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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 11:1 - Strong Concordance
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| 2Ki 11:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And when Athaliah [06271] the mother [0517] of Ahaziah [0274] saw [07200] that her son [01121] was dead [04191], she arose [06965] and destroyed [06] all the seed [02233] royal [04467]. |
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And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. |
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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] |
JEHOASH SAVED FROM ATHALIAH'S MASSACRE. (Kg2 11:1-3)
Athaliah--(See on Ch2 22:2). She had possessed great influence over her son, who, by her counsels, had ruled in the spirit of the house of Ahab.
destroyed all the seed royal--all connected with the royal family who might have urged a claim to the throne, and who had escaped the murderous hands of Jehu (Ch2 21:2-4; Ch2 22:1; Kg2 10:13-14). This massacre she was incited to perpetrate--partly from a determination not to let David's family outlive hers; partly as a measure of self-defense to secure herself against the violence of Jehu, who was bent on destroying the whole of Ahab's posterity to which she belonged (Kg2 8:18-26); but chiefly from personal ambition to rule, and a desire to establish the worship of Baal. Such was the sad fruit of the unequal alliance between the son of the pious Jehoshaphat and a daughter of the idolatrous and wicked house of Ahab. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Athaliah, as wife of Joram and mother of Ahaziah, had guided both the internal and the external policy of the Jewish kingdom; she had procured the establishmeut of the worship of Baal in Judaea Kg2 8:18, Kg2 8:27, and had maintained a close alliance with the sister kingdom Kg2 8:29; Kg2 10:13. The revolution effected by Jehu touched her nearly. It struck away from her the support of her relatives; it isolated her religious system, severing the communication with Phoenicia; and the death of Ahaziah deprived her of her legal status in Judaea, which was that of queen-mother (the Kg1 15:13 note), and trausferred that position to the chief wife of her deceased son. Athaliah, instead of yielding to the storm, or merely standing on the defensive, resolved to become the assailant, and strike before any plans could be formed against her. In the absence of her son, hers was probably the chief anthority at Jerusalem. She used it to command the immediate destruction of all the family of David, already thinned by previous massacres Kg2 10:14; Ch2 21:4, Ch2 21:17, and then seized the throne. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Government of Athaliah (cf. Ch2 22:10-12). After the death of Ahaziah of Judah, his mother Athaliah, a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (see at Kg2 8:18 and Kg2 8:26), seized upon the government, by putting to death all the king's descendants with the exception of Joash, a son of Ahaziah of only a year old, who had been secretly carried off from the midst of the royal children, who were put to death, by Jehosheba, his father's sister, the wife of the high priest Jehoiada, and was first of all hidden with his nurse in the bed-chamber, and afterwards kept concealed from Athaliah for six years in the high priest's house. The ו before ראתה is no doubt original, the subject, Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah, being placed at the head absolutely, and a circumstantial clause introduced with וראתה: "Athaliah, when she saw that, etc., rose up." המּמלכה כּל־זרע, all the royal seed, i.e., all the sons and relations of Ahaziah, who could put in any claim to succeed to the throne. At the same time there were hardly any other direct descendants of the royal family in existence beside the sons of Ahaziah, since the elder brothers of Ahaziah had been carried away by the Arabs and put to death, and the rest of the closer blood-relations of the male sex had been slain by Jehu (see at Kg2 10:13). - Jehosheba (יהושׁבע, in the Chronicles יהושׁבעת), the wife of the high priest Jehoiada (Ch2 22:11), was a daughter of king Joram and a sister of Ahaziah, but she was most likely not a daughter of Athaliah, as this worshipper of Baal would hardly have allowed her own daughter to marry the high priest, but had been born to Joram by a wife of the second rank. ממותים (Chethb), generally a substantive, mortes (Jer 16:4; Eze 28:8), here an adjective: slain or set apart for death. The Keri מוּמתים is the participle Hophal, as in Ch2 22:11. הם בּחדר is to be taken in connection with תּגנב: she stole him (took him away secretly) from the rest of the king's sons, who were about to be put to death, into the chamber of the beds, i.e., not the children's bed-room, but a room in the palace where the beds (mattresses and counterpanes) were kept, for which in the East there is a special room that is not used as a dwelling-room (see Chardin in Harm. Beobb. iii. p. 357). This was the place in which at first it was easiest to conceal the child and its nurse. ויּסתּרוּ, "they (Jehosheba and the nurse) concealed him," is not to be altered into ותּסתּירהוּ after the Chronicles, as Thenius maintains. The masculine is used in the place of the feminine, as is frequently the case. Afterwards he was concealed with her (with Jehosheba) in the house of Jehovah, i.e., in the home of the high-priest in one of the buildings of the court of the temple. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| She destroyed - This was the fruit of Jehoshaphat's marrying his son to a daughter of that idolatrous house of Ahab. And this dreadful judgment God permitted upon him and his, to shew how much he abhors all such affinities. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Athaliah - This woman was the daughter of Ahab, and grand-daughter of Omri, and wife of Joram king of Judah, and mother of Ahaziah.
