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2 Chronicles 24
27 verses with commentary
Joash Repairs the Temple
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
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<strong>Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God p...
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**XXIV.
REIGN OF JOASH. **(Comp. 2 Kings 12)
**PROPHETIC MINISTRY OF ZECHARIAH BEN JEHOIADA.**
The Ascendancy of the High Priest Jehoiada. Repair of the Temple (2Chronicles 24:1-14).
(1) **Joash was seven years old.**—This verse coincides with 2Kings 12:1-2, merely omitting the note that his accession took place “in the seventh year of Jehu.” There he is called *Jehoash,* of which Joash is a contr...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
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<strong>And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face ju...
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(2) **And Joash did.**—So 2Kings 13:3.
**All the days of Jehoiada the priest.**—Kings: “all his days, while (or *because*) Jehoiada the priest instructed him.” The expression “all his days” is of course relative to the clause which follows it; and the chronicler has accurately given the meaning.
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
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<strong>And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judgment. This pattern provid...
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(3) **And Jehoiada took for him two wives.**—A statement not found in the parallel narrative, and doubtless taken by the compiler from another source. Instead of this, we read in 2Kings 12:4 : “Only the high places were not taken away; the people were still wont to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.”
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. to repair: Heb. to renew
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<strong>And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Him face judgment. Th...
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(4) **Was minded.**—Literally, *it became with the heart of Joash* (2Chronicles 6:8; 2Chronicles 9:1; 1Kings 8:18).
**To repair.**—See margin *to* 2Chronicles 15:8. “To restore” is perhaps the best modern equivalent of the Hebrew term. The account of the restoration of the Temple is given here in different language from what we find in the parallel passage, which is not very clear.
The chronicler ...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
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<strong>And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating afte...
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(5) **Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money.**—This is the chronicler’s interpretation of “Let the priests take it to themselves, each from his own acquaintance” (Kings). The priests and Levites of the different districts were to collect the moneys due to the sanctuary, each in his own neighbourhood.
**And see that ye hasten the matter.**—Literally, *and, for your part, h...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
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<strong>And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing In...
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(6) **And the king called for Jehoiada.**—So 2Kings 12:7.
**The chief.**—Literally, *the head, i.e.,* of the sacerdotal caste. Usually *kôhēn,* “priest,” is added, as in 2Chronicles 19:11; 2Chronicles 26:20. Kings has simply “the priest,” adding “and for the priests.”
**Why hast thou not required of the Levites.**—Or, *Why hast thou not attended to the Levites* (comp. 2Chronicles 31:9), *that they...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
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<strong>For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribu...
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(7) **For the sons of Athaliah.**—There is nothing corresponding to the statements of this verse in the parallel account. Literally, *For Athaliah, the evildoer* (or, *who did wickedly,* 2Chronicles 20:35), *her sons had broken down* (Isaiah 5:5; Psalm 80:14) *the house of God.* Ahaziah and his elder brothers, and perhaps other relatives, may be intended. The young princes thus gratified the queen...
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**13. Solomon had made a brazen scaffold--**a sort of platform. But the Hebrew term rendered "scaffold," being the same as that used to designate the basin, suggests the idea that this throne might bear some resemblance, in form or structure, to those lavers in the temple, being a sort of round and elevated pulpit, placed in the middle of the court, and in front of the altar of burnt offering.
*...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
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<strong>And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who forsake Hi...
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(8) **And at the king’s commandment they made.**—Literally, *And the king said* (commanded), *and they made.* (Comp. 2Kings 12:9 : “And Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in its lid;” details characteristic of a more original account.)
**And set it without**—*i.e., outside* of the Temple proper. The chest stood in the court, just inside the gate.
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. a proclamation: Heb. a voice
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<strong>And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retributi...
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(9) **And they made a proclamation.**—Literally, *uttered a voice* (or *cry*)* in Judah.* The phrase (*nathan qôl*) occurs here only in this sense. (Comp. Proverbs 1:20.)
**To bring in to the Lord.**—Comp. 2Chronicles 24:6. The meaning is, To bring into the Temple, for the Lord.
**The collection.**—Tax, or *impost.*
This verse, and the next one also, are peculiar to the chronicle. The writer is fo...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
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<strong>And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those wh...
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Chapter 24
The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
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<strong>Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative ...
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(11) **Now.**—*And.*
**At what time the chest was brought.**—Literally, *at the time when one used to bring the chest to the royal inspection* (or, *to the king’s officers pĕquddāh*)*, by the hand of the Levites; i.e., whenever the chest was brought,* &c.
The chronicler, as usual, is careful to record the participation of the Levites in the business.
