Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
Because
The son of jehoshaphat
The house
Bible References
Because
1 Kings 14:13
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He alone out of Jeroboam’s house will be put in the family tomb, because out of the house of Jeroboam the Lord God of Israel found something good only in him.
2 Kings 9:28
Then his servants carried him to Jerusalem in a chariot and buried him in his fathers’ tomb in the city of David.
The son of jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 17:3
Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the former ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals
2 Chronicles 21:20
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king; he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. He died to no one’s regret and was buried in the city of David but not in the tombs of the kings.
The house
2 Chronicles 22:1
Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
2 Chronicles 21:4
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened his position by killing with the sword all his brothers as well as some of the princes of Israel.