And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
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Gill's Exposition
Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years,.... See Kg2 8:17,
and departed without being desired; to live, either by himself, being weary of life…
Barnes' Notes
Jehoahaz - The writer of Chronicles calls him indifferently Jeboahaz and Abaziah, which are equivalent names (2Ki 8:24 note).
Adam Clarke
Save Jehoahaz the youngest - This person had at least three names, Jehoahaz, Ahaziah, (Ch2 22:1), and Azariah, (Ch2 22:6).
Here we have, I. A warning from God sent to Jehoram by a writing from Elijah the prophet. By this it appears that Jehoram came to the throne, and showed himself what he was before Elijah's…
Cambridge Bible
and brake into it The proper meaning of the Heb. verb is "to make a breach in a city-wall [and so take the city]"; cp. 2Ch 32:1. The word is metaphorically applied (here and Isa 7:6) to a whole…
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