**The king’s scribe and the high priest’s offic...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
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<strong>And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Ch...
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(12) **To such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord.**—Heb., *to the doer *(‘*ôséh*) perhaps in a collective sense. Here, as in 1Chronicles 23:24, some MSS., and LXX., Syriac, and Vulgate, read the plural (*‘ôsê*)*.* So also the Arabic and Targum here. Those who had charge of the building, probably certain Levitical “inspectors of works,” are meant. Vulg.: “Qui præërant operibus...
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**18-21. how much less this house which I have built! Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant--**No person who entertains just and exalted views of the spiritual nature of the Divine Being will suppose that he can raise a temple for the habitation of Deity, as a man builds a house for himself. Nearly as improper and inadmissible is the idea that a temple can contribute to enhance the g...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. the work: Heb. the healing went up upon the work
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<strong>So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while t...
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(13, 14) The writer concludes in his own fashion, freely modifying the older account to suit the needs of his contemporaries. (The Syriac and Arabic versions omit both verses.)
(13) **So the workmen wrought.**—Literally, *And the makers of the work made.*
**And the work was perfected by them.**—Literally, *and a bandage was applied to the work by their hand.* This curious metaphor, expressive of r...
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**18-21. how much less this house which I have built! Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant--**No person who entertains just and exalted views of the spiritual nature of the Divine Being will suppose that he can raise a temple for the habitation of Deity, as a man builds a house for himself. Nearly as improper and inadmissible is the idea that a temple can contribute to enhance the g...
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Chapter 24
The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. to offer: or, pestils
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<strong>And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of J...
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(14) **Whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord.**—Literally, *and he* (*i.e.,* Jehoiada) *made it into vessels for the house of Jehovah, vessels of ministering and of offering,* &c. For “vessels of ministering,” comp. Numbers 4:12.
**Spoons.**—Cups or *bowls* (*kappôth,* Exodus 25:29).
The chronicler apparently reverses the statement of 2Kings 12:13-14, “*Howbeit there were not made fo...
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**18-21. how much less this house which I have built! Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant--**No person who entertains just and exalted views of the spiritual nature of the Divine Being will suppose that he can raise a temple for the habitation of Deity, as a man builds a house for himself. Nearly as improper and inadmissible is the idea that a temple can contribute to enhance the g...
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Chapter 24
The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →The Death of Jehoiada
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
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<strong>But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while those who fors...
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**DEATH AND BURIAL OF JEHOIADA. NATIONAL APOSTACY AND MURDER OF ZECHARIAH BEN JEHOIADA THE PROPHET** (2Chronicles 24:15-22).
This section is wholly wanting in the Kings. It serves as a moral explanation of the after-history of Joash, recorded there and here (2Kings 12:17-21).
(15) **But Jehoiada . . . when he died.**—Literally, *And Jehoiada became old, and was satisfied with days, and he died.* T...
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**18-21. how much less this house which I have built! Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant--**No person who entertains just and exalted views of the spiritual nature of the Divine Being will suppose that he can raise a temple for the habitation of Deity, as a man builds a house for himself. Nearly as improper and inadmissible is the idea that a temple can contribute to enhance the g...
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Chapter 24
The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
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<strong>And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper,...
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(16) **Among the kings.**—Literally, *with.* “Because he had done good;” and also, perhaps, as having been regent for so many years, and connected by marriage with the royal house (2Chronicles 22:11).
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**22. If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house, &c.--**In cases where the testimony of witnesses could not be obtained and there was no way of settling a difference or dispute between two people but by accepting the oath of the accused, the practice had gradually crept in and had acquired the force of...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →The Wickedness of Joash
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
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<strong>Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, while ...
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(17) **Came the princes . . . and made obeisance to the king.**—As asking a boon. What their petition was is evident from the context (2Chronicles 24:18). They sought the royal sanction of the idolatrous forms of worship, after which they hankered.
**Then the king hearkened unto them.**—Comp. the influence of the young nobles with Rehoboam, 2Chronicles 10:8.
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
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<strong>And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings wh...
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(18) **And they left the house of the Lord.**—*They,* viz., the apostate princes and their following, ceased to attend the legal worship of the Temple.
**And served groves and idols.**—Rather, *the Ashērim* and *the idols.* (See Note on 2Chronicles 14:3.)
**And wrath came.**—2Chronicles 19:2; 2Chronicles 19:10; 1Chronicles 27:24. In this case the Divine wrath (Numbers 1:53) manifested itself in a ...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
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God's persistent grace despite rebellion: 'Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.' This summarizes a recurring pattern - God sending prophets to call people back despite repeated rejection. The prophets testified (Hebrew: 'ud - warn, exhort) against sin, seeking repentance. The people's refusal to 'give ear' (h...
