The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:25
They left him in great diseases . See note above, and observe further that this parenthetic clause, as treated in both Authorized Version and Revised Version, prepares the way for what follows, and especially for the fact that it was on his bed that they slew him . Render thus, And after they had betaken themselves away, whereas they left him sorely ill, his own servants conspired … and slew him in his bed. His own servants . These had the opportunity the rather at hand, in that he... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:24
Came with a small company … the Lord delivered a very great host (so Le 2 Chronicles 26:8 ; Deuteronomy 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" ( 2 Chronicles 21:15 ). read more