For the blood of the sons of Jehoiada, i.e. of Zechariah his son; the plural number sons put for the singular son, as it is frequently, both in Scripture, as Genesis 46:7 Numbers 26:42, and in Cicero and other profane authors. Or he might kill other sons of Jehoiada with him, either because they owned him in what he had said, or lest they should revenge his death.
CHAPTER 24 THE TEMPLE REPAIRED, APOSTASY AND ITS RESULTS _ 1. Joash's reign (2 Chronicles 24:1)_ 2. The failure of the priests (2 Chronicles 24:4) 3. The temple repaired (2 Chro
Joash as king; his restoration of the Temple. There are some significant points of difference between this account and that of 2 K. According to the latter, the house of God having fallen into disrepa...
SONS. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6, for Jehoiada's one son: thus emphasizing the son who was slain (2 Chronicles 24:20). The Septuagint and Vulgate read it "son" (without the...
HIS OWN SERVANTS CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM— These two murderers, whose fathers were Jews, but their mothers aliens, (see the next verse,) were perhaps of the king's bed-chamber, and, having constant acces...
9. THE REIGN OF JOASH (2 Chronicles 23:16-21) TEXT 2 Chronicles 23:16. And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people. 17. And al...
_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 D...
REIGN OF JOASH (CONCLUDED) An account of the repair of the Temple, the idolatry of Joash after the death of Jehoiada, the murder of Jehoiada's son, and the king's violent death. The early part of this...
THE SONS OF JEHOIADA] better, as in LXX, 'the son of Jehoiada' (2 Chronicles 24:20)....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 24 WHILE JEHOIADA WAS ALIVE – 2 CHRONICLES 24:1-16 V1
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 woun...
וּ בְ לֶכְתָּ֣ם מִמֶּ֗נּוּ כִּֽי ־עָזְב֣וּ אֹ
JOASH AND AMAZIAH 2 Chronicles 24:1; 2 Chronicles 25:1 FOR Chronicles, as for the book of Kings, the main interest of the reign of Joash is the repairing of the Temple; but the later narrative introd...
The reform under Joash was really due to the influence of Jehoiada the priest. This is clearly indicated in the statement of the chronicler that "Joash did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord...
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 (p) sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and h...
_Servants. By whom the man is slain, who had murdered his spiritual father. W. --- Son. Heb. "sons." See v. 7. Some think that the brothers of Zacharias were slain, that they might not attempt to reve...
Here we have the visitation; and an awful visitation it was. It should seem that Joash not only slew Zechariah, but some other of his faithful servants children; for it is said the blood of the sons o...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26. Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with th...
AND WHEN THEY WERE DEPARTED FROM HIM,.... Having got what wealth and spoil they could: FOR THEY LEFT HIM IN GREAT DISEASES; through the wounds they gave him, and the distress they brought him into:...
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 di...
_They left him in great diseases_, &c. The chastisement by the invasion of the Syrians, and their destroying the princes, and plundering the city, not answering the end intended, of humbling Joash, an...
1 Ioash reigneth well, all the dayes of Iehoiada. 4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of the Temple. 15 Iehoiada, his death and honourable buriall. 17 Ioash falling to idolatrie, slaieth Zechariah t...
THE DEFECTION OF JOASH AND ITS PUNISHMENT...
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases, with many wounds, which resulted in a painful malady,) HIS OWN SERVANTS CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM FOR THE BLOOD OF THE SONS OF J...
JOASH BEGINS WELL (vv.1-14) Being only seven years old at his coronation, Joash reigned 40 years, thus was only 47 when his own servants killed him (v.25). In his younger years he did what was right...
15-27 See what a great judgment on any prince or people, the death of godly, zealous, useful men is. See how necessary it is that we act in religion from inward principle. Then the loss of a parent,...
2 Chronicles 24:25 withdrawn H3212 (H8800) left H5800 (H8804) severely H7227 wounded H4251) servants H5650 conspired...
2 Chronicles 24 I. Josiah was an early seeker. At the age of eight he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and at sixteen he began to seek the God of his father David with more earnestne...
This chapter gives us the story of the reign of Joash. He was the only one of the royal seed who was preserved alive when Athaliah sought to destroy all the family of Ahaziah. He was hidden away for s...
CONTENTS: Reign of Joash. Temple repaired. Zechariah stoned. Judah defeated by Syrians. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Joash, Jehoiada, Zechariah, Zabad, Jehozabad, Amaziah. CONCLUSION: It is easier t...
2 Chronicles 24:6. _The collection_ required by Moses for the erection of the tabernacle, of the half shekel. Dr. Lightfoot contends that it was but the half of the half shekel, the eighth part of an...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 24:1 Loosely adapted from 2 Kings 11:21, supplemented with the Chronicler’s own material (see...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 24:23 Judah’s defeat by the smaller Syrian army is a sign of divine judgment. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 2 Kings 12; gives same order of events with fresh matter and in different style. Joash’s interest in religion under guidance of Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 24:1)...
EXPOSITION This chapter contains the entire career of Joash, and is answered to by the twelfth chapter of Kings. It tells of Joash's fidelity to God, and his worship and temple, while Jehoiada's life...
In verse 2 Chronicles 24:15 of chapter 24, find Jehoiada, the priest that exercised such a good influence, died in a ripe old age of a hundred and thirty years. And they buried him in the city of Davi...
2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 21:19; 2 Chronicles 21:20;...
Son — By which it seems, he slew not only Zechariah, but his brothers also. Perhaps they that slew him intended to take vengeance for that innocent blood. However that was it, which God intended, in p...