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2K 8:
2K 8:18 indicated that King Jehoram of Judah's wife, Athaliah, was a daughter of Ahab.
2K 8:26 indicated that King Ahaziah's mother was Athlaiah.
2K 8:27 indicated that Ahaziah's wife was a daughter of Ahab.
Therefore, King Ahaziah of Judah married a sister of his mother.
Not so fast!
was a son-in-law
חֲתַ֥ן (ḥă·ṯan) Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2860: A relative by marriage
Brown-Driver-Briggs:
New International Version:
Maybe not.
25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah; she was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.
2K 8:18 indicated that King Jehoram of Judah's wife, Athaliah, was a daughter of Ahab.
2K 8:26 indicated that King Ahaziah's mother was Athlaiah.
2K 8:27 indicated that Ahaziah's wife was a daughter of Ahab.
Therefore, King Ahaziah of Judah married a sister of his mother.
Not so fast!
was a son-in-law
חֲתַ֥ן (ḥă·ṯan) Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2860: A relative by marriage
Brown-Driver-Briggs:
It could mean that Ahaziah was a bride-groom to the house of Ahab in a bit more remote/loose sense.daughter's husband, bride-groom
New International Version:
Did King Ahaziah of Judah marry a sister of his mother?He followed the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.
Maybe not.