And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his (Joram's) YOUNGEST SON, who probably assumed this name upon his accession to the throne, KING IN HIS STEAD, this being expressly mentioned because he was not the crown prince; FOR THE BAND OF MEN THAT CAME WITH THE ARABIANS TO THE CAMP, the band con... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH.... [ Continue Reading ]
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, that is, it was the forty-second year of the kingdom of his mother's family and the twenty-second of his life, AND HE REIGNED ONE YEAR IN JERUSALEM. HIS MOTHER'S NAME ALSO WAS ATHALIAH, THE DAUGHTER OF OMRI, a daughter of the house of Ahab... [ Continue Reading ]
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly, she brought about a further corruption of religion and morals.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, again named as an extreme example of ungodliness; FOR THEY, his relatives on his mother's side, WERE HIS COUNSELORS AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER TO HIS DESTRUCTION.... [ Continue Reading ]
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, in another alliance which displeased the Lord, TO WAR AGAINST HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA, AT RAMOTH-GILEAD, in a second effort to recapture this city from the Syrians; AND THE SYRIANS SMOTE JORAM, 2 Kings 8:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel, his summer residence, BECAUSE OF THE WOUNDS WHICH WERE GIVEN HIM AT RAMAH, WHEN HE FOUGHT WITH HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA. AND AZARIAH (or Ahaziah), THE SON OF JEHORAM, KING OF JUDAH, WENT DOWN TO SEE JEHORAM, THE SON OF AHAB, AT JEZREEL, BECAUSE HE WAS SICK, this... [ Continue Reading ]
And the destruction of Ahaziah, literally, "his down-treading," his downfall, WAS OF GOD BY COMING TO JORAM, God made use of this move in bringing about his destruction; FOR WHEN HE WAS COME, HE WENT OUT WITH JEHORAM AGAINST JEHU, THE SON OF NIMSHI, that is, to meet Jehu, who was the grandson of Nim... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, in slaying all the kinsfolks of Ahab, 2 Kings 10:10, AND FOUND THE PRINCES OF JUDAH, AND THE SONS OF THE BRETHREN OF AHAZIAH THAT MINISTERED TO AHAZIAH, all of whom had accompanied the king of Judah down to Jezreel, H... [ Continue Reading ]
And he sought Ahaziah; and they caught him (for he was hid in Samaria) and brought him to Jehu. This account is easily reconciled with that of 2 Kings 9:27. "Ahaziah fled first to the garden-house and escaped to Samaria, but was there, where he had hid himself, taken by Jehu's men, who had pursued h... [ Continue Reading ]
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, all the infant children of her son whom she could locate.... [ Continue Reading ]
But Jehoshabeath (or Jehosheba), THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING, probably a daughter of Jehoram by another wife than Athaliah, 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 BED-CHAMBER. SO JEHOSHABEATH, THE DAUGHTER OF KING JEHORAM... [ Continue Reading ]
And he was with them hid in the house of God six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land, as queen or dowager regent, although a usurper at the same time. In this way the Lord laid affliction upon His people in order to knit their hearts more closely to Him once more; for that is ever the purpose... [ Continue Reading ]