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Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
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God's Unbreakable Promise
Matthew Henry highlights the profound theological stakes of this event. Athaliah's attempt to destroy the royal line was a direct assault on God's promise that the Messiah would come from David. The entire plan of salvation appeared to hang on the life of a single infant, demonstrating that no human evil can thwart God's sovereign purpose.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the reference and notes in the margin.
19th Century
Anglican
ATHALIAH SEIZES THE GOVERNMENT (2 Chronicles 22:10–12). (Compare to 2 Kings 11:1–3).
But whe…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 22:9).
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