John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:24
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men ,.... It consisted but of few: and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand ; which the king of Judah and his princes had got together to oppose them: because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers ; therefore the Lord forsook them, and gave them up into the hand of their enemies: so they executed judgment against Joash ; were the instruments God made use of to execute his vengeance on him for his... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:15-26
We have here a sad account of the degeneracy and apostasy of Joash. God had done great things for him; he had done something for God; but now he proved ungrateful to his God and false to the engagements he had laid himself under to him. How has the gold become dim, and the most fine gold changed! Here we find, I. The occasions of his apostasy. When he did that which was right it was not with a perfect heart. He never was sincere, never acted from principle, but in compliance to Jehoiada, who... read more