Destroyed all the seed royal - All that she could lay her hands on whom Jehu had left; in order that she might get undisturbed possession of the kingdom.
How dreadful is the lust of reigning! it destroys all the charities of life; and turns fathers, mothers, brothers, and children, into the most ferocious savages! Who, that has it in his power, makes any conscience
"To swim to sovereign rule through seas of blood?"
In what a dreadful state is that land that is exposed to political revolutions, and where the succession to the throne is not most positively settled by the clearest and most decisive law! Reader, beware of revolutions; there have been some useful ones, but they are in general the heaviest curse of God. |
18 And he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], as did [06213] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for the daughter [01323] of Ahab [0256] was his wife [0802]: and he did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].
19 Yet the LORD [03068] would [014] not destroy [07843] Judah [03063] for David [01732] his servant's [05650] sake, as he promised [0559] him to give [05414] him alway [03117] a light [05216], and to his children [01121].
20 In his days [03117] Edom [0123] revolted [06586] from under the hand [03027] of Judah [03063], and made [04427] a king [04428] over themselves.
21 So Joram [03141] went over [05674] to Zair [06811], and all the chariots [07393] with him: and he rose [06965] by night [03915], and smote [05221] the Edomites [0123] which compassed him about [05437], and the captains [08269] of the chariots [07393]: and the people [05971] fled [05127] into their tents [0168].
22 Yet Edom [0123] revolted [06586] from under the hand [03027] of Judah [03063] unto this day [03117]. Then Libnah [03841] revolted [06586] at the same [01931] time [06256].
23 And the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Joram [03141], and all that he did [06213], are they not written [03789] in the book [05612] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of the kings [04428] of Judah [03063]?
24 And Joram [03141] slept [07901] with his fathers [01], and was buried [06912] with his fathers [01] in the city [05892] of David [01732]: and Ahaziah [0274] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
25 In the twelfth [08147] [06240] [08141] year [08141] of Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] king [04428] of Israel [03478] did Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] begin to reign [04427].
26 Two [08147] and twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] was Ahaziah [0274] when he began to reign [04427]; and he reigned [04427] one [0259] year [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Athaliah [06271], the daughter [01323] of Omri [06018] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
13 Jehu [03058] met [04672] with the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559], Who are ye? And they answered [0559], We are the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274]; and we go down [03381] to salute [07965] the children [01121] of the king [04428] and the children [01121] of the queen [01377].
14 And he said [0559], Take [08610] them alive [02416]. And they took [08610] them alive [02416], and slew [07819] them at the pit [0953] of the shearing house [01044], even two [08147] and forty [0705] men [0376]; neither left [07604] he any [0376] of them.
1 And the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] made [04427] Ahaziah [0274] his youngest [06996] son [01121] king [04427] in his stead: for the band of men [01416] that came [0935] with the Arabians [06163] to the camp [04264] had slain [02026] all the eldest [07223]. So Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] reigned [04427].
2 And he had brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092], Azariah [05838], and Jehiel [03171], and Zechariah [02148], and Azariah [05838], and Michael [04317], and Shephatiah [08203]: all these were the sons [01121] of Jehoshaphat [03092] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
3 And their father [01] gave [05414] them great [07227] gifts [04979] of silver [03701], and of gold [02091], and of precious things [04030], with fenced [04694] cities [05892] in Judah [03063]: but the kingdom [04467] gave [05414] he to Jehoram [03088]; because he was the firstborn [01060].
4 Now when Jehoram [03088] was risen up [06965] to the kingdom [04467] of his father [01], he strengthened [02388] himself, and slew [02026] all his brethren [0251] with the sword [02719], and divers also of the princes [08269] of Israel [03478].
2 Forty [0705] and two [08147] years [08141] old [01121] was Ahaziah [0274] when he began to reign [04427], and he reigned [04427] one [0259] year [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. His mother's [0517] name [08034] also was Athaliah [06271] the daughter [01323] of Omri [06018].
1 And when Athaliah [06271] the mother [0517] of Ahaziah [0274] saw [07200] that her son [01121] was dead [04191], she arose [06965] and destroyed [06] all the seed [02233] royal [04467].
2 But Jehosheba [03089], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Joram [03141], sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] which were slain [04191]; and they hid [05641] him, even him and his nurse [03243], in the bedchamber [02315] [04296] from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that he was not slain [04191].
