2 Chronicles 24:15

15 But Joiada grew old and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old.

2 Chronicles 24:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 24:15

But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died,
&c.] A very old man; few at this time arrived to such an age; he was a rare instance:

One hundred and thirty years old was he when he died;
the oldest man we read of from the times of Moses, and older than he by ten years.

2 Chronicles 24:15 In-Context

13 And the workmen were diligent, and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hands, and they set up the house of the Lord in its former state, and made it stand firm.
14 And when they had finished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Joiada: and with it were made vessels for the temple for the ministry, and for holocausts and bowls, and other vessels of gold and silver: and holocausts were offered in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Joiada.
15 But Joiada grew old and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Israel, and to his house.
17 And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them.
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