Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Kings 11:8
Ranges — Or, fences, the wall wherewith the courts of the temple were environed.
Ranges — Or, fences, the wall wherewith the courts of the temple were environed.
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...
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 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...
_And ye shall compass the king round about_ Though the pronoun is changed, the same persons are intended, who were to be a bodyguard for the young king in every movement at this critical time. _he tha...
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...
_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...
THE USURPATION OF ATHALIAH AND PRESERVATION OF JOASH 1. Athaliah] She was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (2 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 8:26), possessed her mother's high courage, and, like her, was a devot...
RANGES] RV 'ranks,' and so in 2 Chronicles 23:15....
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...
The whole body of guards relieved on the Sabbath are to guard the Temple and the young prince. (7) AND TWO PARTS OF ALL YOU... SABBATH. — Rather, _and the two branches among you, all that go out on th...
וְ הִקַּפְתֶּ֨ם עַל ־הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ סָבִ֗יב אִ֚י
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...
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...
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...
_Temple, to cause confusion, Syriac, &c. The court of the priests, (Ezechiel xli 9.) and that of Israel, (Josephus, [Antiquities?] viii. 4.) were separated by walls, beyond which strangers were not al...
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,...
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...
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...
AND YE SHALL COMPASS THE KING ROUND ABOUT, EVERY MAN WITH HIS WEAPONS IN HIS HAND,.... Afterwards given them, 2 Kings 11:10, AND HE THAT COMETH WITHIN THE RANGES, LET HIM BE SLAIN; any strange man th...
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in....
_Two parts that go forth on the sabbath_ Who, having finished their course, should have gone home, but were detained, 2 Chronicles 23:8. _Shall keep_ While the rest guard the entrances into the temple...
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...
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranges, in an attempt to penetrate their ranks, LET HIM BE SLAIN. AND BE YE WITH THE KI...
JEHOASH BECOMES KING...
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...
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...
When you have set your watches and guards, all the rest of you shall draw near to the king to preserve his royal person from all assaults and dangers. THE RANGES, or _fences_, i.e. the walls wherewith...
2 Kings 11:8 surround H5362 (H8689) king H4428 sides H5439 man H376 weapons H3627 hand H3027 comes H935 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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....
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 11:1 REVOLUTION IN JUDAH, FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN ISRAEL. REIGN OF ATHALIAH OVER JUDAH....
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...
1 Kings 2:28; 2 Chronicles 23:7; 2 Kings 11:15; Exodus 21:14...