2 Kings 11:1

_AND WHEN ATHALIAH THE MOTHER OF AHAZIAH SAW THAT HER SON WAS DEAD, SHE AROSE AND DESTROYED ALL THE SEED ROYAL._ Athaliah - (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 22:2.) She had possessed great influence over her son, who, her counsels, had ruled in the spirit of the house of Ahab. DESTROYED ALL THE SEED ROYAL - all connected with the royal family who might have urged a claim on the throne, and who had escaped the murderous hands of Jehu (2 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Kings 10:13). This massacre she was incited to perpetrate, partly from a determination not to let David's fam

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 the Son of David, the Lord, according to his promise, will secure a spiritual seed, hidden sometimes, and unseen, but hidden in God's pavilion, and unhurt. Six years Athaliah tyrannized. Then the king was brought forward. A child indeed, but he had a good guardian, and, what was better, a good God to go to With such joy and satisfaction must the kingdom of Christ be welcomed into our hearts, when his throne is set up there, and Satan the usurper is cast out. Say, Let the King, even Jesus, live, for ever live and reign in my soul, and in all the world....

CHAPTER XI _Athaliah destroys all that remain of the seed royal of Judah_, 1. _Jehosheba hides Joash the son of Ahaziah, and he remains hidden_ _in the house of the Lord six years; and Athaliah reigns over the_ _land_, 2, 3. _Jehoiada, the high priest, calls the nobles privately together_ _into the temple, shows them the kings son, takes an oath of_ _them, arms them, places guards around the temple, and around_ _the young king's person; they anoint and proclaim him_, 4-12. _Athaliah is alarmed, comes into the temple, is seized, carried_...

Athaliah, as wife of Joram and mother of Ahaziah, had guided both the internal and the external policy of the Jewish kingdom; she had procured the establishmeut of the worship of Baal in Judaea 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:27, and had maintained a close alliance with the sister kingdom 2Ki 8:29; 2 Kings 10:13. The revolution effected by Jehu touched her nearly. It struck away from her the support of her relatives; it isolated her religious system, severing the communication with Phoenicia; and the death of Ahaziah deprived her of her legal status in Judaea, which was that of queen-mother (the...

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 11:1 REVOLUTION IN JUDAH, FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN ISRAEL. REIGN OF ATHALIAH OVER JUDAH. CONSPIRACY OF JEHOIADA, AND DEATH OF ATHALIAH. 2 KINGS 11:1 On learning the death of Ahaziah (2 Kings 9:27), Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, the queen-mother, murders all h

AND WHEN ATHAIAH THE MOTHER OF AHAZIAH SAW THAT HER SON WAS DEAD,.... Who was the daughter of Ahab, and granddaughter of Omri 2 Kings 8:18, she arose, AND DESTROYED ALL THE SEED ROYAL; that were left, for many had been slain already; the sons of Jehoshaphat, the brothers of Joram, were slain by him, 2 Chronicles 21:4 and all Joram's sons, excepting Ahaziah, were slain by the Arabians, 2 Chronicles 22:1, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah were slain by Jehu, 2 Kings 11:8, these therefore seem to be the children of Ahaziah, the grandchildren of this brutish woman, whom she massacred out of her ambiti

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; 2 Chronicles 23:1) 3. The death of Athaliah (2 Kings 11:13; 2 Chronicles 23:12) 4. Jehoiada's revival (2 Kings 11:17;...

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 saved by Jehosheba and kept concealed for six years, during which time Athaliah reigned (2 Kings 11:1). The author gives no notice, as is customary, of her regnal years; and S. A. Cook (EBi, col. 381) remarks on her maintaining herself on the throne for six years as a singular fact, which raises questions more easily asked than answered. At the end of this period Jehoiada, according to 2 Chronicles 22:11, the husband of Jehosheba, made a conspiracy with the troops, showed them the king's son, and arranged for the overthrow of Athaliah ...

ATHALIAH. For genealogy see App-55. SHE AROSE, &C. Another of the ten occasions of deaths being caused by. woman. See note on Judges 4:21. DESTROYED: or thought she did. They were left for dead....

2 Kings 11:1-3. Athaliah, having slain all the seed royal of Judah, except Joash, usurps the throne for six years (2 Chronicles 22:10-12) 1. _And_[R.V. NOW] _when Athaliah_ Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and became the wife of Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat. _she arose and destroyed_ The verb here rendered -arose" is often joined with another verb to give the notion of -setting earnestly about" any business. Thus in Exodus 32:1 it is used - _Up_make us gods", and in 1 Kings 14:2 - _Arise_and disguise thyself", also...