2 Kings 8:26

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Two	וּשְׁתַּ֤יִם u.she.Ta.yim	H8147	two · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual absolute
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֨ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָה֙ sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Ahaziah	אֲחַזְיָ֣הוּ 'a.chaz.Ya.hu	H274	Achazjah · proper noun, a man's name
reign	בְמָלְכ֔וֹ ve.ma.le.Kho	H4427	to reign · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
reigned	מָלַ֖ךְ ma.Lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
one	אַחַ֔ת 'a.Chat	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
year	וְשָׁנָ֣ה ve.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name
mother’s	אִמּוֹ֙ 'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
name	וְשֵׁ֤ם ve.Shem	H8034	an appellation · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
Athaliah	עֲתַלְיָ֔הוּ 'a.tal.Ya.hu	H6271	Athaljah · proper noun, a woman's name
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Omri	עָמְרִ֖י 'a.me.Ri	H6018	Omri · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל 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

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 da…
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…
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 Ramoth-gilea…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:25–end

As among common persons there are some that we call little men, who make no figure, are little regarded, as less valued, so among kings there are some whom, in comparison with others, we may call little kings. This Ahaziah was one of these; he looks mean in the history, and in God's account vile, because wicked. It is too plain an evidence of the affinity between Jehoshaphat and Ahab that they had the same names in their families at the same time, in which, we may suppose, they designed to compliment one another. Ahab had two sons, Ahaziah and Jehoram, who reigned successively; Jehoshaphat had a son and grandson names Jehoshaphat had a son and grandson names Jehoram and Ahaziah, who, in like…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:24

AHAZIAH SUCCEEDS HIM. (Kg2 8:24) Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead--(See on Ch2 22:1). Next: 2 Kings Chapter 9

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:26

Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign - In Ch2 22:2, it is said, forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; this is a heavy difficulty, to remove which several expedients have been used. It is most evident that, if we follow the reading in Chronicles, it makes the son two years older than his own father! for his father began to reign when he was thirty-two years old, and reigned eight years, and so died, being forty years old; see Kg2 8:17. Dr. Lightfoot says, "The original meaneth thus: Ahaziah was the son of two and forty years; namely, of the house of Omri, of whose seed he was by the mother's side; and he walked in the ways of that house, and came t…

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John Gill on 2 Kings 8:26

Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign,.... In 2 Chronicles 22:2 he is said to be forty two years of age; for the solution of that difficulty See Gill on 2 Chronicles 22:2, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem; which was the whole of his reign: and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel; that is, his granddaughter; for she was the daughter of Ahab the son of Omri, 2 Kings 8:18, it was usual for grandchildren to be called children, sons and daughters, and perhaps she might be educated in the family of Omri.

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…
Athaliah — Whom God afflicts. (1.) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:18), who “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” (2 Chr. 21:6), called “daughter” of Omri…
Hazael — Whom God beholds, an officer of Ben-hadad II., king of Syria, who ultimately came to the throne, according to the word of the Lord to Elijah (1 Kings 19:15), after he had put the king to death (2…
Ahaziah · .History of — .History of
Athaliah · 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of — 1. Wife of Jehoram, king of
Influence · EVIL — EVIL
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Ahaziah — Who reigned over Judah: Ahaziah

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).

2 Kings 8:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:26

John Gill on 2 Kings 8:26

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 8:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 8:25–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 8:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 8:26

John Gill on 2 Kings 8:26

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 8:25-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 8:25

Rashi on 2 Kings 8:24