2 Chronicles 22:1-12

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, 2 Chronicles 22:10.

2 Chronicles 22:1. The band of men had slain all the eldest A cruel sort of men, who came along with the Arabians, and therefore slew those whom the Arabians had spared, and only carried into captivity. Or the Philistines may be intended, who accompanied the Arabians in this expedition, (2 Chronicles 21:16,) and who lived near the kingdom of Judah, and therefore wished to destroy all the branches of the royal family, lest, if any of them survived, they should afterward gain strength, and revenge themselves upon them for plundering their country, and carrying so many of the seed royal away captive.