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2 Chronicles 24:1-11

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Joash Repairs the Temple

1 1Joash[a] was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
4 After this Joash 3decided to 4restore the house of the Lord.
5 And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of 5Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly. ” But the Levites did not act quickly.
6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem 6the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the congregation of Israel for 7the tent of testimony? ”
7 For 8the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also used all 9the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Baals.
8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord.
9 And 10proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord 11the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished. [b]
11 And whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king’s secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance.
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2 Chronicles 24:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 24

This chapter begins with the reign of Joash king of Judah, son of Ahaziah, 2Ch 24:1-3, relates his concern and care to repair the temple, 2Ch 24:4-14, the death of Jehoiada the priest, during whose life he reigned well, but after his death sadly apostatized, 2Ch 24:15-19, for which, being reproved by Zechariah, he was so wroth with him as to order him to be stoned, 2Ch 24:20-22, wherefore for these evils enemies were raised up against him; he was smitten with diseases, and his servants conspired against him and slew him, and would not bury him among the kings, 2Ch 24:23-27.

This, and the following verse, are the same with 2Ki 11:21, 12:1,2 \\See Gill on "2Ki 11:21"\\. \\See Gill on "2Ki 12:1"\\. \\See Gill on "2Ki 12:2"\\. 19637-950120-2110-2Ch24.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 11

  • 1. 24:1 For ver. 1-14, see 2 Kgs. 11:21–12:15
  • 2. 24:2 [ch. 26:5]
  • 3. 24:4 [1 Chr. 22:7]
  • 4. 24:4 ver. 12
  • 5. 24:5 See ch. 21:2
  • 6. 24:6 See Ex. 30:12-16
  • 7. 24:6 See Num. 17:7, 8
  • 8. 24:7 [ch. 21:17]
  • 9. 24:7 [1 Kgs. 15:15]
  • 10. 24:9 [Ezra 1:1]
  • 11. 24:9 [See ver. 6 above]

Footnotes 2

  • [a] 24:1 Spelled 'Jehoash' in 2 Kings 12:1
  • [b] 24:10 Or 'until it was full'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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