2 Kings 12:19

19 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Kings 12:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 12:19

And the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
] In the registers and annals of those princes; some of them are to be met with in ( 2 Chronicles 24:1-27 ) .

2 Kings 12:19 In-Context

17 Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.
19 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla.
21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Spelled Jehoash in 2 Kings 12:1ff
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