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Five divisions of the guard under their five captains are
distinguished here. Three of the five divisions “enter in” on the
Sabbath; the other two “go forth” on the Sabbath 2 Kings 11:7. By
the former...
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3. ATHALIAH AND JEHOIADA'S REVIVAL
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Athaliah's wicked reign (2 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 22:10)_
2. Joash (Jehoash) proclaimed king (2 Kings 11:4;...
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2 KINGS 11. USURPATION OF ATHALIAH. CORONATION OF JOASH AND EXECUTION
OF ATHALIAH. Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah, a daughter of Ahab,
destroyed the royal family of Judah, except Joash, a child who was
s...
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SHALL BE. must be....
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_at the gate of Sur_ R.V. omits -of". This gate is nowhere else named.
The similarity between the original words סור, _Sur_and יסור
given in Chronicles, and rendered -foundation", makes it not unlikel...
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KEEP THE WATCH OF THE HOUSE, THAT IT BE NOT BROKEN DOWN— In the
Hebrew מסח הבית _habbaiith massach,_ which the Vulgate and LXX
render _the house Messah,_ supposing the original to be a proper name.
Ho...
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II. TURMOIL IN JUDAH 11:1-12:21
In 2 Kings 11:1 the history of Judah is taken up where it left off at
the end of chapter 8. The forty-five years covered in Chapter s 11-12
are. characterized for the m...
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_AND HE COMMANDED THEM, SAYING, THIS IS THE THING THAT YE SHALL DO; A
THIRD PART OF YOU THAT ENTER IN ON THE SABBATH SHALL EVEN BE KEEPERS
OF THE WATCH OF THE KING'S HOUSE;_
No JFB commentary on thes...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 11
ATHALIAH’S RULE AS QUEEN OF *JUDAH
V1 King Ahaziah’s mother Athaliah heard about the death of her son.
So she orde...
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Three companies of the guards to be stationed at the three approaches
to the palace....
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AND A THIRD PART SHALL BE AT THE GATE OF SUR. — Or, and the third
(shall be on guard) _at the gate of Sur_, Instead of _Sûr_
(“turning aside”) Chronicles has _Jesôd_ (“foundation”). The
gate Sur was a...
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וְ הַ שְּׁלִשִׁית֙ בְּ שַׁ֣עַר ס֔וּר
וְ
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ATHALLAH
(B.C. 842-836)
JOASH BEN AHAZIAH OF JUDAH
(B.C. 836-796)
2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 12:1
" _ Par cette fin terrible, et due a ses forfaits,_
Apprenez, Roi des Juifs, et n'oubliez jamais,
Q...
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CROWNING THE BOY-KING
2 Kings 11:1
Athaliah well deserves the title given her in 2 Chronicles 24:7. She
usurped the throne, and played in Judah the part of her mother
Jezebel. Joram was a wicked man...
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The story now turns to Judah. When Jehu had slain Ahaziah, his mother
Athaliah, the sister of Ahab and of his very nature, seized the throne
by killing all the seed royal, and for six years swayed the...
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And a third part [shall be] at the gate of (g) Sur; and a third part
at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house,
that it be not broken down.
(g) Called the east gate of the...
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Sabbath. On this day the Levites replaced each other; so that many
might assemble without suspicion. They guarded the king's apartments
in the temple. --- The gate of Sur, or of the foundation, (2
Par...
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Young as Joash was, no doubt the sight of him stirred up the minds of
the people to love him. And young as he was, the priest took care that
the ceremony should be observed the same in his coronation,...
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But in the eleventh chapter we have another scene of deep import and
interest. There is a wicked woman and when a woman is wicked there is
no wickedness like hers. "And when Athaliah, the mother of Ah...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
In chapter 11, the judgment of God falls upon the family [1] which had
corrupted Israel, and even Judah also. The daughter of the house of
Ahab, t...
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AND A THIRD PART SHALL BE AT THE GATE OF SUR,.... Generally thought by
the Jews to be the eastern gate, so called, as they say, because such
as were defiled were bid to depart, or go back, as this wor...
