# 2 Chronicles 22 General Notes #

#### Structure and formatting ####

This chapter is the beginning of the story of Queen Athaliah.

#### Important figures of speech in this chapter ####

##### Metaphor #####

The author compares Athaliah's evil deeds to Ahab's family's evil lives: "walked in the ways of the house of Ahab." Ahab is pictured as the epitome of evil. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]], [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]])

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* __[2 Chronicles 22:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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