Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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2 Chronicles
Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: 22
Overview:
The reign of
Ahaziah,
Athaliah destroys the royal family.
- The counsel of the ungodly ruins many young persons when they
are setting out in the world.
Ahaziah gave himself up to be led
By evil men. Those who advise us to do wickedly, counsel us to
our
Destruction; while they pretend to be friends, they are our
worst enemies. See and dread the mischief of bad company. If not
the infection, yet let the
Destruction be feared, Re 18:4. We
have here, a wicked
Woman endeavouring to destroy the
House of
David, and a good
Woman preserving it.
No Word of God shall fall
to the ground. The whole
Truth of the prophecies that the
Messiah was to come from
David, and thereby the
Salvation of the
world, appeared to be now hung upon the brittle thread of the
Life of a single infant, to destroy whom was the interest of the
reigning power. But
God had purposed, and vain were the efforts
of
Earth and
Hell.