1 Kings 22:51

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Ahaziah	אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ 'a.chaz.Ya.hu	H274	Achazjah · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶן ven-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ahab	אַחְאָ֗ב 'ach.'Av	H256	Achab · proper noun, a man's name
reign	מָלַ֤ךְ ma.Lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Samaria	בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן be.Sho.me.Ron	H8111	Shomeron · preposition + proper noun, a place name
seventeenth	שְׁבַ֣ע she.Va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · noun, common both genders singular construct
year	בִּשְׁנַת֙ bish.Nat	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Jehoshaphat	לִיהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט li.ho.sha.Fat	H3092	Jehoshaphat · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֑ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
reigned	וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ vai.yim.Lokh	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
years	שְׁנָתָֽיִם she.na.Ta.yim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine dual absolute
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 15:25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kings 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:41–end

Here is, I. A short account of the reign of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, of which we shall have a much fuller narrative in the book of Chronicles, and of the greatness and goodness of that prince, neither of which was lessened or sullied by any thing but his intimacy with the house of Ahab, which, upon several accounts, was a diminution to him. His confederacy with Ahab in war we have already found dangerous to him, and his confederacy with Ahaziah his son in trade sped no better. He offered to go partner with him in a fleet of merchant-ships, that should fetch gold from Ophir, as Solomon's navy did, Kg1 22:49. See Ch2 20:35, Ch2 20:36. But, while they were preparing to set sail, they were exc…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 22:29

went up to Ramoth-gilead--The king of Israel, bent on this expedition, marched, accompanied by his ally, with all his forces to the siege; but on approaching the scene of action, his courage failed, and, hoping to evade the force of Micaiah's prophecy by a secret stratagem, he assumed the uniform of a subaltern, while he advised Jehoshaphat to fight in his royal attire. The Syrian king, with a view either to put the speediest end to the war, or perhaps to wipe out the stain of his own humiliation (Kg1 20:31), had given special instructions to his generals to single out Ahab, and to take or kill him, as the author of the war. The officers at first directed their assault on Jehoshaphat, but, b…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 22:49

But Jehoshaphat would not - It appears from the above cited place in Chronicles that Jehoshaphat did join in making and sending ships to Tharshish, and it is possible that what is here said is spoken of a second expedition, in which Jehoshaphat would not join Ahaziah. But instead of ולא אבה velo abah, "he would not," perhaps we should read ולו אבה velo abah, "he consented to him;" two words pronounced exactly in the same way, and differing but in one letter, viz., an א aleph for a ו vau. This reading, however, is not supported by any MS. or version; but the emendation seems just; for there are several places in these historical books in which there are mistakes of transcribers which nothing…

Dictionary and topics

Ahaziah — Held by Jehovah. (1.) The son and successor of Ahab. He followed the counsels of his mother Jezebel, and imitated in wickedness the ways of his father. In his reign the Moabites revolted from under…
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Ahaziah · .History of — .History of
Armies Of Israel, The · Often led by the king in person — Often led by the king in person
Influence · EVIL — EVIL
Kings · Who reigned over Israel: Ahaziah — Who reigned over Israel: Ahaziah
Samaria · . — .

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 22:51

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 22:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 22:49

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 22:51

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 22:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 22:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 22:49

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Kings 22:51

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Kings 22:51–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 22:51-53

Rashi on 1 Kings 22:49