# 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/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]])

## Links:

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

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