John Gill's Bible Commentary 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 “ 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, ( 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, ( 2 Chronicles 22:10-12).
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 “ 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, ( 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, ( 2 Chronicles 22:10-12).
Matthew Henry Commentary
- The reign of Ahaziah, Athaliah destroys the royal family.
--The counsel of the ungodly ruins many young persons when they ar setting out in the world. Ahaziah gave himself up to be led by evi men. Those who advise us to do wickedly, counsel us to our destruction while they pretend to be friends, they are our worst enemies. See an dread the mischief of bad company. If not the infection, yet let thy destruction be feared, Re 18:4. We have here, a wicked woma endeavouring to destroy the house of David, and a good woman preservin it. No word of God shall fall to the ground. The whole truth of the prophecies that the Messiah was to come from David, and thereby the salvation of the world, appeared to be now hung upon the brittle threa of the life of a single infant, to destroy whom was the interest of the reigning power. But God had purposed, and vain were the efforts of earth and hell _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ויבקשׁ1245 את853 אחזיהו274 וילכדהו3920 והוא1931 מתחבא2244 בשׁמרון8111 ויבאהו935 אל413 יהוא3058 וימתהו4191 ויקברהו6912 כי3588 אמרו559 בן1121 יהושׁפט3092 הוא1931 אשׁר834 דרשׁ1875 את853 יהוה3068 בכל3605 לבבו3824 ואין369 לבית1004 אחזיהו274 לעצר6113 כח3581 לממלכה׃4467
