2 Chronicles 24:3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-14

This account of Joash's good beginnings we had as it stands here 2 Kgs. 12:1-21, though the latter part of this chapter, concerning his apostasy, we had little of there. What is good in men we should take all occasions to speak of and often repeat it; what is evil we should make mention of but sparingly, and no more than is needful. We shall here only observe, 1. That it is a happy thing for young people, when they are setting out in the world, to be under the direction of those that are wise... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:3

And Jehoiada took for him two wives ,.... Not for himself; he had a wife who was aunt to King Joash, and he had sons who were concerned with him in anointing him, 2 Chronicles 22:11 and was now upwards of one hundred years of age; but for the king, when he was at an age fit for marriage, he advised him to marry, and proposed wives to him, whom he thought would be agreeable; for, observing what mischief was done both in church and state through Jehoram's marrying Athaliah, he was desirous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:1-3

The early years of Joash. I. HIS PARENTAGE . 1 . His father. Jehoabaz, Ahaziah, or Azariah ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ; 2 Chronicles 22:1 , 2 Chronicles 22:6 ), Jehoram's youngest son, who ascended the throne on his father's death, reigned one year, was slain by Jehu ( 2 Chronicles 22:9 ), and buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David, because, though himself bad, he was a good man's son ( 2 Chronicles 22:9 ). 2 . His mother. Zibiah of Beersheba, concerning... 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 24:3

That special note is made of Jehoiada's selecting of the wives may at any rate point to the suggestion that he was all a father to Joash, and both for his own sake and the kingdom's sake anxious as to the character of the women by whom a new kingly seed should take rise in place of that destroyed by Athaliah ( 2 Chronicles 22:10 ). Our 2 Chronicles 25:1 leaves it probable that "Jehoaden of Jerusalem" was one of these, though it is likely enough that Joash married, whether her or some one... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 24:3

Athaliah’s destruction of the seed royal had left Joash without a natural successor, and his marriage at the earliest suitable age, was, therefore, a matter of state policy. One of his wives in question was probably “Jehoaddan of Jerusalem,” the mother of Amaziah 2 Chronicles 25:1, who must have been taken to wife by Joash as early as his 21st year. 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 24:3

for him: i.e. Joash. Was this because the line was almost extinct, or from lack of faith? read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 24:3

3. Jehoiada took for him two wives—As Jehoiada was now too old to contract such new alliances, the generality of interpreters apply this statement to the young king. read more

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