18 He walked in the way of the kings of Israel , just as the house of Ahab had done , for the daughter of Ahab became his wife ; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord . 19 However, the Lord was not willing to destroy Judah , for the sake of David His servant , since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always e . 20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah , and made a king over themselves. 21 Then Joram crossed over to Zair , and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots ; but his army fled to their tents . 22 So Edom revolted against e e Judah to this day . Then Libnah revolted at the same time . 23 The rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Judah ? 24 So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David ; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place .
25 In the twelfth e year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel , Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign . 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two e years old when he became king , and he reigned one year in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 8:18-26
Commentary on 2 Kings 8:16-24
(Read 2 Kings 8:16-24)
A general idea is given of Jehoram's badness. His father, no doubt, had him taught the true knowledge of the Lord, but did ill to marry him to the daughter of Ahab; no good could come of union with an idolatrous family.
Commentary on 2 Kings 8:25-29
(Read 2 Kings 8:25-29)
Names do not make natures, but it was bad for Jehoshaphat's family to borrow names from Ahab's. Ahaziah's relation to Ahab's family was the occasion of his wickedness and of his fall. When men choose wives for themselves, let them remember they are choosing mothers for their children. Providence so ordered it, that Ahaziah might be cut off with the house of Ahab, when the measure of their iniquity was full. Those who partake with sinners in their sin, must expect to partake with them in their plagues. May all the changes, troubles, and wickedness of the world, make us more earnest to obtain an interest in the salvation of Christ.