2 Chronicles 24:18
in 2 Chronicles 24They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
KJV
And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 24
Commentary
7 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
came the princes of Judah
on 2 Chronicles 24:17-19
After Jehoiada dies the princes of Judah come and make obeisance to the king, and Joash hearkens unto them, a scene 2 Kings 12 does not carry at all: Chronicles alone records the fall. Judah leaves the house of the Lord for groves and idols, and wrath comes on Judah and Jerusalem for the trespass. The Lord sends prophets to bring them again, and they testify against the people, but the people will not give ear, the same refusal the book names across every reign it measures by seeking and forsaking.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Left, &c. - The king and princes that awhile ago so zealously repaired the temple, now forsook the temple! So inconstant a thing is man! So little confidence is to be put in him!
And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers,.... Came no more to the temple at Jerusalem, forsook the worship and service of it: and served groves and idols; worshipped idols in groves, which were upon high places: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass: their idolatry, and particularly on these princes, the Syrian army coming against them, and destroying them, 2Ch 24:23.
The princes, it is likely, had a request to the king, which they tell him they durst not offer while Jehoiada lived; but now they hope it will give no offence: it is that they may set up the groves and idols again which were thrown down in the beginning of his reign, for they hate to be always confined to the dull old-fashioned service of the temple.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It has been suggested that what he had witnessed of the conduct of many of the priests in the careless performance of the worship, and especially their unwillingness to collect the money, as well as apply a portion of their revenues for the repairs of the temple, had alienated and disgusted him [LE CLERC].
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
With strong professions of allegiance they humbly requested that they might not be subjected to the continued necessity of frequent and expensive journeys to Jerusalem, but allowed the privilege their fathers had enjoyed of worshipping God in high places at home.
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
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּֽעַזְב֗וּ | vaiyaazvu | and they abandoned | H5800 → | 215 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֤ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾavoteihem | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ | vaiyaavdu | and they served | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖ים | haasherim | the Asherah poles | H842 → | 40 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים | haatzabim | the idols | H6091 → | |
| וַֽיְהִי־ | vayhi- | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| קֶ֗צֶף | ketzef | wrath | H7110 → | 29 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | towards | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | virushalim | and Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| בְּאַשְׁמָתָ֖ם | beashmatam | in guilt their | H819 → | 19 times |
| זֹֽאת׃ | zot | this | H2063 → | 603 times |
וַיַּֽעַזְב֗וּand they abandoned
vaiyaazvuH5800 →215 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֤ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔םancestors their
ʾavoteihemH1 →1212 times
וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּand they served
vaiyaavduH5647 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאֲשֵׁרִ֖יםthe Asherah poles
haasherimH842 →40 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑יםthe idols
haatzabimH6091 →
וַֽיְהִי־and it was
vayhi-H1961 →3559 times
קֶ֗צֶףwrath
ketzefH7110 →29 times
עַל־towards
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוּדָה֙Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םand Jerusalem
virushalimH3389 →643 times
בְּאַשְׁמָתָ֖םin guilt their
beashmatamH819 →19 times
זֹֽאת׃this
zotH2063 →603 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
Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
it leads to
- Romans 1:18
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
- Matthew 24:4
Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
- Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
- 1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- Romans 1:18
Through
2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of…
it leads to
- Psalms 139:21–22
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
- 2 John 1:10–11
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
- Psalms 139:21–22
Through
Joshua 22:20Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
it leads to
- Joshua 7:1
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…
- Joshua 7:1
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
2 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 (…
- 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 Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.