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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels,.... Which was a just retaliation to him, for having no bowels of compassion on his brethren whom he slew: until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day; that continuing day after day, and even year after year, the space of two years, as appears from 2 Chronicles 21:19.
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Moreover, the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines,.... Which had been depressed in the times of Jehoshaphat, to whom they brought their presents and tribute willingly, 2 Chronicles 17:11 and of the Arabians that were near the Ethiopians; not the Ethiopians of Africa, as the Targum, for the Arabians were not near them, but...
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And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, c. l In an hostile manner: and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, his gold, silver, and precious things, the rich furniture of his palace no mention is made of any other plunder in the city, or the country; so that they seem to have had their principal eye to the...
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After all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. What it was is not agreed upon; some take it be an "hernia", or rupture; others, the falling of the "anus", or a fistula in it; others, the colic, or iliac passion; but generally it is thought to be a dysentery, or bloody flux; the Targum is, "the Word of the Lord broke...
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And it came to pass that in process of time, after the end of two years,.... So long he was afflicted and tortured with the above disease: his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness; either in like manner as Judas's did, Acts 1:18 or as in the manner the bowels of Arius are said to do, while sitting on the seat of the vault (a); or perhaps only...
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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years,.... See 2 Kings 8:17, and departed without being desired; to live, either by himself, being weary of life through the pain he endured; or by his people, he being so wicked a prince, and so ill beloved by them, that nobody wished to have him live, but...
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INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 22 In this chapter we have an account of the wicked reign of Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, 2 Chronicles 22:1 of his death, the occasion and manner of it, 2 Chronicles 22:5 and of his mother Athaliah destroying all the royal seed, excepting one, who was hid by the king's sister, and assuming the government to herself, 2...
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And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead,.... He being the only surviving one of the sons of Jehoram, the same with Jehoahaz, 2 Chronicles 21:17 who was saved when the rest were taken captive and slain, by his mother Athaliah, and he made his escape, and that she also escaped is clear from 2 Chronicles 22:10...
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Forty two and years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign,.... In 2 Kings 8:26, he is said to be but twenty two years old at his accession to the throne, which is undoubtedly most correct; for this makes him to be two years older than his father when he died, who was thirty two when he began to reign, and reigned eight years, 2 Chronicles 21:20,...
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He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab,.... As his father Jehoram had, 2 Chronicles 21:6 for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly; to commit idolatry, who was of that idolatrous house.
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Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord, like the house of Ahab,.... See 2 Kings 8:27 for they were his counsellors, after the death of his father, to his destruction; both of soul and body; for they gave him bad advice, both in religious and civil things; these were some of the family or court of the king of Israel, that his mother sent...
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Ver. 5,6. He walked also after their counsel,.... Did as they advised him, as in matters of religion, so in political things, of which there is an instance in this and the next verse; of which [See comments on 2 Kings 8:28]. [See comments on 2 Kings 8:29].
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[See comments on 2 Chronicles 22:5].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram,.... Of his appointing; it was according to his purpose and decree, and was brought about by his overruling Providence, ordering the occasion and manner of it very justly for his sins: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi; see 2 Kings 9:21, whom...
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And it came to pass, that when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab,.... On Joram, his son, and seventy more sons, his kinsfolks, courtiers, and priests: and found the princes of Judah, and or even the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah; whose number was forty two: that ministered to Ahaziah; had offices in his court, or in obedience to...
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Ver. 9-11. 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 comments on 2...
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[See comments on 2 Chronicles 22:9].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 22:9].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 22:9].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 23 The contents of this chapter are the same with 2 Kings 11:4 and need no other explanation than what may be found in the notes there, to which the reader is referred. [See comments on 2 Kings 11:4]. [See comments on 2 Kings 11:5]. [See comments on 2 Kings 11:6]. [See comments on 2 Kings 11:7]. [See comments on 2...