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Verse 26. _TWO AND TWENTY YEARS OLD_ WAS _AHAZIAH WHEN HE BEGAN TO_
_REIGN_] In 2 Chronicles 22:2, it is said, _forty and two years old_
was _Ahaziah when he began to reign_; this is a heavy difficul...
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Such names as Athaliah, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, indicate that the
Baal-worshipping kings of Israel did not openly renounce the service
of Yahweh. Athaliah is “the time for Yahweh;” Ahaziah “the
possessi...
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ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. HAZAEL, KING OF SYRIA. This chapter is
somewhat varied as to composition. It opens with a short story about
Elisha (2 Kings 8:1), of which we may presuppose (_a_) that it is...
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TWO AND TWENTY YEARS. See note on 2 Chronicles 22:2.
AHAZIAH. Note that Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah, omitted in Matthew
1:8, all died violent deaths (2Ki 9:27. 2 Kings 12:20;...
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_Two and twenty years old_was _Ahaziah_ In 2 Chronicles 22:2 his age
is given as _forty-two_. This cannot be correct, but is due to a
misreading of the Hebrew letters which were used as numerals. Jeho...
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ATHALIAH, THE DAUGHTER OF OMRI— Houbigant reads it, _The daughter of
Ahab, the son of Omri._
REFLECTIONS.—1st, We have here,
1. An account of the wicked reign of Jehoram king of Judah, who,
during hi...
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B. THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH OF JUDAH 8:25-29
TRANSLATION
(25) In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah
son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. (26) Ahaziah was
twenty-two yea...
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TWO AND TWENTY] in 2 Chronicles 22:2; 'fortytwo.' DAUGHTER OF OMRI]
strictly she was 'grand-daughter' of Omri. The terms 'son' and
'daughter' were used not only of remote descendants but even of
succe...
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ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE. ELISHA AND HAZAEL. REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND
AHAZIAH OF JUDAH
1. Then spake Elisha] The occasion is not indicated, all the stories
related of Elisha in this and the three prece...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
THE REPORT ABOUT ELISHA’S *MIRACLES
V1 Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had brought back to
life. ‘Go aw...
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(25-29) The reign of Ahaziah king of Judah. His expedition with Joram
of Israel against Hazael at Ramoth-gilead. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 22:1.)
TWO-AND-TWENTY YEARS OLD. — He was Jehoram’a youngest son (2...
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AHAZIAH. — Called Jehoahaz (2 Chronicles 21:17). Ewald thinks he
assumed the name of Ahaziah on his accession.
THE DAUGHTER OF OMRI — _i.e._, granddaughter. Omri is mentioned
rather than Ahab as the f...
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בֶּן ־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וּ שְׁתַּ֤יִם
שָׁנָה֙ אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ...
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(1) JEHORAM BEN-JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH
B.C. 851-843
(2) AHAZIAH BEN-JEHORAM OF JUDAH
B.C. 843-842
2 Kings 8:16
"Bear with the Turk, no brother near the throne."
-POPE.
THE narrative now reverts...
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ATHALIAH'S WICKED HUSBAND AND SONS
2 Kings 8:16
Jehoram's history furnishes a terrible example of how an ill-marriage
may mar a man's life. He had a good father, but a bad wife, and the
latter more s...
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The influence of Elisha is incidentally seen in the converse of the
king with Gehazi and the restoration of the lands of the Shunammite
woman for the sake of the prophet.
Elisha visited Damascus, wher...
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(o) Two and twenty years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign; and
he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was]
Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
(o) Which is to be...
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Twenty. In 2 Paralipomenon xxii. 2., we read forty, by mistake of the
transcribers, as Ochozias, (Joachaz, or Azarias, 2 Paralipomenon xxi.
17.) would thus be older than his father, who died at the ag...
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I bring all these verses within one point of view, as they only relate
to us the short, but wicked reign, of another of Judah's kings. And I
only detain the Reader with a single observation upon this...
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However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into
earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of
J...
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The history of the woman [1], whose son Elisha had raised to life
again, gives us a little picture of all God's dealings with Israel.
During long years, as determined by Jehovah, Israel is deprived of...
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TWO AND TWENTY YEARS OLD WAS AHAZIAH WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN,.... In 2
Chronicles 22:2 he is said to be forty two years of age; for the
solution of that difficulty 2 Chronicles 22:2:
AND HE REIGNED ON...
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Two and twenty years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he
reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Athaliah,
the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
Ver. 26. _Two and twent...
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_Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign_ How this
agrees with 2 Chronicles 22:2, see on that place. _The daughter of
Omri_ That is, his grand-daughter, 2 Kings 8:18. _He walked in...
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1 The Shunammite, hauing left her countrey seuen yeeres, to auoide the
forewarned famine, for Elishas miracle sake, hath her land restored by
the king.
7 Hazael being sent with a present by Benhadad...
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THE REIGN OF JEHORAM AND OF AHAZIAH...
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Two and twenty years old was Ahaziali when he began to reign, he being
the youngest son of Jehoram, 2 Chronicles 21:17; AND HE REIGNED ONE
YEAR IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS ATHALIAH, THE DA...
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THE SHUNAMITE AGAIN
(vv.1-6)
The Shunamite woman is typical of the godly remnant of Israel. She had
learned the grace of God in giving new life (ch.4:17) and further in
resurrection power (ch.4:32-3...
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25-29 Names do not make natures, but it was bad for Jehoshaphat's
family to borrow names from Ahab's. Ahaziah's relation to Ahab's
family was the occasion of his wickedness and of his fall. When men...
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2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah H274 twenty-two H6242 H8147 years H8141 old H1121
king H4427 (H8800) reigned H4427 ...
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AN INITIAL SUMMARY OF THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH KING OF JUDAH (2 KINGS
8:25). C. 841 BC.
Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram of Judah, would only reign for a few
months before he was killed by Jehu during the latt...
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CONTENTS: Famine predicted. Jehoram restores the Shunanmite land.
Reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah of Judah and Joram of Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Gehazi, Jehoram, Ben-hadad, Hazael, Ahaziah,
Shu...
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2 Kings 8:8. _Take a present._ See on 1 Kings 14:3.
2 Kings 8:10. _Thou mayest certainly recover._ Aye, say as you all do,
both physicians and courtiers. Cry aloud, for Baal is a god. This was
said in...
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_In the twelfth year of Joram._
KINGHOOD: THE CONVENTIONAL AND THE TRUE
Looking at King Ahaziah, as here sketched, two points strike our
attention.
I. A king by physical heredity. This man came fro...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 8:16 Judah was last mentioned in ch. 2 Kings
3:1, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah. Another Judean king has come
and gone in the meantime, however, and the reader must be tol...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 8:16. JORAM THE SON OF AHAB—See Notes on chap. 2 Kings 3:1.
2 Kings 8:18. THE DAUGHTER OF AHAB—Attaliah. It was through her
influence the king introduced the...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 8:1
THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY
HAZAEL; AND...
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Now Elisha spake unto the woman, whose son had been restored to life,
and he said, [You better get out of here because there's going to be a
seven-year famine in this area] (2 Kings 8:1).
And so she l...
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2 Chronicles 22:5; 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 8:18;...
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Was Ahaziah 22 years old when he began to reign in Judah, or was he 42
years old?
PROBLEM: According to the statement in 2 Kings 8:26, Ahaziah was 22
years old when he began to reign in Judah. However...