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(19) **Yet.**—*And.*
**To them.**—*Among them.*
**And they testified against them.**—*Solemnly besought them, exhorted them in the name of God* (Exodus 20:21; 2Kings 17:13).
**But they would.***—And they did.*
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. came: Heb. clothed
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<strong>And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness det...
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(20) **And the Spirit of God came upon.**—Literally, *clothed, invested.* (See Note on 1Chronicles 12:18.)
**Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest.**—“The priest,” *i.e.,* the high priest, is an epithet of Jehoiada, not of Zechariah.
**Which stood above the people.**—Probably on the steps of the inner court of the Temple, facing the people who were assembled in the outer court.
**Why transgress...
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--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
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<strong>And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prosper, whi...
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(21) **And** **they conspired against** **him.**—The conspiracy of 2Chronicles 24:25 was the Divine recompense for this one.
**And stoned him.**—The legal penalty of idolatry (Leviticus 20:2; Deuteronomy 17:2-5).
**At the commandment of the king.**—Probably Zechariah’s words had been represented to Joash as treasonable. The Syrian invasion may have been already threatening, when his prophecy was u...
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--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
Read full commentary →Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
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<strong>Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divi...
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(22) **The Lord look upon it, and require it.**—*Jehovah behold, and avenge!* literally, *seek,* scil., vengeance for the crime (Genesis 9:5; Psalm 10:4). This dying imprecation is in harmony with the spirit of the older dispensation, which exacted blood for blood. Contrast the prayer of St. Stephen, the first of Christian martyrs (Acts 7:50). The prayer of Zechariah was also a prophecy destined t...
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And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. at the: Heb. in the revolution of the year Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
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<strong>And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor...
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**THE LORD’S VENGEANCE, viz., THE SYRIAN INVASION AND SLAUGHTER OF THE PRINCES, AND THE MURDER OF JOASH** (2Chronicles 24:23-27). (Comp. 2Kings 12:17-21.)
(23) **At the end of the year.**—*At the running out of the year,* viz., the year of the murder of Zechariah. (See for the phrase, Exodus 34:22.)
**The host of Syria came up against him.**—Comp. 2Kings 12:17. Our passage seems to show that a sma...
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Read full commentary →For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
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<strong>For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theolo...
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(24) F**or the army of the Syrians.**—This verse is explanatory of 2Chronicles 24:23. Literally, *For with fewness of men had the host of Syria come, and Jehovah had given into their hand a host in exceeding abundance.* “Fewness of men” (*miç’ar ‘anāshîm*) is a phrase not found elsewhere. (Comp. Genesis 19:20.) The parallel account informs us that Hazael had intended to march against Jerusalem in ...
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Read full commentary →And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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<strong>And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically address...
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(25) **And when they were departed from him.**—Omit *were.* The Syrians retired, instead of besieging Jerusalem, as they had purposed to do.
**For they left him in great diseases.**—Some refer this to the wounds which Joash had received from the Syrians in battle. But it is not said that Joash himself was wounded, but only that the destruction of his princes and the defeat of his army were judgmen...
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Read full commentary →And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. Zabad: or, Jozacher Shimrith: or, Shomer
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<strong>And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theological perspective emphasizes immediate divine retribution—kings who seek God prospe...
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(26) **Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.**—2Kings 12:21 : “Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer.”Probably “Jozachar” is right, “Zabad” being an easy corruption of “Zachar,” a normal contraction of Jozachar. Yet many MSS. of Kings read “Joza-bad.” “Shomer” in Kings should probably be Shemer (1Chronicles 7:32; 1Chronicles ...
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Read full commentary →Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. repairing: Heb. founding story: or, commentary
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<strong>Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.</strong><br><br>This verse is part of the narrative of Judah's kings, specifically addressing Initial faithfulness deteriorating after mentor's death. The Chronicler's theolo...
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(27) **Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God.**—Rather, *And his* *sons, and the multitude of oracles upon him, and the founding of the house of God.* The word “burden” (*massa’*)is common in the sense of a threatening prophecy (2Kings 9:25; Isaiah 13:1; Habakkuk 1:1). In 2Chronicles 24:19 it is expressly said that prophets w...
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The divisions of the priests and Levites.
--When every one has, knows, and keeps his place and work, the more there are the better. In the mystical body of Christ, every member has its use, for the good of the whole. Christ is High Priest over the house of God, to whom all believers, being made priests, are to be in subjection. In Christ, no difference is made between bond and fre...
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