2 Kings 8:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

2 Kings 8:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Elisha and the Shunammite. Hazael, King of Syria. This chapter is somewhat varied as to composition. It opens with a short story about Elisha ( 2 Kings 8:1-6 ), of which we may presuppose ( a ) tha...
2 Kings 8:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
2 Kings 8:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Elisha and the Shunammite. Elisha and Hazael. Reigns of Jehoram and Ahaziah of Judah 1. Then spake Elisha] The occasion is not indicated, all the stories related of Elisha in this and the three pr...
2 Kings 8:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(25-29) The reign of Ahaziah king of Judah. His expedition with Joram of Israel against Hazael at Ramoth-gilead. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 22:1-6 .) Two-and-twenty years old. — He was Jehoram’a younges...
2 Kings 8:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

(1) JEHORAM BEN-JEHOSHAPHAT OF JUDAH B.C. 851-843 (2) AHAZIAH BEN-JEHORAM OF JUDAH B.C. 843-842 2 Kings 8:16-29 "Bear with the Turk, no brother near the throne." -POPE. THE narrative no...
2 Kings 8:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Athaliah's Wicked Husband and Sons 2 Kings 8:16-29 Jehoram's history furnishes a terrible example of how an ill-marriage may mar a man's life. He had a good father, but a bad wife, and the latt...
2 Kings 8:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The influence of Elisha is incidentally seen in the converse of the king with Gehazi and the restoration of the lands of the Shunammite woman for the sake of the prophet. Elisha visited Damascus, wh...
2 Kings 8:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I bring all these verses within one point of view, as they only relate to us the short, but wicked reign, of another of Judah's kings. And I only detain the Reader with a single observation upon this...
2 Kings 8:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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. He is called Jehoahaz, and said to be the youngest son of Jehoram, 2 Chron...
2 Kings 8:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 25. In the twelfth year. ] In the end of the eleventh, 2Ki 9:29 and be...
2 Kings 8:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SHUNAMITE AGAIN (vv.1-6) The Shunamite woman is typical of the godly remnant of Israel. She had learned the grace of God in giving new life (ch.4:17) and further in resurrection power (ch.4:...
2 Kings 8:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Reign of Ahaziah. B. C. 884. 25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king...
2 Kings 8:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the twelfth year of Joram. Object. It was in the eleventh year of Joram, 2 Kings 9:29 . Answ. Either, first, He began to reign in the confines of Joram's eleventh and twelfth year, in the v...
2 Kings 8:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

An Initial Summary Of The Reign Of Ahaziah King of Judah ( 2 Kings 8:25-27 ). c. 841 BC. Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram of Judah, would only reign for a few months before he was killed by Jehu during...
2 Kings 8:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 8:16 . Joram the son of Ahab —See Notes on chap. 2 Kings 3:1 . 2 Kings 8:18 . The daughter of Ahab —Attaliah. It was through her influence the king...
2 Kings 8:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 8:8 . Take a present. See on 1 Kings 14:3 . 2 Kings 8:10 . Thou mayest certainly recover. Aye, say as you all do, both physicians and courtiers. Cry aloud, for Baal is a god. This was...
2 Kings 8:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the twelfth year of Joram. Kinghood: the conventional and the true Looking at King Ahaziah, as here sketched, two points strike our attention. I. A king by physical heredity. This man cam...
2 Kings 8:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 8:1-12 THE SEQUEL OF THE STORY OF THE SHUNAMMITE . THE KILLING OF BENHADAD BY HAZAEL ; AND THE WICKED REIGNS OF JEHORAM AND AHAZI...
2 Kings 8:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Reign of Jehoram and of Ahaziah
2 Kings 8:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 21:20 ; 2 Kings 8:16 ; 2 Kings 8:17 ; 2 Kings 9:29

2 Kings 8:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 8:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 8:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 8:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 8:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 8:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 8:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 8:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 8:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 8:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 8:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 8:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge