2 Chronicles 24:19-25

19 Yet ¹He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD; though they testified against them, they would not listen.

Joash Murders Son of Jehoiada

20 ²Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above * the people and said to them, "Thus God has said, '³Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? ⁴Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.' "

21 So ⁵they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD.

22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died he said, "May ⁶the LORD see and avenge!"

Aram Invades and Defeats Judah

23 Now it happened at the turn of the year that ⁷the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

24 Indeed the army of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet ⁸the LORD delivered a very great army into their hands, ⁹because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.

25 ¹⁰When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick ), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 24:19-25 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

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 7:25
• 2. 2 Chronicles 20:14
• 3. Numbers 14:41
• 4. 2 Chronicles 15:2
• 5. Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 23:34, 35
• 6. Genesis 9:5
• 7. 2 Kings 12:17
• 8. 2 Chronicles 16:7, 8
• 9. 2 Chronicles 24:20
• 10. 2 Kings 12:20, 21

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "clothed"
• [b]. Lit "with stones"
• [c]. Lit "seek," or "require"
• [d]. So some ancient versions; Heb "sons"