Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 8:27

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as [did] the house of Ahab: for he [was] the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

27. he walked in the way of the house of Ahab ] The Chronicler adds ‘for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly’.

and did evil ] R.V. that which was evil. The usual change, which will not again be noticed.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

He was the proper son of Athaliah, daughter of Ahab, and the grandson-in-law of Ahab, because his father was Ahabs son-in-law, 2Ki 8:18.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as [did] the house of Ahab,…. Worshipping the calves, and Baal also:

for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab; he was the son of Jehoram, who was son-in-law to Ahab, having married his daughter, which accounts for his being guilty of the same idolatrous practices.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ahaziah, like his father, reigned in the spirit of Ahab, because he allowed his mother to act as his adviser (2Ch 22:3-4).

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(27) The son-in-law of the house of Ahab.Comp. 2Ch. 22:4, his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly; and notice the threefold repetition of the words the house of Ahab.

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

27. He walked in the way of the house of Ahab “For,” says 2Ch 22:3, “his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.” The same wicked woman led both his father and himself into ruin.

He was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab He, like his father, had married a wife of the daughters of Omri, so that he “was connected with the house of Ahab by a double tie of mother and wife.” Wordsworth.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments