Why was it necessary to record the mother's name of most newly appointed kings in the OT?
Examples: Ahaziah-Athaliah, Joash-Zibiah, Amaziah-Jehoaddan, Uzziah-Jechiliah, Jotham-Jerusha, Hezekiah-Abijah. Then from Manasseh on (ch.34 and following) ...strangley no mothers are mentioned.
2 Chronicles 22:1 - 29:36
ESV - 1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
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Asked July 27 2024
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Greg Frost
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