And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah.
And it cometh to pass after this, it hath been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah,
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.
2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.
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And it came to pass after this,.... After his marriage, when he was about twenty or twenty one years of age, perhaps: that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord; which in some places might be fallen to decay, having been built one hundred and fifty years or more, and in others defaced by Athaliah, and needed ornamenting, see 2Ki 12:4.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
To repair the house of the Lord - During the reigns of Joram and Athaliah, the temple of God had been pillaged to enrich that of Baal, and the whole structure permitted to fall into decay; see 2Ch 24:7.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
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.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
The verses this one reaches1
They 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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
