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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 11:1-21

Chapter 11Now 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 Jezebel. And there was an intermarriage there tying the kingdoms together.Now Athaliah [the wicked queen,] when she heard that her son Ahaziah was killed, immediately she went out and killed all of the rest of the children of her son ( 2 Kings 11:1 ).Or all of her grandchildren in order... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 11:1-21

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 so cut off all the heirs of David’s house. In ages of tyranny and blood, such inhuman conduct was too frequently adopted. 2 Kings 11:9 . On the sabbath. The throne is always safest in the arms of the church. Here is one of the completest plans ever devised. (1) The venerable highpriest,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 11:1-21

2 Kings 11:1-21And when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead.The history of AthaliahThe blackest names in the long roll of the world’s infamy are those of kings and queens, and amongst them Athaliah is not the least abhorrent. In this woman’s life, as here sketched, we have--I. Hereditary depravity. We find in this woman, Athaliah, the infernal tendencies of her father and her mother, Ahab and Jezebel. Though they had been swept as monsters from the earth, their hellish... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 11:14

2Ki 11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner [was], and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. Ver. 14. And cried, Treason, treason! ] Though herself were a usurper and a traitor, yet she thus crieth out; so do some sectaries, "Persecution, persecution," with as good pretence. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 11:14

Numbers 10:1-2 Samuel : stood: The Orientals considered a seat by a pillar or column as particularly honourable. a pillar: 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Chronicles 34:31 the princes: 2 Kings 11:10, 2 Kings 11:11 all the people: 1 Kings 1:39, 1 Kings 1:40, 1 Chronicles 12:40, Proverbs 29:2, Luke 19:37, Revelation 19:1-Judges : Treason: 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 11:2, 2 Kings 9:23, 1 Kings 18:17, 1 Kings 18:18 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 1:34 - blow ye 1 Kings 8:22 - stood before the altar 2 Kings 5:7 - that he rent... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 11:14

14. The king stood by a pillar Probably, as we have suggested above, (note on 2 Kings 11:11,) by one of the great pillars, Jachin and Boaz, which supported the front of the temple. By the side of one of these pillars Jehoiada had erected a platform something like that on which Solomon stood when he dedicated the temple; (2 Chronicles 6:13;) and upon such platform the young king would stand in full view of all the people in the court. Gesenius and others take עמוד , pillar, in the sense... read more

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