2 Chronicles 22 · a question people ask
Where did Ahaziah die, and where was he buried?
2 Chronicles says, "He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu and killed him; and they buried him" (22:9). 2 Kings tells it this way: "They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there" (2 Kings 9:27), and "His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city" (2 Kings 9:28). 2 Chronicles doesn't say where he was killed or where he was buried, and 2 Kings 9 doesn't mention Samaria. Neither book explains how the two accounts fit together, and these notes don't try to. Both tell of his death, and both say he was buried (22:9; 2 Kings 9:27-28). The books also tell differently who was with him: 2 Kings 10's honest question sets "We are the brothers of Ahaziah" (2 Kings 10:13) beside 22:8.
The verses
“When Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab’s house, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah serving Ahaziah, and killed them. He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.”
“But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed after him, and said, “Strike him also in the chariot!” They struck him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there. His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city.”
“Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, “Who are you?” They answered, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah. We are going down to greet the children of the king and the children of the queen.””