Paul Kretzmann Commentary - 2 King 8:16 - 8:29

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - 2 King 8:16 - 8:29


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The Reign of Jehoram and of Ahaziah

v. 16. And in the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, began to reign,
being coregent with his father for two years.

v. 17. Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem
, six of these alone.

v. 18. And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
in all the idolatrous wickedness which they practiced, as did the house of Ahab; for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, the evil of mixed marriages being apparent here also; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

v. 19. Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David His servant's sake,
He did not want it to lose its existence as a nation, as He promised him to give him alway a light and to his children, namely, by keeping his descendants on the throne. Nevertheless, the country had to pay dearly for the sin of its king.

v. 20. In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah,
regaining its independence, and made a king over themselves.

v. 21. So Joram went over to Zair,
a fortified city of Idumea, and all the chariots with him, the full strength of his army; and he rose by night and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, who were threatening to take him and his whole army captive, and the captains of the chariots. And the people, that is, the Judean soldiers, fled into their tents, to their homes, barely escaping an utter defeat.

v. 22. Yet,
and so it happened that, Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, in the Plain of Judah, near the frontier of Philistia, revolted at the same time. So Judah was losing in prestige and power right along.

v. 23. And the rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?


v. 24. And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers In the city of David,
being given an honorable burial; and Ahaziah (or, Azariah), his son, reigned in his stead.

v. 25. In the twelfth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, did Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, begin to reign.

v. 26. Two and twenty years old was Ahaziali when he began to reign,
he being the youngest son of Jehoram, 2Ch_21:17; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter, that is, the granddaughter, of Omri, king of Israel, who is here mentioned because he was the founder of the royal house to which the queen-mother belonged.

v. 27. And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab,
in idolatrous wickedness, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab, and therefore under the influence of the unspeakable Jezebel.

v. 28. And he went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to the war against Hazael, king of Syria, in Ramoth-gilead,
the fortified city in the country east of Jordan, which Ahab had already tried to recover; and the Syrians wounded Joram, after, having taken possession of the city once more, 2Ki_9:14.

v. 29. And King Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel,
his summer residence, of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, that is, the Ramoth in the country of Gilead, when he fought against Hazael, king of Syria. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, his brother-in-law, in Jezreel, because he was sick, suffering from the wounds which lie had received, the armies meanwhile remaining in the field. When men ignore and reject the blessings of God and despise His mercies, God shows them that He is very well able to punish them severely, to let justice take its course in their case.