2 Kings 11:4

_AND THE SEVENTH YEAR JEHOIADA SENT AND FETCHED THE RULERS OVER HUNDREDS, WITH THE CAPTAINS AND THE GUARD, AND BROUGHT THEM TO HIM INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND MADE A COVENANT WITH THEM, AND TOOK AN OATH OF THEM IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND SHEWED THEM THE KING'S SON._ And the seventh year - namely, of the reign of Athaliah and the rescue of Jehoash. JEHOIADA SENT AND FETCHED THE RULERS ... He could scarcely have obtained such a general convocation except at the time, or on pretext, of a public and solemn festival. Having revealed to them the secret of the young king's preservation, and entered into a covenant with them for the overthrow of the tyrant, he then arranged with them the plan and time of carrying their plot into execution, (see the notes at 2 Chronicles 22:10;...

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....

Verse 2 Kings 11:4. _AND THE SEVENTH YEAR JEHOIADA SENT_] He had certainly sounded them all, and brought them into the interests of the young king, before this time; the plot having been laid, and now ripe for execution, he brings the chief officers of the army and those of the body guard into the temple, and there binds them by an oath of secrecy, and shows them the king's son, in whose behalf they are to rise....

See the marginal reference. THE CAPTAINS - The word used here and in 2 Kings 11:19, הא־כרי _ha_-_kârı̂y_, designates a certain part of the royal guard, probably that which in the earlier times was known under the name of Cherethites 1 Kings 1:38. Others see in the term an ethnic name - “Carians,” who seem certainly to have been much inclined to take service as mercenaries from an early date. Render the whole passage thus - “And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the centurions of the Carians and the guardsmen (literally, ‘runners, ‘ 2 Kings 10:25), etc.”...

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 THE SEVENTH YEAR JEHOIADA SENT AND FETCHED THE RULERS OVER HUNDREDS, WITH THE CAPTAINS AND THE GUARD,.... This was the husband of Jehosheba, who was high priest, 2 Chronicles 22:11 these RULERS OVER HUNDREDS were not those appointed over the people for civil affairs, as by the advice of Jethro, but over the priests and Levites in their courses; five of whom are mentioned by name, and were employed in gathering together the Levites, and the chief of the fathers, throughout all the cities of Judah, 2 Chronicles 23:1, and the "captains" here are the heads of the fathers there, who were the heads of the courses they were sent to gather; and the "guard", those of the late king, whom Athaliah had turned out of their post, and took in others in their room, unless rather

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 ...

JEHOIADA. See note on Jehosheba, 2 Kings 11:2. RULERS. For their names see 2 Chronicles 23:1. THE KING'S SON. Compare 2 Chronicles 23:3....

Jehoiada the priest makes Joash king, and Athaliah is put to death (2 Chronicles 23:1-15) 4. _And the_[R.V. IN THE] _seventh year_ So Chronicles. Jehoiada's name is introduced very abruptly and without any specification of his office till we come to verse 9. This points to an early date for the document from which the compiler of Kings made his extracts. It is only when the events are somewhat recent that the names of important actors in them can be introduced without some description. _fet the rulers_[R.V. CAPTAINS] _over hundreds_ The change in R.V. makes the passage conform to Deuteronomy 1:15 where the various subdivisions of the officers are mentioned. For other allusions thereto cf....