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2 Chronicles 22
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Ahaziah's Reign in Judah
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
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<strong>And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological pe...
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**XXII.
THE SHORT REIGN OF AHAZIAH** (2Chronicles 22:1-9).
(Comp. 2Kings 8:25-29.)
(1) **And the inhabitants of Jerusalem.**—2Chronicles 21:11; 2Chronicles 21:13.
**Made Ahaziah . . . king.**—This variation from the usual formula—“And Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead”—has been supposed to indicate that the succession was disputed, either Athaliah, the queen-mother, or Jehoiada, the high priest...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David's preparations for the temple.(1-5)
David's instructions to Solomon.(6-16)
The prices commanded to assist.(17-19)
**Verses 1-5**
On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. Da...
Read full commentary →Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
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<strong>Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek ...
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(2) **Forty and two years old.**—An error of transcription. 2Kings 8:26, *twenty and two;* and so the Syriac and Arabic: the LXX. has “twenty.” Ahaziah could not have been forty when he succeeded, because his father was only forty when he died (2Chronicles 21:20).
**Athaliah the daughter of Omri**—*i.e.,* granddaughter, she being daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. Kings adds, “king of Israel,” which th...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David's preparations for the temple.(1-5)
David's instructions to Solomon.(6-16)
The prices commanded to assist.(17-19)
**Verses 1-5**
On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. Da...
Read full commentary →He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
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<strong>He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judgment. T...
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(3) **He also.**—The pronoun is emphatic: *he* too, like his father. Kings: “And he walked.”
**Walked in the ways of the house of Ahab.**—2Chronicles 21:6; 2Chronicles 21:13; Micah 6:16.
**For his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.**—Not in Kings; an explanatory remark added by the chronicler. (Comp. 2Chronicles 20:35; 2Chronicles 21:6.) Her influence would be used in support of the Baal wo...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David's preparations for the temple.(1-5)
David's instructions to Solomon.(6-16)
The prices commanded to assist.(17-19)
**Verses 1-5**
On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. Da...
Read full commentary →Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
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<strong>Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God p...
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(4) **Wherefore.**—*And he did the evil.* So 2Kings 8:27.
**For they were his counsellors.**—Or, *became.*
**To his destruction.**—Literally, *to destruction to him,* the same peculiar expression being used which occurred in 2Chronicles 20:23. This last half of the verse is evidently the chronicler’s own free expansion or interpretation of the words of Kings, “for he was son-in-law of the house of...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David's preparations for the temple.(1-5)
David's instructions to Solomon.(6-16)
The prices commanded to assist.(17-19)
**Verses 1-5**
On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. Da...
Read full commentary →He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead : and the Syrians smote Joram.
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<strong>He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution...
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(5) **He walked also after **(*in*)** their counsel.**—An allusion to Psalm 1:1. He became a close partner in the politics of his ally, and joined in his expedition against the Syrians. The words are not in Kings.
**And went with Jehoram.**—2Kings 8:28, “Joram.”
**King of Israel.**—Added by chronicler.
**Against.**—Kings, “with.”
**Hazael king of Syria.**—See Note on 2Kings 8:8, *seq.*; 13:3.
**Th...
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Chapter 22
Chapter Outline
David's preparations for the temple.(1-5)
David's instructions to Solomon.(6-16)
The prices commanded to assist.(17-19)
**Verses 1-5**
On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. Da...
Read full commentary →And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. which: Heb. wherewith they wounded him Azariah: also called, Ahaziah, ver.I. or, Jehoahaz, ver.21.17.
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<strong>And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction...
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(6) **And he**—*i.e.,* Joram, 1Kings 8:29, and LXX.
**Because of the wounds.**—Omit “because.” So
Kings, and LXX. (ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν), Syriac, Arabic, and Targum, as well as some Hebrew MSS. The Hebrew text has “because the wounds,” which makes no sense. The word rendered “wounds” (*makhim*) only occurs besides in 2Kings 8:29; 2Kings 9:15. (*Ki, “*because,” has originated out of *min, “*from.”)
**Aza...
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**Verses 6-16**
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's ...
Read full commentary →The Death of Ahaziah
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. destruction: Heb. treading down
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<strong>And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes im...
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(7) **And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God.**—Literally, *And from God came the downtreading of Ahaziah, so that he went to Joram.* The coin cidence of the visit with Jehu’s rebellion revealed the working of Divine providence. It thus came to pass that the three chief representatives of the house of Ahab—Joram, Jezebel, and Ahaziah—were involved in one catastrophe of ruin; Athaliah, however, ...
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**Verses 6-16**
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's ...
Read full commentary →And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
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<strong>And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes i...
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(8) **When Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab.**—The Hebrew phrase strictly means *to plead with,* or *argue a cause with.* (Comp. 1Samuel 12:7.) When God is said to plead with men, the notion of judicial punishment is often involved, as in Joel 3:2; Isaiah 66:16; and such is the meaning here. Jehu was an instrument of Divine vengeance, even when fulfilling the projects of his own ...
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**Verses 6-16**
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's ...
Read full commentary →And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
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<strong>And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing ...
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(9) **And he sought Ahaziah.**—In 2Kings 9:27-28 we find a different tradition concerning the death of Ahaziah. That passage, literally rendered, runs as follows: “And Ahaziah king of Judah had seen it (i.e., the death of Jehoram, 2Kings 9:24), and he fled by the way of the garden palace, and Jehu pursued after him, and said, Him, too, smite (shoot) ye him in the chariot!—on the ascent of Gûr, bes...
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**Verses 6-16**
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's ...
Read full commentary →Athaliah Rules Judah
But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
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<strong>But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while thos...
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**ATHALIAH SEIZES THE GOVERNMENT** (2Chronicles 22:10-12).
(Comp. 2Kings 11:1-3.)
(10) **But when Athaliah.**—See 2Kings 11:1, with which this verse nearly coincides.
**Destroyed.**—So Kings and some Hebrew MSS., and all the versions. Hebrew text, *she spake,* a mistake of some scribe.
**All the seed royal.**—Even after the massacres described in 2Chronicles 22:1; 2Chronicles 22:8, there would dou...
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**Verses 6-16**
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's ...
Read full commentary →But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber . So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
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<strong>But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrativ...
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(11) **Jehoshabeath.**—Kings, “Jehosheba.” (Comp. “Elisheba,” Exodus 6:23; and Ἐλισάβετ (LXX.), Luke 1:7.)
**The daughter of the king.**—Kings adds “Joram,” and “sister of Ahaziah.”
**That were slain.**—*That were to be put to death.*
**In a bedchamber.**—Literally, *in the chamber of beds, i.e.,* where the bedding was kept. (See Note on 2Kings 11:2.)
**The wife of Jehoiada the priest.**—So Joseph...
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**Verses 6-16**
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's ...
Read full commentary →And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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<strong>And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Evil family influence leading to destruction. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judgment. This pat...
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(12) **With them.**—With Jehoiada and his wife. Kings, “with her;” LXX., “with him;” Syriac and Arabic, “with her.” (See Note on 2Kings 11:3.)
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**Verses 6-16**
David gives Solomon the reason why he should build the temple. Because God named him. Nothing is more powerful to engage us in any service for God, than to know that we are appointed thereto. Because he would have leisure and opportunity to do it. He should have peace and quietness. Where God gives rest, he expects work. Because God had promised to establish his kingdom. God's ...
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