2 Chronicles 24:1 - Exposition

His mother's name … Zibiah of Beersheba. We do not read, in the brief account of Ahaziah, Joash's father, whom he married. Nothing is as yet known of Zibiah , but there must be some significance underlying the mention of her name and native place, or known place of residence. The references Amos 5:5 and Amos 8:14 may possibly contain the clue, in holding up Beersheba as the most idolatrous of idolatrous places. Beersheba offers another reference of unhappy associations ( 1 Samuel 8:2 ). As a terminus of the land, "Dan to Beersheba" ( 20:1 ; 2 Samuel 24:2 ; 1 Chronicles 21:2 ); as a terminus of the divided Judah, "Beersheba to Mount Ephraim" ( 2 Chronicles 19:4 ), "Geba to Beersheba" ( 2 Kings 23:8 ); and as a terminus of this Judah yet reduced after the Captivity, "Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom" ( Nehemiah 11:30 ); its mention is notorious. The references Genesis 21:31 and Genesis 26:18 , Genesis 26:31-33 are full of interest, as bearing on the way in which the spot is first known in Bible history.