2 Chronicles 24:15-25

15 But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death.

16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them.

18 And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served ¹the Asherim and the idols. And ²wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.

19 ³Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. ⁴These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.

Joash’s Treachery

20 ⁵Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah ⁶the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ⁷‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? ⁸Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you. ’”

21 But ⁹they conspired against him, ¹⁰and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.

22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see ¹¹and avenge! ” ^[a]

Joash Assassinated

23 At the end of the year ¹²the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

24 Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, ¹³the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, ¹⁴because Judah^[b] had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they ¹⁵executed judgment on Joash.

25 When they had departed from him, leaving him ¹⁶severely wounded, ¹⁷his servants conspired against him because of the blood of ¹⁸the son^[c] of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, ¹⁹but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 24:15-25 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.

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Cross References

• 1. 24:18 See Deut. 16:21
• 2. 24:18 ch. 19:2, 10; 28:11, 13; 29:8; 32:25
• 3. 24:19 Jer. 25:4; [Matt. 23:34; Luke 11:49]; See ch. 36:15
• 4. 24:19 Neh. 13:15, 21
• 5. 24:20 ch. 15:1; 20:14
• 6. 24:20 [Matt. 23:35]
• 7. 24:20 [Num. 14:41]
• 8. 24:20 ch. 15:2
• 9. 24:21 [Neh. 9:26]
• 10. 24:21 Matt. 23:35; Luke 11:51
• 11. 24:22 [Gen. 9:5]
• 12. 24:23 [2 Kgs. 12:17, 18]
• 13. 24:24 Isa. 30:17; [Lev. 26:8, 36, 37]
• 14. 24:24 [See ver. 20 above]
• 15. 24:24 [ch. 22:8]
• 16. 24:25 [Deut. 28:35]
• 17. 24:25 For ver. 25-27, see 2 Kgs. 12:20, 21
• 18. 24:25 [ver. 21, 22]
• 19. 24:25 [ch. 21:20; 28:27]

Footnotes

• [a] 24:22 Hebrew 'and seek'
• [b] 24:24 Hebrew 'they'
• [c] 24:25 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew 'sons'