Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Kings 11:18
The house of Baal] i.e. of the Zidonian Baal to whose worship Athaliah, as the daughter of Jezebel, adhered. According to Josephus this temple was built by Jehoram and Athaliah.
The house of Baal] i.e. of the Zidonian Baal to whose worship Athaliah, as the daughter of Jezebel, adhered. According to Josephus this temple was built by Jehoram and Athaliah.
Verse 2 Kings 11:18. _HIS ALTARS AND IMAGES BRAKE THEY IN PIECES_] It is probable that Athaliah had set up the worship of Baal in Judah, as Jezebel had done in Israel; or probably it had never been r...
A temple had been built to Baal at Jerusalem itself by Athaliah, Ahaziah, or Jehoram. According to Josephus, it was constructed in the reign of Jehoram. Its exact position is uncertain. IMAGES - The w...
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...
_went_into [R.V. TO] _the house of Baal_ Athaliah had set up Baal worship in Judah after the fashion of the northern kingdom. We are told also in 2 Chronicles 24:7 that the sons of Athaliah had broken...
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...
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...
ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND WENT INTO THE HOUSE OF BAAL. — Immediately after the covenant had been renewed, of which the extirpation of the foreign Baal-worship was a consequence. In the fervour of the...
וַ יָּבֹ֣אוּ כָל ־עַם֩ הָ אָ֨רֶץ בֵּית
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...
COVENANTING TO BE THE LORD'S PEOPLE 2 Kings 11:13 The death of Athaliah led the way to a thorough change throughout the kingdom. There was a double covenant, first, between the Lord on the one hand a...
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 all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the (r) altars. And...
Altar. Many of the sacred ornaments belonging to the temple had been transported to the house of Baal, probably on Mount Olivet, where Solomon had formerly erected such buildings, 3 Kings xi. 5., and...
Observe, in the death of Baal's priest, how human sacrifice suited their idol worship. For as Moses said, they sacrificed to devils, not to God. Deuteronomy 32:17....
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 ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND,.... That were at Jerusalem, and the parts adjacent, that came from the country, hearing what was done: went into the house of Baal; a temple of his Athaliah had built,...
And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the...
_All the people went into the house of Baal_ They began immediately to make good their covenant in part, by destroying the worship of Baal, which had been introduced in Judah by Jehoram, (2 Kings 8:18...
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 all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, the temple which had been erected to the heathen idol at Jerusalem, AND BRAKE IT DOWN; HIS ALTARS AND HIS IMAGES BRAKE THEY IN PIECES THOROU...
ATHALIAH SLAIN...
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...
OFFICERS: _ Heb._ offices...
17-21 King and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass over them help to revive, strengthe...
BEFORE THE ALTAR; to which possibly he fled for refuge; or rather, he was brought thither as a fit sacrifice to his God. OFFICERS OVER THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; of which see more particularly, 2 CHRONICL...
2 Kings 11:18 people H5971 land H776 went H935 (H8799) temple H1004 Baal H1168 down H5422 (H8799) thoroughly...
2). THE RENEWING OF THE COVENANTS OF YHWH, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SANCTUARY OF BAAL, AND THE FINAL OFFICIAL ENTHRONEMENT OF THE DAVIDIC HEIR (2 KINGS 11:17). Athaliah having been disposed of, and the...
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...
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...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 11:20. AND ALL THE PEOPLE REJOICED—Because, with Athaliah’s death, the accursed house of Ahab ceased, and in Jehoash’s person the royal house of David was aga...
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 18:40; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 23:17; 2 Chronicles 23:18;...