2 Chronicles 22:7 “But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram.”
2 Chron. 22:5–9 Ahaziah’s decision to join Jehoram (a variant spelling of Joram), king of Israel, in his bid to recapture Ramoth-gilead from Hazael, king of Syria, comes at the behest of his “Ahabite” counselors. Some years previously, Jehoshaphat had allied himself with Joram’s father Ahab in an identical mission, ending in Ahab’s death (ch. 18). Joram was wounded at Ramoth-gilead, and withdrew to Jezreel to recuperate. Ahaziah came to visit his ally there, only to fall into the hands of Jehu, Joram’s commander, whom God had chosen to destroy the house of Ahab (see 1 Kings 19:15–17). Jehu’s violent coup is described in detail in 2 Kings 9:1–28. The Chronicler assumes his readers’ acquaintance with this narrative and focuses instead on Ahaziah’s fate, which he remarks was ordained by God (see 2 Chron. 10:15; 24:20). Ahaziah falls under the same judgment as the house of Ahab, insofar as he followed the ways of that apostate dynasty.
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