The testimony - i. e., “The Book of the Law” which was kept in the ark of the covenant (Dent. 31:26). This Jehoiada placed ou the king’s head at the moment of coronation, perhaps to indicate that the king was not to be above, but under, the direction of the Law of his country.
Verse 2 Kings 11:12. _PUT THE CROWN UPON HIM_] This was a _diadem_ or _golden_ _band_ that went round the head. _AND - THE TESTIMONY_] Probably the _book of the law_, written on a roll of vellum. Th...
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...
GAVE HIM. The Figure of speech _Zeugma_ (App-6), by which the second verb has to be thus supplied. TESTIMONY. See note on Exodus 17:14, and App-47....
_And he brought forth the king's son_ i.e. Jehoiada did so, who had charge of him. The name -king's son" is perhaps given to him here rather than his personal name, to mark that the struggle was for t...
GAVE HIM THE TESTIMONY— Both here and in the parallel place, 2 Chronicles 23:11 there is nothing for _gave him;_ and therefore as the word _put_ refers to to _testimony_ as well as _crown,_ it is very...
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...
THE TESTIMONY] i.e. a copy of the Law: cp. Exodus 25:16, and see Deuteronomy 17:18. But the literal rendering is, 'they put upon him the crown and the testimony,' and the last word should perhaps be '...
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...
AND HE BROUGHT FORTH THE KING’S SON. — When the two lines were formed, cutting off the interior of the Temple from the court, Jehoiada led forth the young prince into the protected space between them;...
וַ יֹּוצִ֣א אֶת ־בֶּן ־הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ וַ
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...
And he brought forth (l) the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] (m) the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the ki...
The testimony. The book of the law. (Challoner) --- So Job (xxxi. 35, 36.) wished to have the sentence pronounced by God as a crown upon his head. The Orientals still lift to their heads the letters w...
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 HE BROUGHT FORTH THE KING'S SON,.... Out of the apartment in the temple where he had been brought up: AND PUT THE CROWN UPON HIM; the crown royal, which seems to have been kept in the temple: AN...
And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and [gave him] the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. Ver...
_And put the crown upon him_ Having produced Joash, he put the crown on his head, which, it is likely, was kept in the sanctuary. _And gave him the testimony_ The book of the law, which he put into th...
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 he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, either certain sections or the entire Five Books of Moses, Deuteronomy 17:19, AND THEY MADE HIM KING AND AN...
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...
GOD SAVE THE KING: _ Heb._ let the king live...
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...
THE TESTIMONY, i.e. the book of the law, which he put into the king's hand, to mind him of his duty at his entrance upon his kingdom, which was to read and write out that holy book, DEUTERONOMY 17:18,...
2 Kings 11:12 out H3318 (H8686) kings H4428 son H1121 put H5414 (H8799) crown H5145 Testimony H5715 king...
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...
THE KING'S CROWN Then he brought out the king's son, and put the crown upon him. 2 Kings 11:12. Did you ever notice how many different kinds of crowns are mentioned in the Bible? There are the king'...
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 11:12 THE TESTIMONY. Joash is presented with a list of divinely ordained laws. For kings ruling under divine law, see Deuteronomy 17:18;
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 1:34; 1 Kings 1:39; 1 Samuel 10:1; 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Samuel
Testimony — The book of the law, which he put into the king's hand, to mind him of his duty at his entrance upon his kingdom, which was to read and write out that holy book, Deuteronomy 17:18, and to...