2 Chronicles 22:10-28:27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 22:10

2 Chronicles 22:10. But when Athaliah, &c. This and 2 Chronicles 22:11-12, are explained 2 Kings 11:1-3. read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

Jezebel’s Baalism in Judah (21:1-23:21)The Baalism of Ahab and Jezebel remained strong in the northern kingdom during the successive reigns of their sons Ahaziah and Joram (2 Kings 1:1-8:15). It spread to Judah in the reign of Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram, who was married to Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (21:1-20; see notes on 2 Kings 8:16-24).Judah’s next king, Ahaziah, at the direction of his mother Athaliah and her northern relatives, cooperated with the idolatrous northern... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 22:10

she arose and destroyed. The enemy's third attempt, at this time, to destroy the royal succession: (1) 2 Chronicles 21:4 ; (2) 2 Chronicles 21:17 ; 2 Chronicles 22:1 ; (3) 2 Chronicles 22:10 . This time he well-nigh succeeded. See App-25 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:10

GOD SAVED JOASH ALIVE FROM THE WRATH OF ATHALIAH"Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:10

10. Athaliah . . . arose and destroyed all the seed royal—(See on :-). Maddened by the massacre of the royal family of Ahab, she resolved that the royal house of David should have the same fate. Knowing the commission which Jehu had received to extirpate the whole of Ahab's posterity, she expected that he would extend his sword to her. Anticipating his movements, she resolved, as her only defense and security, to usurp the throne and destroy "the seed royal," both because they were hostile to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

F. Ahaziah ch. 22The house of Ahab also strongly influenced Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:3). His mother was Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. Because of his apostasy, Jehu executed Ahaziah, along with his uncle Joram, the king of Israel. Ahaziah had no descendant who could succeed him on the throne when he died (2 Chronicles 22:9). His mother killed all his sons except one, whom the high priest and his wife hid away when he was only an infant (2 Chronicles 22:10-11)."The fact that royal... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

Reign of AhaziahThis chapter reproduces with some differences 2 Kings 8:24-29 and 2 Kings 11:1-3 (the intervening chapters being omitted because they relate exclusively to Israel).2. Forty and two] This must be an error, for his father was only 40 when he died (2 Chronicles 21:20). 2 Kings 8:26 has ’twenty-two.’6. Azariah] An error for ’Ahaziah,’ which LXX has. 7. Had anointed] see 2 Kings 9:1-10.8. The sons of the brethren, etc.] i.e. of the elder sons of Jehoram who were killed by the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 22:10

ATHALIAH SEIZES THE GOVERNMENT (2 Chronicles 22:10-12). (Comp. 2 Kings 11:1-3.)(10) But when Athaliah.—See 2 Kings 11:1, with which this verse nearly coincides.Destroyed.—So Kings and some Hebrew MSS., and all the versions. Hebrew text, she spake, a mistake of some scribe.All the seed royal.—Even after the massacres described in 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 22:8, there would doubtless be left a number of persons more or less nearly connected with the royal family, besides the immediate... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

JEHORAM, AHAZIAH, AND ATHALIAH: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FOREIGN MARRIAGE2 Chronicles 21:1-20; 2 Chronicles 22:1-12; 2 Chronicles 23:1-21THE accession of Jehoram is one of the instances in which a wicked son succeeded to a conspicuously pious father, but in this case there is no difficulty in explaining the phenomenon: the depraved character and evil deeds of Jehoram, Ahaziah, and Athaliah are at once accounted for when we remember that they were respectively the son-in-law, grandson, and daughter... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

CHAPTER 22 Ahaziah and Athaliah 1. Ahaziah and his evil reign (2 Chronicles 22:1-4 ) 2. His alliance with Ahab’s son (2 Chronicles 22:5 ) 3. At Jezreel (2 Chronicles 22:6-7 ) 4. Jehu’s judgment and Ahaziah’s end (2 Chronicles 22:8-9 ) 5. Athaliah (2 Chronicles 22:10-12 ) When the Philistines and Arabians invaded Judah they carried away the treasures of Jehoram, and slew his sons. Only Jehoahaz the youngest son was left (2 Chronicles 21:17 ). He is also known as Ahaziah and Azariah.... read more

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