4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
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He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. …
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)We have here an account of the reign of Ahaziah, a short reign (of one year only), yet long enough, unless it had been better. He was called Jeho-ahaz (2 Chron. 21:17); here he is called Ahaz-iah , which is the same name and of the same signification, only the words of which it is compounded are transposed. He is here said to be forty-two years old when he began to reign (2 Chron. 22:2), which cou…
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