2 Chronicles 22:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:3

The mother and the house of Ahab had become a proverb and a by-word for their evil. In this and the following two verses stress is laid on the evil counsel and the sources of it that prejudiced Ahaziah to his ruin. Although the parallel wants these direct statements, perhaps it scarcely says less, when it says (verse 27), " For he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:4

The counsel that destroys, and that which saves. "His counsellors … to his destruction." The counsel we receive has much to do with the character we form and the life we live; much, therefore, with the destiny we are weaving. I. THE URGENT NEED FOR COUNSEL IN A CRITICAL PERIOD OF OUR LIFE . In our earliest years the river of our life flows between high and narrow banks. We are well fenced in, and must move according to our surroundings. But later on the banks are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:5

He … went with Jehoram the son of Ahab. So the evil example of even the good lives after them. See Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:29 ; 2 Chronicles 18:8 ) followed by his son Jehoram first ( 2 Kings 3:9 ), and now by his grandson Ahaziah. The words of this verse and the next are almost identical with the parallel ( 2 Kings 8:28 , 2 Kings 8:29 ). Ramoth-Gilead . It will be remembered that Ahab failed when he solicited and obtained the help of Jehoshaphat ( 1 Kings 22:3-36 ; 2... 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 22:6

Both places (this and the parallel) tell first that Ahaziah went with Joram against Hazael; then that Joram, being smitten, returned for healing to Jezreel; next that Ahaziah, out of compassion in some sort, went down to see Joram in Jezreel; and lastly, it is here signalized that in that very deed of his, Providence brought it about that Jehu lighted upon the track of him ( 2 Chronicles 22:7-9 ), and he met his end. This feature of the history the writer of Chronicles wishes to exhibit, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:7

He went out with Jehoram against Jehu . The "against" is the simple preposition אֶל , and need intend nothing more than "to meet" Jehu; not to meet him hostilely. What the manner of the meeting was, however, we know from 2 Kings 9:21 , 2 Kings 9:22 , 2 Kings 9:27 , 2 Kings 9:28 . The history of this and following two verses is here given very briefly; much must be filled in to give its full explanation, as in 2 Kings 9:11-29 . Whom the Lord had anointed to out off the house of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 22:8

Executing judgment upon the house of Ahab . The description of all this is sufficiently graphically scattered along the verses of 2Ki 9:24—11:20. And found the princes of Judah (see especially 2 Kings 10:7 , 2 Kings 10:11 ; 2 Kings 11:13-20 ). And the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah . This both explains and is explained by 2 Kings 10:12-14 . That ministered to Ahaziah . Even this enigmatical little clause receives its probable explanation from the last clause of 2 Kings 10:13 ... 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 22:2

For “42” read “22” (see the marginal reference). Ahaziah’s father, Jehoram, was but 40 when be died 2 Chronicles 21:20. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 22:7

The destruction of Ahaziah was of God - i. e. his untimely end was a judgment upon him for his idolatry. read more

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