2 Chronicles 24:18 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:18

And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers ,.... Came no more to the temple at Jerusalem, forsook the worship and service of it: and served groves and idols ; worshipped idols in groves, which were upon high places: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass : their idolatry, and particularly on these princes, the Syrian army coming against them, and destroying them, 2 Chronicles 24:23 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:17-22

The downward career of a king. I. JOASH 'S TEMPTATION . ( 2 Chronicles 24:17 .) 1 . When it came. "After Jehoiada's death,", when the weakling king, having lost his counsellor, was left to the guidance of his own vain heart and foolish understanding. Temptations mostly assail men in their moments of weakness. Eve was probably assaulted in the absence of Adam ( Genesis 3:1 ); David, certainly, in the absence of Nathan ( 2 Samuel 11:2 ); Job, when enfeebled through affliction... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:17-25

Sad successive stages. With the seventeenth verse of this chapter there commences a very painful record. From one who had been so mercifully spared, so admirably trained, so bountifully blessed, as was King Joash, much better things might have been expected. It is the melancholy story of rapid degeneracy, and a miserable and dishonourable end. I. DEPARTURE FROM THE LIVING GOD . Not being "rooted and grounded" in reverence and in attachment to Jehovah, as soon as the directing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:18

Served groves ; Revised Version, the Asherim, correctly (see note, 2 Chronicles 14:3 ). For this their trespass . Comparing the emphatic language of 2 Chronicles 24:23 ," destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, " we may conclude that stress is to be laid on the pronoun "their" in the present verse. The worship of the true God was not left by the whole people, and we are not told it was by the king; but (very probably through want of moral courage) he... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 24:18

2 Chronicles 24:18. And they left the house of the Lord God The king and princes, who a while ago so zealously repaired the temple, now forsook the temple! So inconstant a thing is man! So little confidence is to be put in him! It is probable that these great men at first only worshipped in the groves and on the high places themselves; yet they had their emissaries, who persuaded the people to join with them. So that the house of God was soon deserted by them, and they proceeded to worship... 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 24:18

groves. Hebrew. 'Asherah. See App-42 . idols = grievous images. wrath came. From Jehovah. Compare verses: 2 Chronicles 24:23-24 . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:15-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:17-22

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:17-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 24:18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 24:18

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