2 Chronicles 24:15

15 But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.

2 Chronicles 24:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 24:15

But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died,
&c.] A very old man; few at this time arrived to such an age; he was a rare instance:

One hundred and thirty years old was he when he died;
the oldest man we read of from the times of Moses, and older than he by ten years.

2 Chronicles 24:15 In-Context

13 So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.

14 And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.

15 But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.

16 And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.