2 Chronicles 22:1-4 (2 Kings 8:25-27). The Reign of Ahaziah 1. _the inhabitants of Jerusalem_, etc.] This unusual formula is no doubt intended to call attention to the fact that the succession of the youngest son was unusual, possibly there was opposition to it. _with the Arabians to the camp_ Ren... [ Continue Reading ]
_Forty and two years old_ LXX., ὢν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν agreeing nearly with 2 Kings 8:26, "two-and-twenty years old" (Heb. and LXX.). _daughter of Omri_ So 2 Kings 8:26, but more correctly "daughter of Ahab" (2 Kings 8:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
6 (2 Kings 8:28-29). The Alliance with Jehoram of Israel 5. _smote Joram_ R.V. WOUNDED JORAM (as 2 Kin.).... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jezreel_ A city some distance to the north of Samaria, giving its name to the plain of Jezreel (Esdrelon). Ahab had a house there (1 Kings 21:1), probably a _country_house judging from the incident of Naboth's vineyard. It is the modern _Zer-in_, a town situated on a hill commanding a wide view tow... [ Continue Reading ]
_destruction_ Rather, RUIN, or DOWNFALL, LXX., καταστροφή. Ahaziah's brethren fell with him (2 Chronicles 22:8). _by coming to Joram_ R.V. IN THAT HE WENT UNTO JORAM. _had anointed_ Cp. 2 Kings 9:1-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it came to pass, that when … and found … that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them_ R.V. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN … THAT HE FOUND … MINISTERING TO AHAZIAH, AND SLEW THEM. _the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah_ In 2 Kings 10:13, "the brethren (i.e. kinsmen) of Ahaziah." The brethren (in the stri... [ Continue Reading ]
_for he_was _hid in Samaria_ R.V. NOW HE WAS HIDING IN SAMARIA. Thus according to Chron. Ahaziah fled southward from Jezreel; while according to 2 Kin. his flight was westward to Megiddo (perhaps to be identified with Khan el-Lejjun, _Bädeker_, p. 227). The statement in Kings is more probably correc... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Kings 11:1-3). The Reign of Athaliah 10. _But when_ R.V. NOW WHEN. _destroyed_ This is the reading of Kings and of the LXX. of Chron. The Heb. reads _spake with_, which is perhaps a euphemism; cp. the English "deal with.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jehoshabeath_ In Kings "Jehosheba." The two are forms of the same name; cp. "Elisabeth" (Luke 1:7) and "Elisheba" (Exodus 6:23), a similar pair. _in a bedchamber_ R.V. mg., IN THE CHAMBER FOR THE BEDS, I.E. in a store room in which bed furniture was kept. _the wife of Jehoiada the priest_ Cp. 2 C... [ Continue Reading ]
_with them_ i.e. with Jehoiada and Jehoshabeath. In Kings "with her." _in the house of God_ "The chamber for beds" (in the palace?) was only a temporary hiding-place.... [ Continue Reading ]