The Dynasty of Omri.
This Is Appendix
55 From The Companion Bible.
Athaliah
was thus the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel (2Chronicles
22:2),
and daughter of Jezebel.
The marriage between Jehoram and Athaliah was part of Satan's
design to introduce idolatry into Judah, so that Athaliah might do for Judah
what her mother Jezebel had done for Israel, and thus secure the same result.
Jehoshaphat began by strengthening himself against Israel (2Chronicles
17:1),
but married his son to the daughter (an idolatress) of Ahab, the worst of
Israel's kings.
The leaven worked, morally and politically; and was then used
by Satan for the destruction of the line by which "the seed of the
woman" was to come into the world. See Appendix
23 and Appendix 25.
Jehoram, king of Judah, began by killing off all his brethren
(2Chronicles
21:4).
The Arabians came and slew all his sons, save the youngest,
Ahaziah (2Chronicles
22:1),
called also Joash, Jehoahaz (2Chronicles
21:17),
and Azariah (2Chronicles
22:6).
Athaliah slew all the sons of Ahaziah on his death (2Kings
11:1.
2Chronicles
22:10),
or thought she did; but the infant Joash was rescued.
Joash (called also Jehoash) was hid for six years, while the
faithfulness of Jehovah's word hung upon the Divine preservation of that
infant's life. Hence Jehoiada's text (2Chronicles
23:3).
See, on the whole subject, Appendix 23. And, note
the parallel in the history of England, by James I marrying his son Charles to
(an idolatress) Henrietta of France, with similar political results.
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