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26Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

2 Kings 8:26

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 25-29)

As among common persons there are some that we call little men , who make no figure, are little regarded, as less valued, so among kings there are some whom, in comparison with others, we may call little kings . This Ahaziah was one of these; he looks mean in the history, and in God’s account vile, because wicked. It is too plain an evidence of the affinity between Jehoshaphat and Ahab that they h...

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