2 Chronicles 22:9

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And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he had hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, they said, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Hid in the kingdom of Samaria, (Malvenda) at Mageddo, where he was wounded; though he was perhaps put to death at Jezrahel, 4 Kings ix. 27. Buried him, at Jerusalem. Reign. Hebrew, "the house of Ochozias had no one to bear the weight of the kingdom. "The children of the deceased were too young, particularly as most of the princes were slain. (Calmet) Human hope failed, but God's providence kept David's issue on the throne, till Christ appeared. (Worthington)

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Jerome

AD 420

The Lord established the kingdom in Jehoshaphat’s hand, and all Judah brought presents to him. And he acquired immense wealth and riches and much glory.… And, lest we suppose that the justice he possessed in the past was destroyed by the fact that he committed this sin and was reproved by the prophet, it is written subsequently of Uzziah, his descendant, that Jehu found him lying in Samaria, and, when he was brought in, he killed him: “And they buried him,” he says, “because he was the son of Jehoshaphat, who has sought the Lord with all his heart.” - "Against the Pelagians 2.21"

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