2 Kings 9:27

“But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, etc.] That Joram was slain: he fled by the way of the garden house, which perhaps stood upon the spot where Naboth’s vineyard was, turned into a garden by Ahab: and Jehu followed after him; as far as Samaria, where he was hid, (<142209>2 Chronicles 22:9), and said, smite him also in the chariot; this order he gave to his soldiers, to do to him as he had done to Joram: and they did so, at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam; a city in the tribe of Manasseh, (<061711>Joshua 17:11), and he fled to Megiddo; after he was wounded; another city in the same tribe, (<061711>Joshua 17:11), and died there; at Megiddo; though some think that from thence…”

“AHAZIAH IS SLAIN. (Kg2 9:27-35) Ahaziah--was grandnephew to King Joram, and great-grandson to King Ahab. Ibleam--near Megiddo, in the tribe of Issachar (Jos 17:11; Jdg 1:27); and Gur was an adjoining hill.”

“By the way of the garden-house - Or “by the way of Beth-Gan,” which has been conjectured to be another name for En-Gannim, “the spring of the gardens.” Both are considered identical with Ginaea, the modern Jenin, which lies due south of Jezreeh The road from Jezreel (Zerin) to Jenin passes at first along the plain of Esdraelon, but after a while begins to rise over the Samaritan hills. Here probably was “the ascent of Gur, by Ibleam,” which may have occupied the site of the modern Jelama. Whether the soldiers attacked him there or not is uncertain. The words, “And they did so,” are not in the original. Megiddo - On its situation, see Joshua 12:21 note; and on the possible reconcilement of…”

“He died - The history is briefly and imperfectly described here, and the defects supplied in (the book of Chronicles, is great part written for that end, to supply things omitted in the book of Kings) out of both it may be thus compleated: he fled first to Megiddo, and thence to Samaria, where he was caught, and thence brought to Jehu, and by his sentence was put to death at Megiddo. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 9:31”

“9:27-28 The road to Beth-haggan led southward along the eastern edge of the Jezreel Valley, past Ibleam and on to Samaria. • Megiddo . . . he died there: King Ahaziah escaped to Samaria, where he was captured and brought to Jehu (2 Chr 22:8-9). The accounts in Chronicles and Kings might be combined to show that although Ahaziah was wounded at Gur, he managed to go on to Samaria. Later, Jehu’s men seized him and brought him to Jehu, where he was put to death. Since the Chronicler associates Ahaziah’s capture with Jehu’s slaying of Ahab’s descendants and some of Ahaziah’s relatives (see 2 Kgs 10:1-17), it appears that Ahaziah avoided his pursuers for a time. The account here is greatly…”

“Ahaziah: Kg2 8:29; Num 16:26; Ch2 22:7-9; Pro 13:20; Co2 6:17 garden house: Kg1 21:2 Ibleam: Jos 17:11; Jdg 1:27 Megiddo: "In the kingdom of Samaria." Kg2 23:29, Kg2 23:30; Jdg 1:27, Jdg 5:19; Kg1 4:12; Ch2 22:9 4 Kings (2 Kings) 9:28”