Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 22:4
After the death of his father; who, whilst he lived, seduced his son by his counsel and authority, and made other evil counsellors then unnecessary.
After the death of his father; who, whilst he lived, seduced his son by his counsel and authority, and made other evil counsellors then unnecessary.
CHAPTER 22 AHAZIAH AND ATHALIAH _ 1. Ahaziah and his evil reign (2 Chronicles 22:1)_ 2. His alliance with Ahab's son (2 Chronicles 22:5) 3. At Jezreel (2 Chronicles 22:6)...
THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH. Taken, in part, from 2 Kings 8:24, the notes on which see. 2 Chronicles 22:2. forty and two: this should be twenty and two (see 1 Kings 8:26)....
EVIL. the evils. Hebrew. _ra'a._. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
_after the death of his father_ This phrase suggests that he acted as regent in his father's lifetime during his father's two years" illness....
DISCOURSE: 412 THE DANGER OF FOLLOWING EVIL COUNSEL 2 Chronicles 22:3. _He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. Wherefore he did evil in the sigh...
7. THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH (2 Chronicles 22:1-9) TEXT 2 Chronicles 22:1. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians...
_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._ They were his counselors. The facile king surr...
REIGN OF AHAZIAH This chapter reproduces with some differences 2 Kings 8:24 and 2 Kings 11:1 (the intervening Chapter s being omitted because they relate exclusively to Israel)....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 22 AHAZIAH – 2 CHRONICLES 22:1-9 V1 The people in Jerusalem chose Ahaz...
WHEREFORE. — _And he did the evil._ So 2 Kings 8:27. FOR THEY WERE HIS COUNSELLORS. — Or, _became._ TO HIS DESTRUCTION. — Literally, _to destruction to him,_ the same peculiar expression being used w...
וַ יַּ֧עַשׂ הָ רַ֛ע בְּ עֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה
JEHORAM, AHAZIAH, AND ATHALIAH: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FOREIGN MARRIAGE 2 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 23:1 THE accession of Jehoram is one of the instances in which
Jehoram was immediately succeeded by Ahaziah, his youngest son, His reign was brief, lasting only one year, and was influenced for evil by Athaliah, his mother. The story of his death is a solemn warn...
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his (e) counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction. (e) He shows that it follows that the rulers...
I do not think it necessary to detain the Reader on this part of the history, because it is more particularly set forth in the book of the Kings already gone through, which the Reader may consult....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26. Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with th...
WHEREFORE HE DID EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, LIKE THE HOUSE OF AHAB,.... See 2 Kings 8:27 FOR THEY WERE HIS COUNSELLORS, AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, TO HIS DESTRUCTION; both of soul and body; f...
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. Ver. 4. _Wherefore he did evil._] See 2 Kings 8:...
_He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab_ Called their ways, not because they were the first inventors of them in these parts, but the chief establishers. These ways did not consist merely in the w...
_A.M. 3119. B.C. 885._ Ahaziah's wicked reign, 2 Chronicles 22:1. _Being confederate with Joram, he is slain by Jehu, 2 Chronicles 22:5_. Athaliah destroys the seed royal, and usurps the kingdom,...
1 Ahaziah succeeding, reigneth wickedly. 5 In his confederacie with Ioram the sonne of Ahab, he is slaine by Iehu. 10 Athaliah destroying all the seed royall, saue Ioash, who Iehoshabeath his aunt h...
THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH....
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 DEA...
AHAZIAH'S REIGN (vv.1-9) Since all Jehoram's sons had been killed except Ahaziah, the youngest, he was made king by the people. Taking the throne at the age of 22 (not 42), he reigned only one year....
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CONTENTS: Accession of Ahaziah over Judah. Athaliah's wicked plot. CHARACTERS: God, Ahaziah, Athaliah, Joram, Jehu, Jehoshaphat, Joash, Jehoshabeath. CONCLUSION: The counsel of the ungodly is the ru...
2 Chronicles 22:2. _Forty and two years old was Ahaziah._ Forty two is here mis- written for twenty two, as is evident from 2 Kings 8:26. So are most of the ancient versions. His father Jehoram died i...
_And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king._ AHAZIAH’S WICKED REIGN I. Its beginning through home influence. Here all start life in right or wrong direction. Home influence...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 22:1 The Chronicler’s account of AHAZIAH’s brief reign (842–841 B.C.) is adapted from 2 Kings 8:24;...
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter the reign of Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:1); his and (2 Chronicles 22:7); and usurpation of Athaliah (2 Chronicles 22:10). Parallel in...
EXPOSITION This chapter comprises the accession, brief reign, and death of Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:1) and the following murders and usurpation of Athaliah during six years (2 Chronicles 22:10). The p...
Now the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son (2 Chronicles 22:1) Who is also called Jehoahaz. Ahaziah or Jehoahaz are one and the same. They made him the king in his stead: for the...
2 Chronicles 24:17; 2 Chronicles 24:18; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 12:5;...
His father — Who, while he lived, seduced his son himself, and made other evil counsellors unnecessary....