He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 52. Years, not complete; as the first is comprized in the reign of Achab, and the last in that of Joram. 4 Kennicott. 3:1. Usher, A. 3108.—Yet, his very short reign was memorable for many disasters; the revolt of the dependant king of Moad, the ruin of his navy, and so forth that he might thus be reclaimed from his evil ways. Salien, A.Calmet. 915.—Houbigant allows this king two full years; and rejects the notion of his being associated by his father, as he does on other similar occasion, where the Scripture is silent. He makes Ochozias commence in the 19th, and end in the 22d of Josaphat, and not in the second of Joram. 4 Kennicott. 1:17. The Hebrew and Greek copies vary. Bible.
4 KINGS
THE FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS