"Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars."
-
Verse 2 Chronicles 23:17. _MATTAN THE PRIEST_] The _Targum_ will not
prostitute the term _priest_, but calls him כומרא _cumera,
priestling_....
-
4. REFORMATION UNDER JOASH
CHAPTER 23 Joash King and Athaliah's Execution
_ 1. Joash made king (2 Chronicles 23:1)_
2. Athaliah slain (2 Chronicles 23:12)
3. Jehoiada and the revival (2 Chronicles...
-
2 CHRONICLES 23, 24. THE REIGN OF JOASH (see notes on 2 Kings 11:4 to
2 Kings 12:21. While the Chronicler bases his narrative, in the main,
on the parallel passage in 2 K., he makes changes by means o...
-
THE HOUSE OF BAAL. All the vessels of the Temple had been removed
thither by Jehoram and Athaliah (2 Chronicles 24:7).
SLEW MATTAN. According to Deuteronomy 13:9....
-
_Then all_ R.V. AND ALL.
_the house of Baal_ When this was erected is not known, perhaps under
Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:6) or Ahaziah (2 Chronicles 22:3), but it was
doubtless intended for the worshi...
-
9. THE REIGN OF JOASH (2 Chronicles 23:16-21)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 23:16. And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and
all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people.
17. And al...
-
REIGN OF JOASH
This chapter repeats 2 Kings 11:4, but brings into prominence the
ecclesiastical officials in place of the soldiers of the royal guard....
-
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 23
ATHALIAH AND JOASH – 2 CHRONICLES 23:1-21
V1 In the 7th year of Atha...
-
BRAKE IT DOWN. — _Pulled it down._
AND BRAKE. — _And its altars, &c., they broke in pieces._ Kings
adds, “thoroughly.” (See 2 Kings 11:18.)...
-
וַ יָּבֹ֨אוּ כָל ־הָ עָ֤ם בֵּית ־הַ
בַּ֨עַל֙ וַֽ יִּתְּצֻ֔הוּ וְ אֶת
־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יו וְ...
-
JEHORAM, AHAZIAH, AND ATHALIAH: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FOREIGN MARRIAGE
2 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Chronicles 22:1; 2 Chronicles 23:1
THE accession of Jehoram is one of the instances in which a wicked son
s...
-
The story of Jehoida is one of devotion and courage. Doubtless he had
known of the hiding place of Joash and his nurse. After six years of
terrible experience, he took means to bring about the death o...
-
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and (l) brake it down,
and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew (m) Mattan the
priest of Baal before the altars.
(l) According to their c...
-
_Idols. Prot. "images." H. --- Those are wilfully blind who will not
distinguish these from the images of Christ and his saints. W._...
-
There is a beautiful order in the account here given. The first object
of reform is to show that God graciously looks upon his people and
remembers his covenant. The covenant that is said to be made,...
-
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21 THROUGH 26.
Finally, the king perishes, according to Elijah's prediction. Disaster
upon disaster falls upon Judah in consequence of this connection with
t...
-
2 Chronicles 23:1....
-
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and
brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest
of Baal before the altars.
Ver. 17. _Then all the people._]...
-
1 Iehoiada hauing set things in order, maketh Ioash king.
12 Athaliah is slaine.
16 Iehoiada restoreth the worship of God.
1 AND [NOTE: 2 Kings 11:4, etc.] in the seuenth yeere Iehoiada
strengthene...
-
THE RIGHT WORSHIP RESTORED...
-
JOASH CROWNED KING IN JUDAH
(vv.1-11)
Athaliah's tyranny was borne with for six years, when finally Jehoiada
the priest took the lead in gaining the support of the military
leaders in Judah, to pla...
-
No text from Poole on this verse....
-
2 Chronicles 23:17 people H5971 went H935 (H8799) temple H1004 Baal
H1168 down H5422 (H8799) pieces H7665 (H8765) altars H4196 images
H6754 killed H2026 (H8804) Mattan H4977 priest H3548 Baal H1168 be...
-
CONTENTS: Joash becomes king of Judah. Execution of Athaliah. Revival
through Jehoiada.
CHARACTERS: God, Jehoiada, Athaliah, Joash.
CONCLUSION: Some who are themselves most guilty are commonly most...
-
2 Chronicles 23:21. _The people of the land rejoiced._ This
revolution, in the hands of so venerable a man as Jehoiada, was
effected with the same ease as sailors change at the helm. The people
had co...
-
2 CHRONICLES 23:1 Joash. Joash’s rule marks the restoration of the
throne from the usurper, Queen Athaliah, to the rightful Davidic king.
It also marks Judah’s return to its covenant commitment to the...
-
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel with 2 Kings 11:4, evidently
from same source, although presenting certain points of difference. In
Ki. narrative related from civil point of view, in Chronicles...
-
EXPOSITION
This chapter records first those careful preparations of Jehoiada
which eventuated in the safe proclaiming of Joash king (2 Chronicles
23:1); then the tragic demonstration and tragic end of...
-
1 Kings 18:40; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Chronicles 34:7; 2 Kings 10:25; 2
Kings 11:18; 2 Kings 11:19; 2 Kings 18:4; Deuteronomy 12:3;
Deuteronomy 13:5;...