3 And he was with her hid [02244] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] six [08337] years [08141]. And Athaliah [06271] did reign [04427] over the land [0776].
17 And they came up [05927] into Judah [03063], and brake [01234] into it, and carried away [07617] all the substance [07399] that was found [04672] in the king's [04428] house [01004], and his sons [01121] also, and his wives [0802]; so that there was never a son [01121] left [07604] him, save Jehoahaz [03059], the youngest [06996] of his sons [01121].
4 Now when Jehoram [03088] was risen up [06965] to the kingdom [04467] of his father [01], he strengthened [02388] himself, and slew [02026] all his brethren [0251] with the sword [02719], and divers also of the princes [08269] of Israel [03478].
14 And he said [0559], Take [08610] them alive [02416]. And they took [08610] them alive [02416], and slew [07819] them at the pit [0953] of the shearing house [01044], even two [08147] and forty [0705] men [0376]; neither left [07604] he any [0376] of them.
13 And also Maachah [04601] his mother [0517], even her he removed [05493] from being queen [01377], because she had made [06213] an idol [04656] in a grove [0842]; and Asa [0609] destroyed [03772] her idol [04656], and burnt [08313] it by the brook [05158] Kidron [06939].
13 Jehu [03058] met [04672] with the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559], Who are ye? And they answered [0559], We are the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274]; and we go down [03381] to salute [07965] the children [01121] of the king [04428] and the children [01121] of the queen [01377].
29 And king [04428] Joram [03141] went back [07725] to be healed [07495] in Jezreel [03157] of the wounds [04347] which the Syrians [0761] had given [05221] him at Ramah [07414], when he fought [03898] against Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758]. And Ahaziah [0274] the son [01121] of Jehoram [03088] king [04428] of Judah [03063] went down [03381] to see [07200] Joram [03141] the son [01121] of Ahab [0256] in Jezreel [03157], because he was sick [02470].
27 And he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256], and did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], as did the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for he was the son in law [02860] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256].
18 And he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], as did [06213] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for the daughter [01323] of Ahab [0256] was his wife [0802]: and he did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].
11 But Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of the king [04428], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] that were slain [04191], and put [05414] him and his nurse [03243] in a bedchamber [02315] [04296]. So Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Jehoram [03088], the wife [0802] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], (for she was the sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274],) hid [05641] him from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that she slew [04191] him not.
8 They shall bring thee down [03381] to the pit [07845], and thou shalt die [04191] the deaths [04463] of them that are slain [02491] in the midst [03820] of the seas [03220].
4 They shall die [04191] of grievous [08463] deaths [04463]; they shall not be lamented [05594]; neither shall they be buried [06912]; but they shall be as dung [01828] upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127]: and they shall be consumed [03615] by the sword [02719], and by famine [07458]; and their carcases [05038] shall be meat [03978] for the fowls [05775] of heaven [08064], and for the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
11 But Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of the king [04428], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] that were slain [04191], and put [05414] him and his nurse [03243] in a bedchamber [02315] [04296]. So Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Jehoram [03088], the wife [0802] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], (for she was the sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274],) hid [05641] him from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that she slew [04191] him not.
13 Jehu [03058] met [04672] with the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and said [0559], Who are ye? And they answered [0559], We are the brethren [0251] of Ahaziah [0274]; and we go down [03381] to salute [07965] the children [01121] of the king [04428] and the children [01121] of the queen [01377].
26 Two [08147] and twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] was Ahaziah [0274] when he began to reign [04427]; and he reigned [04427] one [0259] year [08141] in Jerusalem [03389]. And his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Athaliah [06271], the daughter [01323] of Omri [06018] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
18 And he walked [03212] in the way [01870] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478], as did [06213] the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: for the daughter [01323] of Ahab [0256] was his wife [0802]: and he did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].
10 But when Athaliah [06271] the mother [0517] of Ahaziah [0274] saw [07200] that her son [01121] was dead [04191], she arose [06965] and destroyed [01696] all the seed [02233] royal [04467] of the house [01004] of Judah [03063].
11 But Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of the king [04428], took [03947] Joash [03101] the son [01121] of Ahaziah [0274], and stole [01589] him from among [08432] the king's [04428] sons [01121] that were slain [04191], and put [05414] him and his nurse [03243] in a bedchamber [02315] [04296]. So Jehoshabeath [03090], the daughter [01323] of king [04428] Jehoram [03088], the wife [0802] of Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], (for she was the sister [0269] of Ahaziah [0274],) hid [05641] him from [06440] Athaliah [06271], so that she slew [04191] him not.
12 And he was with them hid [02244] in the house [01004] of God [0430] six [08337] years [08141]: and Athaliah [06271] reigned [04427] over the land [0776].