2 Re 1:17

17 E Achazia morì, secondo la parola dell’Eterno pronunziata da Elia; e Jehoram cominciò a regnare invece di lui l’anno secondo di Jehoram, figliuolo di Giosafat re di Giuda, perché Achazia non aveva figliuoli.

2 Re 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 1:17

So he died, according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had
spoken
How long or how soon after this is not said; however, he died of the sickness, and on the bed to which he went up, as he said:

and Jehoram reigned in his stead:
who was another son of Ahab, and brother of Ahaziah, ( 2 Kings 3:1 ) , in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; but as he must begin his reign in the nineteenth, or in the latter end of the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, see ( 1 Kings 22:51 ) ( 2 Kings 3:1 ) and Jehoshaphat reigned in all twenty five years, ( 1 Kings 22:42 ) , he must live and reign after this six or seven years; this therefore is to be reconciled by observing, that this son of Jehoshaphat was made viceroy, or was taken into partnership in the throne by his father when he went with Ahab to Ramothgilead; and it was in the second year of this his reign with his father that the other Jehoram began his:

because he had no son;
that is, Ahaziah, wherefore his brother reigned in his stead.

2 Re 1:17 In-Context

15 E l’angelo dell’Eterno disse ad Elia: "Scendi con lui; non aver timore di lui". Elia dunque si levò, scese col capitano, andò dal re, e gli disse:
16 "Così dice l’Eterno: Poiché tu hai spediti de’ messi a consultar Baal-Zebub, dio d’Ekron, quasi che non ci fosse in Israele alcun Dio da poter consultare, perciò tu non scenderai dal letto sul quale sei salito, ma per certo morrai".
17 E Achazia morì, secondo la parola dell’Eterno pronunziata da Elia; e Jehoram cominciò a regnare invece di lui l’anno secondo di Jehoram, figliuolo di Giosafat re di Giuda, perché Achazia non aveva figliuoli.
18 Or il resto delle azioni compiute da Achazia sta scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re d’Israele.
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