For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God’s house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of Yahweh’s house to the Baals.
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For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God’s house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of Yahweh’s house to the Baals.
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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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For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon the Baalim.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 24:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 and they came up against Judah, broke into it, and carried away all the possessions that were found in the king’s house, including his sons and his wives; so that there was no son left him, except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
- Deuteronomy 32:15-17 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation. They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations. They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didn’t dread.
- 2 Kings 12:4 Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into Yahweh’s house, in current money, the money of the people for whom each man is evaluated, and all the money that it comes into any man’s heart to bring into Yahweh’s house,
- 2 Chronicles 28:22-24 In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz. For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which struck him. He said, “Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, so I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me.” But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. Ahaz gathered together the vessels of God’s house, and cut the vessels of God’s house in pieces, and shut up the doors of Yahweh’s house; and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
- Esther 7:6 Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- Ezekiel 16:17-21 You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men, and played the prostitute with them. You took your embroidered garments, covered them, and set my oil and my incense before them. My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you even set it before them for a pleasant aroma; and so it was,” says the Lord Yahweh. “ ‘ “Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter, that you have slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through the fire to them?
- Daniel 5:2-4 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem be brought to him; that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
- Daniel 5:23 but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, or hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways.
- Hosea 2:8-9 For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. Therefore I will take back my grain in its time, and my new wine in its season, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.
- Hosea 2:13 I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me,” says Yahweh.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
- Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The Scriptures doth term her thus, because she was…
The Scriptures doth term her thus, because she was a cruel murderer, and a blasphemous idolatress.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked…
2Ch 24:7 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.
Ver. 7. For the sons of Athaliah.] This they might do before they were slain by the Arabians. {2Ch 21:17} Her son Ahaziah, who escaped them, was wholly ruled by her. Jerome and Lyra by her sons understand her Baal’s priests, whom she cherished and chuckered as if they had been born of her body.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The sons of Athaliah, to wit, Ahaziah and his…
The sons of Athaliah, to wit, Ahaziah and his brethren, before they were carried away captive, 2Ch 21:17, who did this by her instigation, as this phrase implies.
Had broken up the house of God; both broken up the treasuries, and defaced the house itself.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And at the king's commandment they made a chest,....…
And at the king's commandment they made a chest,.... See Gill on Kg2 12:9.
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ch2 24:9And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem,.... By heralds appointed for the purpose:
to bring in to the Lord; into the house of the Lord, and for the reparation of it; and so for his service, honour, and glory:
the collection that Moses the servant of the Lord laid upon Israel in the wilderness; not to bring in the tabernacle of Moses, as the Targum here and in Ch2 24:6, but such a voluntary gift as Moses moved the children of Israel to bring, when in the wilderness, for the service of the tabernacle.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The sons - Ahaziah, and his brethren before they…
The sons - Ahaziah, and his brethren before they were carried away captive, chap. xxi, 17, who did this by her instigation, as this phrase implies. Broke up - Both broke up the treasuries, and defaced the house itself.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 24:7. The sons of Athaliah, &c. — To…
2Ch 24:7. The sons of Athaliah, &c. — To wit, Ahaziah and his brethren, before they were carried away captive, (2Ch 21:17,) who did this by her instigation, as this phrase implies; had broken up the house of God — Had both broken up the treasures, and defaced the house itself. And the dedicated things did they bestow upon Baalim — Gave them, either to adorn the temples of those false gods, or to promote their worship.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Children. All but Ochozias had been slain by the…
Children. All but Ochozias had been slain by the Arabs. The plural is often put for the singular. S. Jerom (Trad.) explains it of the priests of the idols, whom Athalia cherished as her own offspring.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. the sons of Athaliah] To be understood figuratively,…
7. the sons of Athaliah] To be understood figuratively, “the adherents of Athaliah.” So “a son of the apothecaries” (Neh_3:8; cp. A.V. with R.V.) is “a member of the apothecaries’ guild” and “the sons of the prophets” (2Ki_2:15 etc.) are “the adherents (or ‘scholars’) of the prophets.” So again in Psa_137:8 Edom is called “daughter of Babylon” as having attached herself to the Chaldeans at the destruction of Jerusalem.
had broken up] Rather, had broken into.
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all the dedicate things] Cp. 2Ch_15:18; 1Ch_18:10-11. Probably gold, silver and brass.
did they bestow upon Baalim] Or, did they make into images of Baal. Cp. Hos_2:8, R.V. mg.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) For the sons of Athaliah.—There is nothing corresponding…
(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, 2Ch_20:35), her sons had broken down (Isa_5:5; Psa_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’s hatred of the exclusive cultus of Jehovah. (Comp. 2Ch_22:3-4.) Perhaps some portions of the Temple buildings were demolished, in order to make room for the temple of Baal. (Comp. Notes on 2Ki_11:18.)
The dedicated things—i.e., the moneys given for the use of the sanctuary.
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Did they bestow upon Baalim.—Or, they made into the Baals, i.e., used them in making idolatrous images and symbols. (Comp. the same expression, Hos_2:8 : “Her silver and gold, which they made into Baal;” comp. also Hos_8:4.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The sons of Athaliah. This verse"s testimony against Athaliah"s…
The sons of Athaliah. This verse"s testimony against Athaliah"s sons explains 2Ch_21:17, and is explained and corroborated by it. That wicked woman; Hebrew, tvrMih fem. noun, derivative of vr meaning strictly in the abstract, "the wickedness," equal to that incarnation of wickedness. All the dedicated things; i.e. the holy vessels, treasure, and holy furniture of the house of the Lord, had they desecrated, and robbed" them thence to squander them on their various Baals. (2Ch_17:3)
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