Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 21:6

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.

5 7 (= 2Ki 8:17-19). The Character of Jehoram’s Reign

6. like as did ] R.V. as did.

of Ahab ] Cp. 2Ch 18:1 (note).

in the eyes ] R.V. in the sight (less literal).

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Verse 6. He had the daughter of Ahab to wife] This was Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, who was famous for her impieties and cruelty, as was her most profligate mother. It is likely that she was the principal cause of Jehoram’s cruelty and profaneness.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

6, 7. he walked . . . as did thehouse of Ahab, for he had the daughter of Ahab to wifeTheprecepts and examples of his excellent father were soon obliteratedby his matrimonial alliance with a daughter of the royal house ofIsrael. Through the influence of Athaliah he abolished the worship ofthe Lord, and encouraged an introduction of all the corruptionsprevalent in the sister kingdom. The divine vengeance was denouncedagainst him, and would have utterly destroyed him and his house, hadit not been for a tender regard to the promise made to David (2Sa 7:29;2Ki 8:19).

2Ch21:8-17. EDOM ANDLIBNAH REVOLT.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

[See comments on 2Ch 21:5].

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(6) And he walked in the way.A repetition of 2Ki. 8:18, literatim.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

2Ch 21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.

Ver. 6. And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. ] He was an idolater, and therefore so cruel and bloody minded toward his innocent brethren. It is probable that he charged them with high treason, which ever was unicum crimen eorum qui crimine vacabant, saith Lipsius; but the Hebrews say that he slew them because they walked in the good ways of their father Jehoshaphat, and would not yield to his idolatries; and then it was the worse: those princes might be put to death as their partisans.

For he had the daughter of Ahab to wife, ] viz., Wicked Athaliah, that Jezebel of Jerusalem. She is called also the daughter of Omri, Ahab’s father, to denote the deep ingraffing of idolatrous principles within her breast, as taking them from two such arch-idolaters.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

the daughter of Ahab: i.e. Athaliah. See App-23and App-55.

evil. Hebrew. ra’a’. App-44.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

in the way: 1Ki 16:25-33

he had: 2Ch 18:1, 2Ch 22:2, 2Ki 8:18, Neh 13:25, Neh 13:26

Reciprocal: 1Ki 11:2 – surely 1Ki 22:44 – made peace 2Ch 28:2 – For he walked Jer 44:19 – without

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

21:6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to {d} wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.

(d) So that we see how it cannot be that we should join with the wicked and serve God.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes