CHAPTER XXII _Ahaziah beans to reign; and reigns wickedly under the counsels_ _of his bad mother_, 1-4. _He is slain by Jehu, who destroys all the house of Ahab_, 5-9. _Athaliah destroys all the seed royal of Judah, except Joash,_ _who is hidden by his nurse in the temple six years_, 10-12. NO... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 22:2. _FORTY AND TWO YEARS OLD WAS AHAZIAH_] 2 Kings 8:26. Ahaziah might have been _twenty-two_ years old, according to 2 Kings 8:26, but he could not have been _forty-two_, as stated here, without being _two years older_ _than his own father_! See the note there. The _Syriac_ an... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 22:5. _WENT WITH JEHORAM_] See on 2 Kings 8:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 22:9. _HE SOUGHT AHAZIAH_] See a different account 2 Kings 9:27, and the note there, where the accounts are reconciled.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 22:10. _ALL THE SEED ROYAL OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH_] Nothing but the miraculous intervention of the Divine providence could have saved the line of David at this time, and preserved the prophecy relative to the Messiah. The whole truth of that prophecy, and the salvation of the world... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 22:12. _HID IN THE HOUSE OF GOD_] "In the house of the sanctuary of God." - _Targum_. Or, as he says on 2 Chronicles 22:11, בקודש קודשיא bekudash kudeshaiya "in the holy of holies." To this place Athaliah had no access, therefore Joash lay concealed, he and his affectionate aunt-n... [ Continue Reading ]