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The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place, because the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the oldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. See also: 2 Chronicles 21:16-172 Kings 8:24-292 Chronicles 23:3Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. See also: 2 Kings 8:261 Kings 16:282 Chronicles 21:6He also walked in the ways of Ahab’s house, because his mother was his counselor in acting wickedly. See also: Genesis 27:12-13Deuteronomy 13:6-10Malachi 2:15He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, as did Ahab’s house, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. See also: Proverbs 13:202 Chronicles 24:17-18Proverbs 19:27He also followed their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. See also: 1 Kings 22:32 Chronicles 18:32 Kings 8:9He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. See also: 2 Kings 9:152 Chronicles 22:12 Kings 8:29Now the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, in that he went to Joram; for when he had come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off Ahab’s house. See also: 2 Chronicles 10:152 Kings 9:211 Kings 12:15When Jehu was executing judgment on Ahab’s house, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah serving Ahaziah, and killed them. See also: 2 Kings 10:10-14He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, “He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom. See also: 2 Chronicles 22:82 Chronicles 21:201 Kings 13:21Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah. See also: 2 Kings 11:1-32 Chronicles 22:2-4But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stealthily rescued him from among the king’s sons who were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she didn’t kill him. See also: Psalms 33:10Proverbs 21:302 Samuel 7:13He was with them hidden in God’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land. See also: Jeremiah 12:1Psalms 27:5Psalms 12:8
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
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2 Chronicles 22:1
Ver. 1. Arabians and Philistines. C. xxi. 17. H.
↑ 12 Chronicles 22:2
Ver. 2. Forty-two, &c. Divers Greek Bibles read twenty-two, agreeably to 4 K.
viii. 18. (Ch.) with the Syr. and Arab. The Rom. (C.) and Alex. Sept. have
"twenty." H. --- Ochozias was the youngest son, and his father died at forty years of age. C. xxi. 20. C. --- Others would date from the birth of Amri, (Broughton) or of Athalia. But is most probable that we should read 22, as 4 K.
C. --- The contradiction has so much perplexed the commentators, that Walton (prol. 36) puts it among the quædam apora; and De Dieu says, "I would rather plainly confess that this difficulty is to us inexplicable." The error here, "is plainly owing to a mistake of one of the Heb. numeral letters," c, being put instead of m, which was formerly more similar than it is now. "In Origen's Hexapla, one of the Greek copies (probably that found in Caracalla's time) reads here cb, by rendering the number 22, eikosi kai duo, all which proofs make the mistake indubitable, and strongly recommend this method of correcting it." Kennicott. --- Mariana, T. &c. had already suggested this plan, (H.) which is very plausible. D. --- Ochozias might reign twenty years with his father, and only one alone. 4 K. viii. 26. W.
↑ 22 Chronicles 22:3
Ver. 3. Pushed. Heb. and Sept. "was his counsellor to," &c.
↑ 32 Chronicles 22:6
Ver. 6. Ochozias. So all the versions read. Heb. "Azarias," is probably incorrect, unless this man had three names. C.
↑ 62 Chronicles 22:7
Ver. 7. For. Prot. "and the destruction of Ahaziah was of God, by coming to Joram." God had decreed to punish him by the hand of Jehu. 4 K. ix.
↑ 72 Chronicles 22:8
Ver. 8. Out. Heb. "exercising judgment with." --- Brethren, who had been themselves slain by the rovers. Ochozias employed his nephews at court, and they expected that he would make some stay at Jezrahel.
↑ 82 Chronicles 22:9
Ver. 9. Hid in the kingdom of Samaria, (Malvenda) at Mageddo, where he was wounded; though he was perhaps put to death at Jezrahel. 4 K. ix. 27. ---
Buried him, at Jerusalem. --- Reign. Heb.
"the house of Ochozias had no one to bear the weight of the kingdom." The children of the deceased were too young, particularly as most of the princes were slain. C. --- Human hope failed, but God's providence kept David's issue on the throne, till Christ appeared. W.
↑ 92 Chronicles 22:10
Ver. 10. All, except Joas, (v. 11, and 4 K. xi. 1. C.) ninety-five years after Solomon's death.
Mariana. D.
↑ 102 Chronicles 22:11
Ver. 11. High is not expressed in Heb. or Sept. but he is supposed to have been the pontiff. H.
↑ 11License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses