need to decode the chronological order on how Ahaziah/AchazYahu was killed comparing with the Chronicles passages.
2Chr22:8 And it came about when Yahu was executing judgment on the house of Achab,
he found the princes of Yahudah and the sons of AchazYahu’s brothers ministering
to AchazYahu, and slew them.
2Chr22:9 And he sought AchazYahu, and they caught him while he was hiding in Shomeron; they brought him to Yahu, put him to death and buried him. For they said, He is the son of Yahushaphat, who sought Yahuah with all his heart. So, there was no one of the house of AchazYahu to retain the power of the kingdom.
Remember, this judgement on Ahaziah/AchazYahu was only possible when the judgment on Achab's house was completed.
Here is how we understand and decode both the accounts:
Ahaziah/AchazYahu fled from Yizreel by the way of the garden and was in sojourn/Gur towards Yibleam where the archers were pursuing him & shot him at. He changed the course of his direction towards Megiddo. He immediately didn't die in Megiddo as stated in 2 Kings 9:27 because there is a time lapse there. The writer of Kings is letting us know that he died in Megiddo but just how is not revealed. Hence, being wounded and a search was being made for him in the Megiddo region by Jehu/Yahu and his men, he fled to Shomeron/Samaria and was in hiding. He was found there with the princes and sons of his brothers ministering to him. Was he partying here? How do we understand they were ministering to him? It's obvious that he was wounded. The Septuagint says this.
9.And he gave orders to seek Ochozias (Ahaziah): and they took him while he was healing his wounds in Samaria, and they brought him to Jeu (Jehu), and he slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Josaphat (Jehoshapat), who sought the Lord with all his heart. So, there was none in the house of Ochozias (Ahaziah) to secure their power in the kingdom.
He was healing his wounds in Samaria/Shomeron. Which Hebrew text was the Septuagint translating from is not known but the Masoretic text doesn't mention he was healing from his wounds, but the Septuagint got this right here. When we read the Masoretic text, it's obvious he was being ministered to by his brother's sons and princes of Yahudah, just how is we need to read between the lines and understand. He was obviously not partying there to be ministered to. These sons of the brothers & princes of Yahudah mentioned would have accompanied him when he came to visit Jehoram/Yahuram the king of Yasharal who was recovering from his wounds at Yizreel. Now while 2Chr 22:9 says he was brought to Yahu/Jehu and put to death; the carnal mind would think Jehu/Yahu was in Yizreel. It is obvious that Jehu/Yahu's location is not mentioned as to where he was when Ahaziah/AchazYahu was brought to him. Hence, Jehu/Yahu would have been in the Meggido region when Ahaziah was brought to him from his hiding in Samaria/Shomeron and was killed by Jehu/Yahu there. And that's how we now can understand 2Kings 9:27 with a time lapse between he fleeing to Megiddo and he dying there. 2Kings 9:27 '...But he fled to Megiddo and died there'.
And then his servants carried him to Yerushalayim and buried him. In a chariot is added there to tie to verse 27 as kings who died in battle/or killed would be transported in their royal chariot.
2Ki9:28 Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Yerushalam
and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of Dawid.
The rest of the seed who were threat to the throne AtahlYah the mother of AchazYahu killed and she herself being to reign.
2Ki11:1 And AthalYah the mother of AchazYahu saw that her son was dead,
she rose and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom.
2Ki11:2 But Yahusheba, the daughter of King Yoram/Jehoram, sister of AchazYahu,
took Yoash the son of AchazYahu and stole him from among the kings' sons
who were being put to death, him and his nurse in the bedroom. So, they hid him from the face of AthalYah, and he was not put to death.
Joash/Yoash was the only seed left of the house of the kings of Yahudah from AchazYahu/Ahaziah.
This is noted when Yahuram father of AchazYahu/Ahaziah (whose age is in question) became king of Yahudah:
2Ki8:16 Now in the fifth year of Yoram the son of Achab king of Yisra’El,
Yahushaphat being then the king of Yahudah, Yahuram the son of Yahushaphat king
of Yahudah became king.
2Ki8:17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king,
and he reigned eight years in Yerushalam.
2Ki8:18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Yisra’El,
just as the house of Achab had done, for the daughter of Achab was to him for a wife; and he did evil in the sight of Yahuah.
2Ki8:19 And Yahuah was not willing to destroy Yahudah,
for the sake of Dawid His servant, since He had said to him to give a lamp to him
through his sons all the days.
In Conclusion:
Omri was a commander of the army made king by the people of Yasharal. His dynastical blood line doesn't reveal which tribe he and his sons belonged to. Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah (Ahab's son), Jehoram (Ahab's son), AthalYah (Ahab's daughter) none of them have their ethnicity revealed. This 42-year-old dynasty unto AchazYah who was son by law to this dynasty through his father Yahuram (also the rule is attributed to kings and not a self proclaimed queen AtalYah) shows a trampling of the outer court as number 42 reveals. This dynastical wicked rule was over the 10 tribes was a type of the ha shatan rule and what it holds for the scattered people from these 10 tribes today is significant.
