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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 22:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 22:3 |
King James |
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| his mother was his counsellor . . . they were his counsellors--The facile king surrendered himself wholly to the influence of his mother and her relatives. Athaliah and her son introduced a universal corruption of morals and made idolatry the religion of the court and the nation. By them he was induced not only to conform to the religion of the northern kingdom, but to join a new expedition against Ramoth-gilead (see Kg2 9:10). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| His mother was his counsellor - Athaliah, the wicked daughter of a wicked parent, and the wicked spouse of an unprincipled king. |
10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.