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 Ahaziah’s relatives have suffered the same fate as Ahab’s relatives (2 Kings 10:12). Have the two houses become so identified in intermarriage (2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 8:27) that there is no longer any difference between them? Chapters 2 Kings 11:1 show that in fact the difference remains, for David’s house survives even the assault of the wicked Queen Athaliah, a Judean “Jezebel.”

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