2 Kings 8:26 KJV

Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

Matthew Henry

  • Ahaziah's wicked reign in JudahNames do not make natures, but it was bad for Jehoshaphat's family to borrow names from Ahab's. Ahaziah's relation to Ahab's family was the occasion of his...

Thompson Chains

  • OmriSee the chain from 1 Kings 16:16 · 3 links
  • AthaliahStarts here · next 2 Kings 11:1 · 2 links
  • Sinful ImitationSee the chain from Exodus 23:2 · 7 links

Cross References

  • 2 Chronicles 22:2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
  • 2 Kings 9:21–27 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. …
  • 2 Kings 11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
  • 2 Kings 11:13–16 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. …
  • 2 Chronicles 22:5–8 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. …

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Kings of Israel & Judah

  • JehoramKing of Israel · 896–884 BC
  • AhaziahKing of Judah · 885–884 BC

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Bible Dictionary

  • AhaziahHeld by Jehovah. (1.) The son and successor of Ahab. He followed the counsels of his mother Jezebel, and imitated in wickedness the ways...
  • JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...
  • AthaliahWhom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kgs 8:18), who “walked in the ways of...
  • OmriServant of Jehovah. When Elah was murdered by Zimri at Tirzah (1 Kgs 16:15–27), Omri, his captain, was made king (B.C. 931). For four...
  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Two וּשְׁתַּיִם ûšĕttayim שְׁנַיִם Number · feminine dual · with and
  • and twenty עֶשְׂרִים ʿeśrîm עֶשְׂרִים Number · masculine or feminine plural
  • years שָׁנָה šānâ שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular
  • old בֶּן ben בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct
  • Ahaziah אֲחַזְיָהוּ ʾăḥazyāhû אֲחַזְיָה Proper name
  • when he began to reign בְמָלְכוֹ bĕmolkô מָלַךְ Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition, suffix: third person masculine singular
  • and he reigned מָלַךְ mālak מָלַךְ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • one אַחַת ʾaḥat אֶחָד Number · feminine singular
  • year וְשָׁנָה wĕšānâ שָׁנֶה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • in Jerusalem בִּירוּשָׁלִָם bîrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name · with preposition
  • And his mother's אִמּוֹ ʾimmô אֵם Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • name וְשֵׁם wĕšēm שֵׁם Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
  • Athaliah עֲתַלְיָהוּ ʿătalyāhû עֲתַלְיָה Proper name
  • the daughter בַּת bat בַּת Noun · feminine singular construct
  • of Omri עָמְרִי ʿomrî עׇמְרִי Proper name
  • king מֶלֶךְ melek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name

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