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2 Chronicles 24:27

in 2 Chronicles 24

The accounts of the sons of Joash, as well as the many pronouncements about him and about the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

KJV

Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 24

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
The greatness of the burdens laid upon him - Or, “And the multitude of burdens uttered against him.” “Burdens” (2Ki 9:25 note) are prophetical denunciations of coming evil. The repairing - See the marginal rendering. Joash’s repairs extended to the very base of the temple building. The story of the book of the kings - See the introduction to Chronicles, the second note.

This site's exposition

the greatness of the burdens

The closing formula names a source, the story of the book of the kings, one of several documents Chronicles cites without preserving, and hands the throne to Amaziah his son without incident. The dynasty promised for David's sake survives a king's murder for the second time in the book, and the succession itself is the only comment the text offers on it. Where the chapter opened with a boy king shaped by a faithful priest, it closes with that priest's own son murdered by the king he crowned, and the temple repaired in the opening verses stands finished under a reign that did not outlast the year.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), for the wrath of God is a heavy burden, too heavy for any man to bear. Or it may be meant of the threatenings denounced against him by the prophets, for those are called burdens.

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Now concerning his sons,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The greatness of the burdens laid upon him - Meaning, probably, the heavy tribute laid upon him by the Syrians; though some think the vast sums amassed for the repairs of the temple are here intended. Written in the story - מדרש midrash, the commentary, of the book of Kings. We have met with this before; but these works are all lost, except the extracts found in Kings, Chronicles, and Ezra. These abridgments were the cause of the neglect, and finally of the destruction, of the originals. This has been often the case in works of great consequence. Trogus Pompeius wrote a general history of the world, which he brought down to the reign of Augustus, in forty-four volumes. Justin abridged them into one volume, and the original is lost.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּבָנָ֞יוand sons his

    uvanavH11214930 times

  • יִ֧רֶ֞בit will be numerous of

    yerevH7235227 times

  • הַמַּשָּׂ֣אthe oracle

    hamasa'H485366 times

  • עָלָ֗יוon him

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • וִיסוֹד֙and [the] founding of

    visodH324543 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH10042046 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH4302601 times

  • הִנָּ֣םthere they

    hinamH2005316 times

  • כְּתוּבִ֔ים[are] written

    ketuvimH3789224 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H59215755 times

  • מִדְרַ֖שׁ[the] record of

    midrashH4097

  • סֵ֣פֶר[the] scroll of

    seferH5612186 times

  • הַמְּלָכִ֑יםthe kings

    hamelakhimH44282525 times

  • וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king

    vaiyimlokhH4427348 times

  • אֲמַצְיָ֥הוּAmaziah

    ʾamatzyahuH55840 times

  • בְנ֖וֹson his

    venoH11214930 times

  • תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פin place of him

    tachtavH8478505 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    2 Chronicles 9:29

    As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 12:15

      Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 29:29

      Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,

    • 1 Kings 11:29

      During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them…

    • 1 Kings 11:41–43

      As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?

    • 2 Chronicles 13:22

      Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 13:22

    Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 9:29

      As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 25:1

    Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 14:1–6

      In the second year of the reign of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz over Israel, Amaziah son of Joash became king of Judah.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 16:11

    Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 26:22

      As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

Where this verse is studied

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About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.