CONTENTS Ahaziah's history openeth at this Chapter. He succeedeth to the throne - makes a wicked reign, and is slain by Jehu. Athaliah destroyeth all the royal seed, except Joash. 2 Chronicles 22:1 We have the parallel history to what is here recorded in the 2d of Kings 11 So that for brevity's sa... [ Continue Reading ]
I do not think it necessary to detain the Reader on this part of the history, because it is more particularly set forth in the book of the Kings already gone through, which the Reader may consult.... [ Continue Reading ]
How beautiful it is to see the Lord's watchful care over his people, Moses shall be hid when his life is threatened. Joash shall be secured when danger is near. Nay, Jesus shall be carried into Egypt when the monster Herod seeks his life. Reader! how evidently doth the Lord manifest himself when he... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS OBSERVE, my soul, in the history of this chapter, the awful consequences of sin! What a short triumph had Ahaziah. Life is but a year, and when that year is spent in sin and folly, what a wretched life is made of it? How awful are the consequences which arise out of improper and irrelig... [ Continue Reading ]