2 Chronicles 24:25
in 2 Chronicles 24And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when they were departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
KJV
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 24
Commentary
6 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
His own servants conspired against him
on 2 Chronicles 24:25-26
Joash's own servants conspire against him “for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest”, a motive Kings leaves unstated, and kill him. He is buried in the City of David, “but not in the tombs of the kings”, the honor Jehoiada received withheld from the king.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Son - By which it seems, he slew not only Zechariah, but his brothers also. Perhaps they that slew him intended to take vengeance for that innocent blood. However that was it, which God intended, in permitting them to do it.
And when they were departed from him,....
We shall here only observe, 1. That it is a happy thing for young people, when they are setting out in the world, to be under the direction of those that are wise and good and faithful to them, as Joash was under the influence of Jehoiada, during whose time he did that which was right.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Public opinion seems to have ascribed the disasters of his life and reign to that foul crime. And as the king had long lost the esteem and respect of his subjects, neither horror nor sorrow was expressed for his miserable end!
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְלֶכְתָּ֣ם | uvelekhtam | and when went they | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מִמֶּ֗נּוּ | mimenu | from him | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָזְב֣וּ | ʾazevu | they had left | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֹתוֹ֮ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּמַחֲלוּיִ֣ם | bemachaliyim | with sicknesses | H4251 → | |
| רַבִּים֒ | rabim | great | H7227 → | 454 times |
| הִתְקַשְּׁר֨וּ | hitkasheru | they conspired | H7194 → | 44 times |
| עָלָ֜יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עֲבָדָ֗יו | ʾavadav | own servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| בִּדְמֵי֙ | bidmei | in [the] blood<s> of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| בְּנֵי֙ | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע | yehoyada' | Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וַיַּֽהַרְגֻ֥הוּ | vaiyaharguhu | and they killed him | H2026 → | 167 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִטָּת֖וֹ | mitato | bed his | H4296 → | |
| וַיָּמֹ֑ת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ | vaiyikberuhu | and they buried him | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּעִ֣יר | beir | in [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֔יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| קְבָרֻ֖הוּ | kevaruhu | they buried him | H6912 → | 133 times |
| בְּקִבְר֥וֹת | bekivrot | in [the] graves of | H6913 → | 67 times |
| הַמְּלָכִֽים׃ ס | hamelakhim | the kings | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וּבְלֶכְתָּ֣םand when went they
uvelekhtamH1980 →1546 times
מִמֶּ֗נּוּfrom him
mimenuH4480 →1188 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עָזְב֣וּthey had left
ʾazevuH5800 →215 times
אֹתוֹ֮<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
בְּמַחֲלוּיִ֣םwith sicknesses
bemachaliyimH4251 →
רַבִּים֒great
rabimH7227 →454 times
הִתְקַשְּׁר֨וּthey conspired
hitkasheruH7194 →44 times
עָלָ֜יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
עֲבָדָ֗יוown servants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
בִּדְמֵי֙in [the] blood<s> of
bidmeiH1818 →360 times
בְּנֵי֙[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹיָדָ֣עJehoiada
yehoyada'H3077 →51 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וַיַּֽהַרְגֻ֥הוּand they killed him
vaiyaharguhuH2026 →167 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מִטָּת֖וֹbed his
mitatoH4296 →
וַיָּמֹ֑תand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙and they buried him
vaiyikberuhuH6912 →133 times
בְּעִ֣ירin [the] city of
beirH5892 →1090 times
דָּוִ֔ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
קְבָרֻ֖הוּthey buried him
kevaruhuH6912 →133 times
בְּקִבְר֥וֹתin [the] graves of
bekivrotH6913 →67 times
הַמְּלָכִֽים׃ סthe kings
hamelakhimH4428 →2525 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.
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Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
it leads to
- Psalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.
- Psalms 146:9
The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- Psalms 55:22
Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
- Jeremiah 49:11
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- Psalms 68:5
Through
2 Chronicles 28:27And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 21:20
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the…
- Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
- 2 Chronicles 26:23
And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned…
- 2 Chronicles 21:20
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Cassian, INSTITUTES 12.21; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. H. Bennett, The Books of Chronicles (Expositor's Bible).