2 Chronicles 24:23
in 2 Chronicles 24In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
KJV
And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 24
Commentary
8 notes on this verseSome such thing we read of in the book of Chronicles. For Joash the king of Judah at the age of seven was summoned by Jehoiada the priest to the kingdom and by the witness of Scripture is commended for all his actions as long as the aforesaid priest lived. But hear what Scripture relates of him after Jehoiada's death and how he was puffed up with pride and given over to a most disgraceful state.
This site's exposition
the army of Aram went
on 2 Chronicles 24:23-24
In the spring the army of Aram destroys “all the leaders of the people”. The Arameans “had come with only a few men”, yet “the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army”. The reason follows: “Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Perhaps those that slew him intended to take vengeance for that blood; but, whether they did or not, this was what God intended in permitting them to slay him. Those that drink the blood of the saints shall have their own blood given them to drink, for they are worthy. The regicides are here named (
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The year - So soon did God hear the cry of his holy prophet's blood, and revenge it. The princes - That it might appear they were sent and directed by God to single out to destruction the first beginners of this general apostacy.
And it came to pass at the end of the year,....
He was struck with sore diseases; his own servants conspired against him and slew him; and, as a mark of infamy upon him, he was not buried in the burying-place of the kings,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Most probably, also, he promised the payment of an annual tribute, on the neglect or refusal of which the Syrians returned the following year, and with a mere handful of men inflicted a total and humiliating defeat on the collected force of the Hebrews.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
On the unusual character of this expedition, see the marginal reference note.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י׀ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לִתְקוּפַ֣ת | litkufat | to [the] circuit of | H8622 → | |
| הַשָּׁנָ֗ה | hashanah | the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עָלָ֣ה | ʾalah | it came up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עָלָיו֮ | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חֵ֣יל | cheil | [the] army of | H2428 → | 246 times |
| אֲרָם֒ | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | virushalim | and Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּ | vaiyashchitu | and they destroyed | H7843 → | 146 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שָׂרֵ֥י | sarei | [the] leaders of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| מֵעָ֑ם | meam | from [the] people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שְׁלָלָ֥ם | shelalam | booty their | H7998 → | 73 times |
| שִׁלְּח֖וּ | shilechu | they sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| לְמֶ֥לֶךְ | lemelekh | to [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃ | darmasek | Damascus | H1834 → | 45 times |
וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
לִתְקוּפַ֣תto [the] circuit of
litkufatH8622 →
הַשָּׁנָ֗הthe year
hashanahH8141 →877 times
עָלָ֣הit came up
ʾalahH5927 →890 times
עָלָיו֮on him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
חֵ֣יל[the] army of
cheilH2428 →246 times
אֲרָם֒Aram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּand they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םand Jerusalem
virushalimH3389 →643 times
וַיַּשְׁחִ֛יתוּand they destroyed
vaiyashchituH7843 →146 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
שָׂרֵ֥י[the] leaders of
sareiH8269 →421 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
מֵעָ֑םfrom [the] people
meamH5971 →1873 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
שְׁלָלָ֥םbooty their
shelalamH7998 →73 times
שִׁלְּח֖וּthey sent
shilechuH7971 →845 times
לְמֶ֥לֶךְto [the] king of
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
דַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃Damascus
darmasekH1834 →45 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PlaceSyriaDamascusThe Syrian city Saul was travelling to with letters of arrest when the light stopped him on the road; he entered it blind and left…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on 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 Cassian, INSTITUTES 12.21; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.