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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

2 Kings 8:26-27

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 the way of the house of Ahab He not only worshipped the calves, but also Baal. For he was son-in-law of the house of Ahab And so was corrupted in his religion by his connection with that idolatrous and wicked family. He was the proper son of Athaliah, daughter of Ahab, and the grandson-in-law of Ahab, his father Joram being properly Ahab's son-in- law.

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See also 2 Kings 8:26-27 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בֶּן ־עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וּ שְׁתַּ֤יִם שָׁנָה֙ אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    (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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE REIGN OF JEHORAM AND OF AHAZIAH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    How this agrees with 2 CHRONICLES 22:2, SEE POOLE ON "2 CHRONICLES 22:2" on that place. THE DAUGHTER OF OMRI, i.e. his granddaughter. See above 2 KINGS 8:18....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah H274 twenty-two H6242 H8147 years H8141 old H1121 king H4427 (H8800) reigned H4427 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 8:1 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE. THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL; AND...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 22:5; 2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 11:13; 2 Kings 8:18;...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    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...

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