2 Chronicles 22:1 - Exposition

This verse does not so much purport to say how the inhabitants of Jerusalem proceeded to appoint Ahaziah, in default of any previous appointment on the part of his father, but merely that whereas they appointed him, the youngest son, it was because they had no choice, the elder brothers having been slain ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ). though the deceased Jehoram possibly might not have known up to the time of his death, for certain, of their several deaths. This, if we may judge from the particular language here used, had been brought about at the bands of the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp , now first particularized. The parallel ( 2 Kings 8:25 ), wanting both of these items, states that this reign began in the twelfth year of Joram of Israel.