1. The Gentiles (Yasharalites but no ethnicity) trampling the outer court for 42 months (Rev 11:1-2)
2. The living creature made war with Yasharal for 42 months (Rev 13:4-5)
3. 42 lads were torn up by 2 bears when they were mocking Alaysha/Elisha & he cursed them in the name of Yahuah, this shows a picture of the shaniy/two beastly kingdoms (one physical & one spiritual) tearing up the lads/yaladim (yalad means: ones brought forth) (2 Kings 2:23-24).
4. 42 cities to be given to the Levites (Numbers 35:6-7) plus 6 cities as cities of refuge to them. These 42 cities would be their habitation and the 6 where they could flee to if they mistakenly killed anyone and dwell there. We see the number 42 as habitation of Levites & understand that the Levitical priesthood today through carnal people claiming to be part of Yasharal trying to overpower the Malchitsedek priesthood by their man slaying Torah of sin and death, with nowhere to flee to.
5. 1260 days where the Torah and the prophets (2 witnesses) prophesy is 42 months/chadashim i.e., 1260/30 days. Chadashim also means renewal. After this the living creature makes war and kills their testimony. (Rev 11:3-10).
6. Covenant Yasharal in the Malchitsedek priesthood is nourished in the wilderness for 1260 days which is 42 months/chadashim i.e., the renewal. (Rev 12:6) (1260/30).
7. This wilderness journey depicts the 42 places Yasharal encamped in their wilderness journey to the promised land i.e., the plains of Moab near Yericho, when they came out of Mitsrayim/Egypt (Numbers 33:1-49)
Numbers 33 encampments of Yasharal:
1. Sukkoth 2. Etham 3. Migdol 4. haChiroth 5. Marah 6. Eylim 7. Red Sea 8. wilderness of Siyn 9. Dophqah 10. Alush 11. Rephidim 12. wilderness of Sinai 13. Qibroth-hattaawah 14. Chatseroth 15. Rithmah 16. Rimmon-Parets 17. Libnah 18. Rissah 19. Qehelathah 20. Mount Shapher 21. Charadah 22. Maqheloth 23. Thachath 24. Tharach 25. Mithqah 26. Chashmonah 27. Moseroth 28. Beny-yaaqan 29. Chor-haggidgad 30. Yotbathah 31. Abronah 32. Etsyon-gaber 33. Qadesh 34. Mount Hor 35. Tsalmonah 36. Phunon 37. Oboth 38. Iye-haabarim 39. Dibon-gad 40. Almon-diblathaim 41. mountains of Abarim 42. plains of Moab by the Yarden opposite Yericho
The 1260 number of days/42 chadashim (renewals) are all figurative of the wilderness journey Yasharal is in.
Hence, we see this dynastical kingdom of Baal worship where Baal in Hebrew means 'Lord/Master' is a replacement for Yahuah and His worship pattern.
In conclusion meaning of the names of this dynasty:
1. Omri/Amri H6018 from H6014: make merchandise of/bind sheaves.
2. Ahab/Achab H256: brother or friend of his father (here Omri was his direct father)
3. Ahaziah/AchazYahu H274: Yah has seized (son of Ahab who died in 2 years)
4. Jehoram/Yahuram H3088: Yahuah raised (Ahab's son and Ahaziah's brother who ruled in place of his brother as his brother didn't have a son to rule on the throne).
5. Ataliah/AtalYah H6271: Yah has constrained (Ahab's daughter married to Jehoram king of Yahudah)
6. Jehoram/Yahuram H3088: Yahuah raised. (King of Yahudah who married Ataliah daughter of Ahab and the son in law of Ahab)
6. Ahaziah/AchazYahu H274: Yah has seized (son of Ataliah & Jehoram king of Yahudah & was son by law to the dynasty of Omri).
The dynasty began with Amri who made merchandise of the worship pattern followed by Achab who was a friend or brother to that pattern, followed by Ahaziah son of Ahab whom Yah seized him away from the land of the living as he ruled only 2 years (1Kings 22:51), followed by Yahuram/Jehoram whom Yahuah raised instead i.e., son of Ahab , simultaneously Yahuah raised another Yahuram (Yahu raised) king of Yahudah who married the daughter of Ahab, AthalYah whom Yahuah constrained (from killing Yoash who was the only seed left of the kingdom of Yahudah), whose seed was AchazYahu whom Yahuah seized as he ruled only 1 year (2Chr 22:2). Spiritually this dynasty sits as Ayzabel which has 2 root words 'Ay' which in Hebrew means "Where" and Zabel in Hebrew means 'Dwell'. Hence, put together 'Where dwells'. So, where does she dwell? Within.
Rev 2:20 “But I have a few things against you, that you permit the woman Yezebel,
who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to leads My servants astray
to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to idols.”
And this shows Yahuah is in control in dispersing those occupied in the false pattern away from him while He brings Covenant Yasharal closer to Him giving them eyes to see. Shalum in Mashiyach to all those who believe and see the ruach in the letter!
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