歷代志下 24:24-25 CUNPTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 24:24

2 Chronicles 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 2 Kings 12:17; as the reader will easily see if he compare that passage... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 24:25

2 Chronicles 24:25. 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, and bringing him to repentance, God proceeded to smite him with sore diseases; and as even this did not reclaim him, his own servants were permitted to conspire against him and slay him. For, when vengeance pursues guilty men, the end of one trouble is often but the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

Joash and Jehoiada (24:1-27)The reign of the new king Joash showed how a strong and godly priesthood was necessary for the proper functioning of the Davidic kings. As long as he was under the influence of the high priest Jehoiada, Joash encouraged true worship among his people. After Jehoiada died, Joash turned away from God and encouraged Canaanite worship. For this he came under God’s judgment. Even his death was a punishment, notes the Chronicler, because he had murdered the priest who... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 24:25

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 24:20-21 ). The Septuagint and Vulgate read it "son" (without the Figure of speech) not in the sepulchres. As Ahaz (2 Chronicles 28:27 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 24:25

JOASH'S ILLNESS AND MURDER BY HIS OWN SERVANTS"And when they were departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons[1] 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 sepulchre of the kings. And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shemeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. Now concerning his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 24:25

2 Chronicles 24:25. 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 access to him, might more easily accomplish their design. However, he was so weak and feeble that he could make no resistance, and had fallen into such contempt and disesteem that his guards cared not what became of him. He was not allowed to be buried in the sepulchre of the kings.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 24:25

25. 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. 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... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

H. Joash ch. 24Joash’s life, as the writer narrated it, proves again the principles that Chronicles stresses. God was faithful to His promise to provide rulers over His people from David’s descendants. Each king’s success depended on his submission to God’s authority as expressed in the Law of Moses and the announcements of the prophets. The writer evaluated each king’s success and measured it by his attitude toward prescribed worship that centered at the temple."His rule . . . serves as a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

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 chapter reproduces 2 Kings 11:21 to 2 Kings 12:16, with unimportant variations, but 2 Chronicles 24:15-22 are entirely supplementary, and give a different account of the closing years of the reign of Joash from that contained in 2 K.6. According to .. Moses] This refers to the half-shekel required... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 24:24

(24) For the army of the Syrians.—This verse is explanatory of 2 Chronicles 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. Genesis 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.... read more