2 Chronicles 22:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-9

We have here an account of the reign of Ahaziah, a short reign (of one year only), yet long enough, unless it had been better. He was called Jeho-ahaz (2 Chron. 21:17); here he is called Ahaz-iah, which is the same name and of the same signification, only the words of which it is compounded are transposed. He is here said to be forty-two years old when he began to reign (2 Chron. 22:2), which could not be, for his father, his immediate predecessor, was but forty when he died, and it is said (2... 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 22:9

He sought Ahaziah - See a different account 2 Kings 9:27 ; (note), and the note there, where the accounts are reconciled. 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 22:9

And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him … brought him … buried him. This verse, which at the first sight seems at variance with 2 Kings 9:27 , 2 Kings 9:28 , is perhaps a simply surprising instance of undesigned corroboration of history by the treatment of different historians. The verse, e.g; corrects the italics of 2 Kings 9:27 ; expunging them throws their proper force into the words, "at the going up to Gur," showing that Jehu reckoned on that steep kill to enable his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:9

Compare the marginal reference. Ahaziah after remaining a while at Megiddo, removed to Samaria, where his wounds could be better cared for and concealment might be easier; Jehu’s emissaries discovered him there; they took him to Jehu, who happened at the time to be at Megiddo; and then and there Jehu put him to death. The narrative here is therefore supplementary to that of 2 Kings, and finds its proper place between the clause,” He fled to Megiddo,” and the words “and died there.”And when they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

A.M. 3119. B.C. 885. Ahaziah’s wicked reign, 2 Chronicles 22:1-4 . Being confederate with Joram, he is slain by Jehu, 2 Chronicles 22:5-9 . Athaliah destroys the seed royal, and usurps the kingdom, 2 Chronicles 22:10-12 . 2 Chronicles 22:1. The band of men had slain all the eldest A cruel sort of men, who came along with the Arabians, and therefore slew those whom the Arabians had spared, and only carried into captivity. Or the Philistines may be intended, who accompanied the Arabians... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:1-9

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:9

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 22:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 22:1-12

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