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For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
2 Chronicles 24:24-25 sits inside this longer paragraph.
At the end of the year, the army of the Syrians 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 their plunder to the king of Damascus. For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings. These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. Now concerning his sons, the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of God’s house, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
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.
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.
For the army of the Arameans came with a small company of men; and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.
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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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv24–25 That is, reproved and checked him, and handled him…
That is, reproved and checked him, and handled him rigorously.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv24–25 2Ch 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came…
2Ch 24:24 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.
Ver. 24. So they executed judgment against Joash.] Ignominiosa iudicia, saith the Vulgate; they used him basely, by whipping, torturing, or otherwise wounding him, so that he fell grievously sick upon it. Jerome saith they upbraided him with his killing of Zechariah, as Nebuchadnezzar afterwards did Zedekiah with his perjury; {2Ki 25:6} and as Sapores, king of Persia, dealt with Valerian the emperor, who was at first so mild and favourable to Christians, that his house, frequented by them, seemed to be a very church; but afterwards, being corrupted by a certain Egyptian magician, he so raged against those whom he had before honoured as the people of God, that he exceeded all his predecessors in cruelty towards them. {a} But God met with this Joash too; for, being taken captive by the king of Persia, he was used like a slave as long as he lived, Sapores setting his foot upon his neck whensoever he mounted on horseback. Thus he lived seven years in reproaches, and then died a violent death. Eusebius saith his eyes were pulled out, wherewith he died. Agathias saith he was flayed alive, and rubbed all over with salt.
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{a} He was author of the eighth persecution.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v25 For the blood of the sons of Jehoiada, i.e.…
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 Gen 46:7; Num 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.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv24–25 And these are they that conspired against him, Zabad…
And these are they that conspired against him, Zabad the son of Shimeah an Ammonitess,.... Called Jozachar, the son of Shimeah, Kg2 12:21,
and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess; called in the same place the son of Shomer.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v25 Son - By which it seems, he slew not…
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 permitting them to do it.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv24–25 2Ch 24:24. For, or rather, although, the army of…
2Ch 24:24. For, or rather, although, the army of the Syrians came with a small company — Or was a small company of men. This more manifestly showed that the punishment proceeded from the hand of God, who took away their courage, so that, even with a great host, they could not withstand a mere handful of their enemies. This, as all the circumstances of it make manifest, was a distinct war from that mentioned 2Ki 12:17; as the reader will easily see if he compare that passage with this. The case seems to have been as follows: When the Jews began to apostatize, Hazael was sent to chastise them, as is recorded 2Ki 12:17; but God, in his great long-suffering, either that he might give them further space for repentance, or because he saw some partial repentance had already taken place among them, permitted Hazael to be diverted, by Joash’s presents, from his purpose of leading his army against Jerusalem. But in the end of the year, the king and people being still more sunk in idolatry, and this horrid wickedness of murdering his prophet being committed, he sent a party of these same Syrians to execute this awful judgment against Joash, who had commanded it to be committed; against the princes, who had been the instigators of it; and against the people, who had so readily obeyed such an unrighteous mandate of their apostate king and princes.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v24 They executed judgment against Joash - By defeating his…
They executed judgment against Joash - By defeating his army, slaying his nobles, and pressing on against Jerusalem, etc. (2Ki 12:18 note).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv24–25 Shameful, is not expressed in Hebrew. But the putting…
Shameful, is not expressed in Hebrew. But the putting a king to the torture, (v. 25.) and upbraiding him with his ingratitude and perfidy, was a gread indignity. H. --- He had probably entered into engagements with Hazael, when he prevailed on him to depart, the year before. C. --- Nabuchodonosor treated Sedecias in like manner, 4 K. xxv. 6. The author of the Hebrew Trad. among the works of S. Jerom, (H.) asserts that the children of Joas were slain before his eyes, while the Syrians reproached him for the unjust murder of Zacharias. C.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v25 they left him in great diseases--The close of his…
they left him in great diseases--The close of his life was embittered by a painful malady, which long confined him to bed.
his own servants conspired against him--These two conspirators (whose fathers were Jews, but their mothers aliens) were probably courtiers, who, having constant access to the bedchamber, could the more easily execute their design.
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for the blood of the sons--read "the son" of Jehoiada. Public opinion seems to have ascribed the disasters of his life and reign to that foul crime. And as the king had long lost the esteem and respect of his subjects, neither horror nor sorrow was expressed for his miserable end!
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v25 25–27 (2Ki_12:19-21). The End of Joash
25–27 (2Ki_12:19-21). The End of Joash
25. for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada] No reason is alleged for the conspiracy in Kings.
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sons] LXX. and Vulg. “son”; cp. 2Ch_24:20.
on his bed] In Kings it is simply “smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla” (R.V.).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv24–25 (24) For the army of the Syrians.—This verse is…
(24) For the army of the Syrians.—This verse is explanatory of 2Ch_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 ‘anâshîm) is a phrase not found elsewhere. (Comp. Gen_19:20.) The parallel account informs us that Hazael had intended to march against Jerusalem in person, as it would seem, after the battle in which the Syrian division had defeated the Jewish princes. Joash, however, bribed his for bearance by a present of the treasures of the Temple and palace (2Ki_12:18).
So they executed judgment against Joash.—A phrase always used of Divine requital. (Comp. Exo_12:12; Eze_5:10.) (The construction here is unique: “they did judgments with Joash,” whereas the ordinary form would be, “they did judgments in Joash.” )
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As compared with Kings, the present narrative regards the Syrian invasion from a prophetic and religious point of view, and, therefore, while it omits certain details which are there clearly specified, it is careful to mention such facts as most vividly point its moral, e.g., the destruction of the idolatrous princes, and the rout of “a great host” by the attack of “a small company.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv24–25 Came with a small company the Lord delivered a…
Came with a small company the Lord delivered a very great host (so Lev_26:8; Deu_28:25, etc.) So they executed judgment against Joash. The Hebrew says literally, "and on Joash they executed judgments." What the judgments were we do not read, but surely it is probable that they are glanced at in the next verse, "For they left him in great or, "many" diseases," or perhaps "in great illness". (2Ch_21:15)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v25 Joash had been severely wounded
Joash had been severely wounded
This can be stated in active form. AT: "they had severely wounded Joash" (See: Active or Passive)
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because of the murder of the sons of Jehoiada
"because he had murdered the sons of Jehoiada"
They killed him in his bed
"The servants killed Joash in his bed"
Zabad ... Jehozabad
These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
Shimeath, an Ammonite woman ... Shimrith, a Moabite woman
"Shimeath, from the country of Ammon ... Shimrith, from the country of Moab." These are the names of two women. (See: How to Translate Names)
translationWords
servant
city of David
grave
Ammon
Moab
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v25 24:25-26 Jehoiada had received a royal burial (24:15-16), but…
24:25-26 Jehoiada had received a royal burial (24:15-16), but Joash was buried in disgrace.
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