Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
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Gill's Exposition
Forty two and years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign,.... In Kg2 8:26, he is said to be but twenty two years old at his accession to the throne, which is undoubtedly most correct; for this makes…
Barnes' Notes
For “42” read “22” (see the marginal reference). Ahaziah’s father, Jehoram, was but 40 when be died 2Ch 21:20.
Adam Clarke
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah - See the note on Kg2 8:26. Ahaziah might have been twenty-two years old, according to Kg2 8:26 (note), but he could not have been forty-two, as stated here,…
We have here an account of the reign of Ahaziah, a short reign (of one year only), yet long enough, unless it had been better. He was called Jeho-ahaz (Ch2 21:17); here he is called Ahaz-iah, which is…
Cambridge Bible
Forty and two years old LXX., ὢν εἴκοσι ἐτῶν agreeing nearly with 2Ki 8:26, "two-and-twenty years old" (Heb. and LXX.).
daughter of Omri So 2Ki 8:26, but more correctly "daughter of Ahab" (2Ki 8:18).