2 Chronicles 24:8-27

Temple Repaired

8 So the king commanded, and ¹they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the LORD.

9 ²They made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the LORD ³the levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

10 All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought in their levies and dropped them into the chest until they had finished.

11 It came about whenever the chest was brought in to the king's officer by the Levites, and when ⁴they saw that there was much money, then the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer would come, empty the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected much money.

12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

13 So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they restored the house of God according to its specifications and strengthened it.

14 When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and it was made into utensils for the house of the LORD, utensils for the service and the burnt offering, and pans and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

15 Now when Jehoiada reached a ripe * old age he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old at his death.

16 They buried him ⁵in the city of David among the kings, because he had done well in ⁶Israel and to God and His house.

17 But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

18 They abandoned ⁷the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and ⁸served the Asherim and the idols; so ⁹wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

19 Yet ¹⁰He 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 ¹¹Then 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, '¹²Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? ¹³Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.' "

21 So ¹⁴they 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 ¹⁵the LORD see and avenge!"

Aram Invades and Defeats Judah

23 Now it happened at the turn of the year that ¹⁶the 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 ¹⁷the LORD delivered a very great army into their hands, ¹⁸because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.

25 ¹⁹When 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.

26 Now these are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

27 As to his sons and the many oracles against him and ²⁰the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the ²¹treatise of the Book of the Kings. Then Amaziah his son became king in his place.

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2 Chronicles 24:8-27 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

Cross References 21

1. 2 Kings 12:9
2. 2 Chronicles 36:22
3. 2 Chronicles 24:6
4. 2 Kings 12:10
5. 2 Chronicles 21:20
6. 2 Chronicles 21:2
7. 2 Chronicles 24:4
8. Exodus 34:12-14
9. Joshua 22:20
10. Jeremiah 7:25
11. 2 Chronicles 20:14
12. Numbers 14:41
13. 2 Chronicles 15:2
14. Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 23:34, 35
15. Genesis 9:5
16. 2 Kings 12:17
17. 2 Chronicles 16:7, 8
18. 2 Chronicles 24:20
19. 2 Kings 12:20, 21
20. 2 Chronicles 24:12
21. 2 Chronicles 13:22

Footnotes 14

[a]. Lit "threw"
[b]. Lit "to strengthen"
[c]. Lit "set up"
[d]. Lit "upon its proportion"
[e]. Lit "became old and satisfied with days"
[f]. Lit "with"
[g]. I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity
[h]. Lit "clothed"
[i]. Lit "with stones"
[j]. Lit "seek," or "require"
[k]. So some ancient versions; Heb "sons"
[l]. Or "burdens upon"
[m]. Lit "founding"
[n]. Heb "midrash"