In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. He is called Jehoahaz, and said to be the youngest son of Jehoram, 2 Chronicles 21:17 . read more
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ,.... In 2 Chronicles 22:2 he is said to be forty two years of age; for the solution of that difficulty See Gill on 2 Chronicles 22:2 , and he reigned one year in Jerusalem ; which was the whole of his reign: and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel ; that is, his granddaughter; for she was the daughter of Ahab the son of Omri, 2 Kings 8:18 , it was usual for grandchildren to be called... read more
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab ,.... Worshipping the calves, and Baal also: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab ; he was the son of Jehoram, who was son-in-law to Ahab, having married his daughter, which accounts for his being guilty of the same idolatrous practices. read more
And he went with Joram the son of Ahab ,.... His mother's brother, and so his uncle: to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead ; which he went to recover out of the hands of the king of Syria, as his father Ahab had attempted in his time; in which he was assisted by Jehoshaphat, as now Joram was by a grandson of his: and the Syrians wounded Joram ; as they did his father Ahab at the same place, though his wound was not mortal, as his father's was. read more
From Ramoth, having taken it, and left his army there: to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah ; the same with Ramothgilead: when he fought against Hazael king of Syria ; for Benhadad being dead, he was now king in his room, 2 Kings 8:15 . and Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick ; of the wounds which he had received, which might occasion a feverish disorder; and so... read more
In the fifth year of Joram - This verse, as it stands in the present Hebrew text, may be thus read: "And in the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, [and of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah], reigned Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah." The three Hebrew words, יהודה מלך ויהושפט , and of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, greatly disturb the chronology in this place. It is certain that Jehoshaphat reigned twenty-five years, and that Jehoram his son reigned but eight; 1 Kings... read more
He reigned eight years in Jerusalem - Beginning with the fifth year of Joram, king of Israel. He reigned three years with Jehoshaphat his father, and five years alone; i.e., from A.M. 3112 to 3119, according to Archbishop Usher. read more
The daughter of Ahab was his wife - This was the infamous Athaliah; and through this marriage Jehoshaphat and Ahab were confederates; and this friendship was continued after Ahab's death. read more
To give him alway a light - To give him a successor in his own family. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 8:24
And Joram slept with his fathers ,.... Died as they did: and was buried with his fathers in the city of David ; but not in the sepulchres of the kings, and without any funeral pomp, and without any mourning and lamentation for him, he being not beloved, and his life not at all desirable, 2 Chronicles 21:19 , and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead ; of whom more is said in the following verses. read more