Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa 2 Mga Hari 8:18

However, his decision to marry his son Yehoram, the crown prince, to Ataliah, the daughter¹³⁰This follows the approach of most Mefarshim, such as Ralbag to Melachim II 8:18; Seder Olam (17) asserts that Ataliah is Yehoshafat’s sister. of Achav and Izevel (Melachim II 8:18) results in an unmitigated disaster, as Sefer Melachim alludes (Melachim I 22:45). Yehoram winds up being a wicked king, who follows in the ways of his wife and in-laws. His son Achazyahu follows this terrible example as well. After the latter’s death at the hands of Yeihu, the evil Ataliah seizes control of the government and heads a reign of terror for seven horrifying years, in which she kills all of her opponents, including her grandchildren (with the exclusion of Yeho’ash).

לתת את אחותינו, “to give our sister.” Afterwards they spoke of “we will take our daughter.” In the first instance they spoke on their own behalf, whereas later on they spoke on behalf of their father. It is possible that the word “our daughter” is used here in a sense similar to “our sister,” as we find in Kings II 8,18 where Yoram the son of King Yehoshaphat of Yehudah is reported to have taken a daughter of king Achav of Israel as a wife although Achav did not have a daughter. The word “daughter” there clearly refers to “sister.” This is also the way Targum Yonathan translates it.