2 Chronicles 22:5 - Exposition

He … went with Jehoram the son of Ahab. So the evil example of even the good lives after them. See Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:29 ; 2 Chronicles 18:8 ) followed by his son Jehoram first ( 2 Kings 3:9 ), and now by his grandson Ahaziah. The words of this verse and the next are almost identical with the parallel ( 2 Kings 8:28 , 2 Kings 8:29 ). Ramoth-Gilead . It will be remembered that Ahab failed when he solicited and obtained the help of Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:3-36 ; 2 Chronicles 18:3-34 ) in his enterprise against Ramoth-Gilead. The present attempt, however, seems to have had a different issue ( 2 Kings 9:14 , 2 Kings 9:15 ). The Syrians; Hebrew, הָרַמִּים . The initial radical here should be א , from neglect of observing which the Septuagint has translated "archers" (relate).