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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 24 This chapter begins with the reign of Joash king of Judah, son of Ahaziah, 2 Chronicles 24:1, relates his concern and care to repair the temple, 2 Chronicles 24:4, the death of Jehoiada the priest, during whose life he reigned well, but after his death sadly apostatized, 2 Chronicles 24:15, for which, being reproved...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 1,2. Joash was seven years old when he began to reign,.... This, and the following verse, are the same with 2 Kings 11:21. [See comments on 2 Kings 12:1]. [See comments on 2 Kings 12:2].
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
We have here the history of the reign of Joash, the progress of which, and especially its termination, were not of a piece with its beginning, nor shone with so much lustre. How wonderfully he was preserved for the throne, and placed in it, we read before; now here we are told how he began in the spirit, but ended in the flesh. I. In the beginning...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. He might have reigned much longer had he not erred and turned aside from the right way, and so brought judgment upon himself.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. As long as his uncle lived, that truly devout statesman as well as priest of the Lord, “Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on 2 Chronicles 24:1].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jehoiada took for him two wives,.... Not for himself; he had a wife who was aunt to King Joash, and he had sons who were concerned with him in anointing him, 2 Chronicles 22:11 and was now upwards of one hundred years of age; but for the king, when he was at an age fit for marriage, he advised him to marry, and proposed wives to him, whom he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. And it came to pass after this, Probably, some three and twenty years after, —
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 2 Kings...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
That Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. Jehoiada had with him broken in pieces the images of Baal, and battered down the temples of the idols; and now the young king is “minded to repair the house of Jehovah.”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he gathered together the priests and Levites,.... To communicate his mind unto, and give them a charge and instructions: and said unto them, go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; what money he means is more fully explained in 2 Kings 12:4, and see that ye haste the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. It is a great pity when those who live in the house of God have not enough interest in it...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief,.... Who was either the high priest, or the head of his course, or, however, the chief of the priests and Levites concerned in this affair, and, indeed, was the chief or prime minister of state: and said unto him, why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah, and out of Jerusalem,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witnesses? For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman,.... Not Ahaziah and his brethren, in the lifetime of Jehoram, but sons of Athaliah by another man, as Kimchi suggests: had broken up the house of God; not that they had made ruptures in it, or broke down the walls of it, but had defaced it by taking off the gold and silver upon it: and also all the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And at the king's commandment they made a chest,.... [See comments on 2 Kings 12:9].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem,.... By heralds appointed for the purpose: to bring in to the Lord; into the house of the Lord, and for the reparation of it; and so for his service, honour, and glory: the collection that Moses the servant of the Lord laid upon Israel in the wilderness; not to bring in the tabernacle of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced,.... When they heard the proclamation, and understood for what use the money was to be given, and in what manner; all was agreeable and pleasing to them: and brought in, and cast into the chest; through the hole that was in the lid of it, 2 Kings 12:9, until they had made an end: everyone had given...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites,.... The place where his officer or officers met, appointed for this service; very probably in one of the chambers of the temple, and when they saw that there was much money: see 2 Kings 12:10, the king's scribe; or secretary: and the...