2 Chronicles 24:8-14 NASB

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

The sad and strange unreliableness of human disposition and life here. One of the strangest of all the sadnesses of human life is the uncertainty and unreliableness of human disposition, which it is so constantly exposing to view. Not only has the fairest promise vanished (like the sun of many a morning) long before the character could be supposed to be firm or even fairly formed, but after the period justly esteemed critical has passed, after fruit has set, and even after some fruit has... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:4-11

A good intention well carried out. I. THE CONTEMPLATED WORK . 1 . The reparation of the house of the Lord. 2 . The replacement of the dedicated things which had been bestowed upon the Baalim ( 2 Chronicles 24:7 ). Not the dedicated things Solomon had brought into the temple ( 2 Chronicles 5:1 ); the spoil, in articles of gold and silver, David had taken from his enemies ( 1 Kings 7:51 ), since these had been pillaged and carried off by Shishak ( 2 Chronicles 12:9 ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:4-14

Church renovation. We have an interesting description of a very old instance of— I. CHURCH RENOVATION . Here were all the elements that ordinarily occur. 1 . Dilapidation, or the condition of being out of repair. In this case there had been profanation, deliberate injury, spoliation ( 2 Chronicles 24:7 ); but always there will be waste and decay even in "the house of the Lord." The elements of nature do not spare the most sacred sanctuary. 2 . An energetic leader. ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:8

A chest ; Hebrew, אֲרוֹן אֶחָד , "one chest." This is more accurately described in 2 Chronicles 24:9 of the parallel. Without at the gate of the house of the Lord; i.e. in the court opposite the porch, and, as we learn from the parallel, by the side of the altar of burnt offering. Now, not the priests generally, but simply those who kept the door (probably the north door, Ezekiel 11:1-25 :35), receiving the contributions of the people at their hands, into their own hands... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:9

(See notes on 2 Chronicles 24:6 .) read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:10

Until they had made an end; Hebrew, לְכִּלֵּה , piel infin. The meaning can scarcely be till enough was obtained, because day after day, as the next verso tells us, the chest was brought; but either till those who had come that day to give had all given in their contributions, or, as some think with much less probability, till the chest was full for the day. At the same time, the clause, occupying only one word in the original, may quite possibly purport to state summarily by... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:11

Unto the king's office. Not "office" in the modern technical business sense; the meaning is the care, charge, or custody of the king, the Hebrew word being פְקֻדַּת ; nor does this necessitate the supposition of the personal care of the king. The body of this verse leaves it quite open to possibility, in harmony with the usage of the Hebrew language and its idiom, that the process described took place, if necessary, more than once in a day, and, on the other hand, not necessarily... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:12

Gave it to such as did the work of the service ; i.e. the persons responsible for the work, or "that had the oversight of it" ( 2 Kings 12:11 ). Carpenters . It is preferable to render here literally workmen or workers. Probably this clause purports that those responsible, as above, hired masons and workmen. And also such as wrought. Supply the preposition found in the Hebrew text, "to" before "such," and render again the same word ( חָרָשֵׁי ) literally, workers of iron... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:13

The work was perfected by their hands. The margin gives the literal rendering, "healing" or health, or, i.e; recovery, "went up upon the work." The lively figure of the Hebrew word used ( אֲרוּכָה ) is very intelligible. The term is employed in only five other places, viz. Nehemiah 4:7 (Authorized Version, "The walls were made up; " Revised Version better, The repairing of the walls went forward ) ; Isaiah 58:8 ; Jeremiah 8:22 ; Jeremiah 30:17 ; Jeremiah 33:6 ; in... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:14

And to offer withal. The insertion of the italic type in the Authorized Version "withal" unnecessarily helps suggest uncertainty in this rendering, while the Revised Version gives that word in the ordinary type; margin, both Authorized Version and Revised Version, gives "pestles." The Hebrew word is ( הַעֲלוֹת ) the hiph. turin, of the familiar verb עָלָה or plural of עֲלי with article prefixed; this word, however, seems to occur only once ( Proverbs 27:22 ), and then in the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:4-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:4-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:14

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