Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 22:3
Being a crafty and au imperious woman.
Being a crafty and au imperious woman.
Verse 2 Chronicles 22:3. _HIS MOTHER WAS HIS COUNSELLOR_] Athaliah, the wicked daughter of a wicked parent, and the wicked spouse of an unprincipled king....
CHAPTER 22 AHAZIAH AND ATHALIAH _ 1. Ahaziah and his evil reign (2 Chronicles 22:1)_ 2. His alliance with Ahab's son (2 Chronicles 22:5) 3. At Jezreel (2 Chronicles 22:6)...
THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH. Taken, in part, from 2 Kings 8:24, the notes on which see. 2 Chronicles 22:2. forty and two: this should be twenty and two (see 1 Kings 8:26)....
WAYS. Compare 2 Kings 8:27....
DISCOURSE: 412 THE DANGER OF FOLLOWING EVIL COUNSEL 2 Chronicles 22:3. _He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. Wherefore he did evil in the sigh...
7. THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH (2 Chronicles 22:1-9) TEXT 2 Chronicles 22:1. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians...
_HE ALSO WALKED IN THE WAYS OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB: FOR HIS MOTHER WAS HIS COUNSELLOR TO DO WICKEDLY._ His mother was his counselor....
REIGN OF AHAZIAH This chapter reproduces with some differences 2 Kings 8:24 and 2 Kings 11:1 (the intervening Chapter s being omitted because they relate exclusively to Israel)....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 22 AHAZIAH – 2 CHRONICLES 22:1-9 V1 The people in Jerusalem chose Ahaz...
HE ALSO. — The pronoun is emphatic: _he_ too, like his father. Kings: “And he walked.” WALKED IN THE WAYS OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB. — 2 Chronicles 21:6; 2 Chronicles 21:13; Micah 6:16. For his
גַּם ־ה֣וּא הָלַ֔ךְ בְּ דַרְכֵ֖י בֵּ֣ית אַחְא
JEHORAM, AHAZIAH, AND ATHALIAH: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FOREIGN MARRIAGE 2 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 23:1 THE accession of Jehoram is one of the instances in which
Jehoram was immediately succeeded by Ahaziah, his youngest son, His reign was brief, lasting only one year, and was influenced for evil by Athaliah, his mother. The story of his death is a solemn warn...
_Pushed. Heb. and Sept. "was his counsellor to," &c._...
I do not think it necessary to detain the Reader on this part of the history, because it is more particularly set forth in the book of the Kings already gone through, which the Reader may consult....
_A BAD MOTHER_ ‘For his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.’ 2 Chronicles 22:3 It is not a pleasant service, but one for which there always seems to be occasion, to speak on the theme of bad...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26. Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with th...
HE ALSO WALKED IN THE WAYS OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB,.... As his father Jehoram had, 2 Chronicles 21:6 FOR HIS MOTHER WAS HIS COUNSELLOR TO DO WICKEDLY; to commit idolatry, who was of that idolatrous hous...
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. Ver. 3. _For his mother was his counsellor._] Mothers have a great influence upon their children, wh...
_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,...
_He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab_ Called their ways, not because they were the first inventors of them in these parts, but the chief establishers. These ways did not consist merely in the w...
1 Ahaziah succeeding, reigneth wickedly. 5 In his confederacie with Ioram the sonne of Ahab, he is slaine by Iehu. 10 Athaliah destroying all the seed royall, saue Ioash, who Iehoshabeath his aunt h...
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly, she brought about a further corruption of religion and morals....
THE REIGN OF AHAZIAH....
AHAZIAH'S REIGN (vv.1-9) Since all Jehoram's sons had been killed except Ahaziah, the youngest, he was made king by the people. Taking the throne at the age of 22 (not 42), he reigned only one year....
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CONTENTS: Accession of Ahaziah over Judah. Athaliah's wicked plot. CHARACTERS: God, Ahaziah, Athaliah, Joram, Jehu, Jehoshaphat, Joash, Jehoshabeath. CONCLUSION: The counsel of the ungodly is the ru...
2 Chronicles 22:2. _Forty and two years old was Ahaziah._ Forty two is here mis- written for twenty two, as is evident from 2 Kings 8:26. So are most of the ancient versions. His father Jehoram died i...
_And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king._ AHAZIAH’S WICKED REIGN I. Its beginning through home influence. Here all start life in right or wrong direction. Home influence...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 22:1 The Chronicler’s account of AHAZIAH’s brief reign (842–841 B.C.) is adapted from 2 Kings 8:24;...
CRITICAL NOTES.] In this chapter the reign of Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:1); his and (2 Chronicles 22:7); and usurpation of Athaliah (2 Chronicles 22:10). Parallel in...
EXPOSITION This chapter comprises the accession, brief reign, and death of Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:1) and the following murders and usurpation of Athaliah during six years (2 Chronicles 22:10). The p...
Now the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son (2 Chronicles 22:1) Who is also called Jehoahaz. Ahaziah or Jehoahaz are one and the same. They made him the king in his stead: for the...
Acts 4:19; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 7:3; Deuteronomy 7:4;...