2 Kings 13:1
In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.
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2 Kings 10:30And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effecting all my purpose for the family of Ahab, your sons will be kings of Israel to the fourth generation.
2 Kings 11:4Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.
2 Kings 12:1In the seventh year of Jehu's rule, Jehoash became king; and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem; his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Kings 15:12This was what the Lord had said to Jehu, Your sons to the fourth generation will be kings of Israel. And so it came about.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 13:1
This chapter brings us again to the history of the kings of Israel, and particularly of the family of Jehu. We have here an account of the reign, I. Of his son Jehoahaz, which continued seventeen years. 1. His bad character in general ( ver. 1, 2 ), the trouble he was brought into ( ver. 3 ), and the low ebb of his affairs, ver. 7 . 2. His humiliation before God, and God's compassion towards him, ver. 4, 5 , and 23 . 3. His continuance in his idolatry notwithstanding, ver. 6 . 4. His death, ver. 8, 9 . II. Of his… Read the whole commentary →