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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 22:8
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass, that when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, etc.] 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 his will, went to visit the children of the king and queen of Israel: and he slew them; Jehu did; of the occasion, time, and place of his meeting with them, and slaying them, (see <121012>2 Kings 10:12-14). Ver. 9-11. And he sought Ahaziah, etc.] 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 Gill on “<120927>2 Kings 9:27”), and when they had slain him they buried him; not at Jezreel, but delivered him to his servants to carry him to Jerusalem, and there bury him in the sepulchres of his fathers, (<120928>2 Kings 9:28), because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart; a grandson of his, and therefore out of respect to the memory of his name, these being religious men, ordered his burial there: so the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom; his brethren and their sons being slain, and his own children being young fell into the hands of Athaliah, who murdered them all, but one, hid by his aunt, and so got the government into her own hands, as may be observed in the following verses, (<142210>2 Chronicles 22:10-12).
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