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And a third part [shall be] at the gate of Sur; and a third part at
the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house,
that it be not broken down.
Ver. 6. _At the gate of Sur._] So c...
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_A third part of you_ Of the Levites, who were distributed into
twenty-four courses, to minister in turns, each course consisting of
about a thousand men for a week. _That enter in_, &c. That come int...
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1 Iehoash, being saued by Iehosheba his aunt from Athaliahs massacre
of the seed royall, is hid sixe yeeres in the house of God.
4 Iehoiada giuing order to the captaines, in the seuenth yeere
anointe...
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and a third part shall be at the gate of Sur, guarding the side-door
of the palace; AND A THIRD PART AT THE GATE BEHIND THE GUARD, where
the king's messengers were usually stationed, where they receiv...
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JEHOASH BECOMES KING...
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ATHALIAH SEIZES CONTROL OF JUDAH
(vv.1-3)
The fact that Jehu did not kill Athaliah left Judah exposed to the
wickedness of this cruel daughter of Jezebel. Since her son had been
killed, she herself...
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THAT IT BE NOT BROKEN DOWN:
Or, from breaking up...
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1-12 Athaliah destroyed all she knew to be akin to the crown.
Jehoash, one of the king's sons, was hid. Now was the promise made to
David bound up in one life only, and yet it did not fail. Thus to t...
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AT THE GATE OF SUR; the chief gate of the temple, called _the high
gate_, 2 KINGS 15:35, and _the foundation gate_, 2 CHRONICLES 23:5,
and the eastgate, JEREMIAH 19:2, and the middle gat
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2 Kings 11:6 one-third H7992 gate H8179 Sur H5495 one-third H7992 gate
H8179 behind H310 escorts H7323 (H8801) keep...
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THE REIGN IN JUDAH OF ATHALIAH THE USURPER C. 841-835 BC, OR THE
REMARKABLE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE DAVIDIC HEIR AND THE
REFUTATION OF THE WORSHIP OF THE FOREIGN BAAL (2 KINGS 11:1).
On he...
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1). THE USURPING OF THE THRONE BY ATHALIAH AND THE PRESERVATION AND
EVENTUAL CROWNING OF THE DAVIDIC HEIR RESULTING IN HER EXECUTION (2
KINGS 11:1).
Analysis.
a Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahazi...
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CONTENTS: Royal seed of Judah destroyed. Joash becomes king. Execution
of Athaliah. Revival through Jehoida.
CHARACTERS: God, Joash, Jehoida, Athaliah, Jehoshaba.
CONCLUSION: All attempts to frustra...
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2 Kings 11:1. _Athaliah,_ that is, wicked woman. She must have
received this as a surname for her evil deeds; and justly did she
merit the appellation, for she slew her grandsons at a tender age, and...
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_And when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead._
THE HISTORY OF ATHALIAH
The blackest names in the long roll of the world’s infamy are those
of kings and queens, and amongst th...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 11:1 Joash. The destruction of the house of
Ahab has greatly affected the house of David: Ahaziah (of Judah) has
been killed, just like Jehoram (of Israel), and a number of
Aha...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 11:5 THIS IS THE THING THAT YOU SHALL DO.
The palace guards are reassigned to provide security so that Joash can
be crowned without interference by Athaliah....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 11:4. AND THE SEVENTH YEAR JEHOIADA SENT, &c.—There are
numerous points of difference between this account and its parallel in
the Chronicles; but probably bo...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 11:1
REVOLUTION IN JUDAH, FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN ISRAEL.
REIGN OF ATHALIAH OVER JUDAH....
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Now going back twenty-eight years. We go back now to when Jehu first
became king, he killed Ahaziah, the king of Judah. And Ahaziah was the
son of Athaliah, who was the daughter or a relationship to J...
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1 Chronicles 26:13; 2 Chronicles 23:4; 2 Chronicles 23:5...
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Sur — The chief gate of the temple. The guard — Either, the king's
guard. Or, the guard of the temple; this gate was in the south —
side. So, &c. — So you shall guard all the gates or entrances into
t...