2 Chronicles 24:16
in 2 Chronicles 24And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
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ASV
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.
KJV
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 24
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThey buried him - among the kings - He had, in fact, been king in Judah; for Joash, who appears to have been a weak man, was always under his tutelage. Jehoiada governed the state in the name of the king; and his being buried among the kings is a proof of the high estimation in which he was held among the people.
This site's exposition
When Jehoiada was old and full
on 2 Chronicles 24:15-16
Jehoiada dies at the age of 130. He “was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple”. Keil and Bennett call it an honor without parallel for a priest, a king's grave.
This site's exposition
because he had done what was good in Israel
Barnes gives two reasons: Jehoiada's wife Jehoshabeath was a daughter of Jehoram, and he had governed in practice through the king's minority. Gill adds that he was uncle to Joash by that marriage. Wesley reads Israel here as Judah, the part of the nation that still kept the LORD's worship.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Israel - In Judah, which was an eminent part of Israel, and the only part of it which owned God, or was owned by God as his Israel, to whom therefore he often appropriates this name.
And they buried him in the city of David among the kings,.... In honour to him, he having been the preserver of the king, and of the kingdom, and being by marriage a relation of the present king, uncle to him: because he had done good in Israel; in that part of it which belonged to the kingdom of the house of David: both towards God, and towards his house; both for the restoring the pure worship of God, and the repairs of the temple.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Among the Hebrews, intramural interment was prohibited in every city but Jerusalem, and there the exception was made only to the royal family and persons of eminent merit, on whom the distinction was conferred of being buried in the city of David, among the kings, as in the case of Jehoiada.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
They buried him in the city of David among the kings - This unparalleled honor, due in part to the respect felt for Jehoiada’s religious character, was probably, also, in part attributable to his connection with the royal family through his wife 2Ch 22:11, and to the fact that, for 10 or 12 years, he had practically held the kingly office. Toward his house - “i. e. toward God’s house,” the temple.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And [the officers of Judah] bowed to the king, at which point the king listened to them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ | vaiyikberuhu | and people buried him | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְעִיר־ | veir- | in [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֖יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַמְּלָכִ֑ים | hamelakhim | the kings | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָשָׂ֤ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| טוֹבָה֙ | tovah | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְעִ֥ם | veim | and with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ ס | uveito | and house his | H1004 → | 2046 times |
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּand people buried him
vaiyikberuhuH6912 →133 times
בְעִיר־in [the] city of
veir-H5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֖ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
הַמְּלָכִ֑יםthe kings
hamelakhimH4428 →2525 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עָשָׂ֤הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
טוֹבָה֙good
tovahH2896 →538 times
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לin Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְעִ֥םand with
veimH5973 →1050 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ סand house his
uveitoH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hebrews 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
it leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Matthew 10:42
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Galatians 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3
and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- Hebrews 13:16
Through
Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
it leads to
- Acts 13:36
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- Acts 13:36
Through
Nehemiah 13:14Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
it leads to
- Psalms 122:6–9
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
- Psalms 122:6–9
Through
2 Chronicles 31:20So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 20:3
“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- 2 Kings 20:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).