2 Chronicles 22:10-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:10-12

We have here what we had before, 2 Kgs. 11:1-16 1. A wicked woman endeavouring to destroy the house of David, that she might set up a throne for herself upon the ruins of it. Athaliah barbarously cut off all the seed-royal (2 Chron. 22:10), perhaps intending to transmit the crown of Judah after herself to some of her own relations, that though her family was cut off in Israel by Jehu it might be planted in Judah. 2. A good woman effectually preserving it from being wholly extirpated. One of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:9-12

And he sought Ahaziah ,.... Who fled on Joram's being wounded by Jehu: and they caught him ; the soldiers of Jehu, who were sent after him, and bid to smite him: for he was hid in Samaria ; either in some part of the kingdom of Samaria, or in the city itself, whither he fled: and brought him to Jehu : who was at Jezreel; see Gill on 2 Kings 9:27 , and when they had slain him they buried him ; not at Jezreel, but delivered him to his servants to carry him to Jerusalem, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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, appeared to be now suspended on the brittle thread of the life of an infant of a year old, (see 2 Chronicles 24:1 ;), to destroy whom was the interest of the reigning power! But God can save by few as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 , קודשיא בקודש bekudash kudeshaiya "in the holy of holies." To this place Athaliah had no access, therefore Joash lay concealed, he and his affectionate aunt-nurse. - See on 2 Kings 11:1 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

A medley of the memoranda of evil-doing, its consequences, and its end. The one surviving son of Jehoram, his youngest son, Ahaziah, is put on an unsteady, unsafe throne. Jehoram had caused all his own brethren to be slain, and now it had come to pass that all his "eldest sons had been slain by the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp" As Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and granddaughter of Omri, the evil wife of Jehoram, had not failed to make an evil husband of Jehoram, so,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

A chapter of tragedies. I. THE SLAUGHTER OF JEHORAM 'S SONS . ( 2 Chronicles 22:1 .) An illustration of three things. 1 . The perils attending high station. Jehoram's sons were among the captives taken by the Philistines and Arabians ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ). Had they been common soldiers, their lives might have been spared; being princes of the blood, they were put to death. A man's social elevation attracts towards him the arrows of hate, envy, malice, and other secret... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:5-12

Our friends and their fate, etc These verses offer us a cluster of truths which we may gather. I. THAT OUR FATE IS COMMONLY BOUND UP WITH THAT OF OUR FRIENDS . Ahaziah "went with Jehoram the son of Ahab" ( 2 Chronicles 22:5 ); and, allying himself with him in war, he visited him as a friend when he was at his home at Jezreel. But this friendship with God's enemies led him to his destruction; his coming to Jehoram was "of God" ( 2 Chronicles 22:7 ); it was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:10

But when Athaliah . For parallel to the end of the chapter, see 2 Kings 11:1-3 . The words, of the house of Judah , are here carefully supplied, wanting in parallel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:11

After of the king, the parallel conveniently certifies the name, Joram, and adds, "sister of Ahaziah" (very possibly half-sister, though), and afterwards particularizes the hiding, as from Athaliah , as in the latter part of this verse. We are here told, what is not mentioned in the parallel, that Jehosheba was "wife of Jehoiada the priest," probably the high priest. Nor is this negatived by the fact that the name is not found ( 1 Chronicles 6:1-81 .) in the line from Aaron to Jozadak; for... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:10-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:9-12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:5-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:11

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