2 Chronicles 24:1-3 (2 Kings 11:21 to 2 Kings 12:3). Joash begins to Reign 3. _And Jehoiada_, etc.] This ver. is not in Kings. It was the duty of a Jewish father to provide his son with a wife; Jehoiada standing _in loco parentis_does this for Joash.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Kings 12:4-16). The Restoration of the Temple 4. _to repair_ R.V. TO RESTORE, Heb. "to renew." Cp. 2 Chronicles 24:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and the Levites_ Not in Kings; cp. 2 Chronicles 23:2 (note). _Go out unto the cities of Judah_ Nothing is said in Kings about collecting money outside Jerusalem, but the restoration fund was to consist of a poll tax (paid at the Temple at the Great Feasts, Exodus 23:14-17) and of free-will offerin... [ Continue Reading ]
_of the Levites_ See note on 2 Chronicles 24:5. _the collection_, according to the commandment _of Moses_ R.V. THE TAX OF MOSES; cp. Exodus 30:14-16; Exodus 38:25-26. _the taberna43cle of Witness_ R.V. THE TENT OF THE TESTIMONY. "The testimony" refers to the Ten Commandments, which contained the su... [ Continue Reading ]
_the sons of Athaliah_ To be understood figuratively, "the adherents of Athaliah." So "a son of the apothecaries" (Nehemiah 3:8; cp. A.V. with R.V.) is "a member of the apothecaries" guild" and "the sons of the prophets" (2 Kings 2:15 etc.) are "the adherents (or -scholars") of the prophets." So aga... [ Continue Reading ]
_And at the king's commandment_ R.V. SO THE KING COMMANDED, AND.… _a chest_ Heb. _a single chest_(to receive all contributions).... [ Continue Reading ]
_to the Lord the collection_ R.V. FOR THE LORD THE TAX. Kings has nothing corresponding to this ver.; cp. 2 Chronicles 24:5 (note).... [ Continue Reading ]
_at_what _time … by the hand of the Levites_ This clause is not in Kings. _the_ CHIEF _priest's officer_ According to Kings the high priest was present himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to repair_ R.V. TO RESTORE (as 2 Chronicles 24:4). _to mend_ R.V. TO REPAIR.... [ Continue Reading ]
_they set_ R.V. THEY SET UP. _in_its _state_ i.e. according to its former state.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the rest of the money_ Thus expressed this ver. does not directly conflict with 2 Kings 12:13-14, which states that the money gathered was not spent on gold and silver vessels for the Temple but was given to the workmen who repaired the house. _continually_ Perhaps primarily in allusion to the mor... [ Continue Reading ]
(no parallel in 2 Kin.). The Apostasy of Joash 15. _when he died_ R.V. AND HE DIED. _an hundred and thirty years_ The age of Jacob (Genesis 47:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
_among the kings_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 24:25 and 2 Chronicles 21:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
_made obeisance_ Obeisance foreshadowed a request; cp. 1 Kings 1:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
_they left the house of the Lord_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:6, "[they] have turned away their faces from the _habitation of the_Lord." These phrases are a kind of euphemism meaning "to commit apostasy." _served groves and idols_ R.V. SERVED THE ASHERIM AND THE IDOLS; cp. 2 Chronicles 14:3 (note). _wrath... [ Continue Reading ]
_he sent prophets_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 36:15. _to them_ Rather, AMONG THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
_came upon_ Heb. "clothed itself with"; cp. Judges 6:34; 1 Chronicles 12:18. _stood above the people_ Cp. Jeremiah 36:10 (Baruch reads Jeremiah's words from the window of an upper chamber to the people assembled in the court below); Nehemiah 8:4 (Ezra reads the Law from a pulpit of wood). _they co... [ Continue Reading ]
(no parallel in 2 Kin.). The Martyrdom of Zechariah This martyrdom is referred to by our Lord in Luke 11:51, "from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah who perished between the altar and the house," i.e. "the temple" (cp. Matthew 23:35). As Chronicles is reckoned last in the Jewish Canon,... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord look upon_it, _and require_it] Cp. 2Ma 14:45-46, and contrast Acts 7:60.... [ Continue Reading ]
_at the end of the year_ Rather, IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR, i.e. when the same time of year had come round again. _the host of Syria_ R.V. THE ARMY OF THE SYRIANS (as in 2 Chronicles 24:24). _the princes_ Who had been leaders in the apostasy (2 Chronicles 24:17). _from among the people_ The reading... [ Continue Reading ]
(cp. 2 Kings 12:17-18). The Syrian Invasion In 2 Kin. the invasion is not represented as a judgment on Joash, for no sin is mentioned for which this could be the punishment. As regards the campaign itself 2 Kin. simply says that the Syrians were bought off with a heavy bribe from attacking Jerusal... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Kings 12:19-21). The End of Joash 25. _for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada_ No reason is alleged for the conspiracy in Kings. _sons_ LXX. and Vulg. "son"; cp. 2 Chronicles 24:20. _on his bed_ In Kings it is simply "smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla" (R.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Zabad … a Moabitess_ In Kings "Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer" (nothing being said of the nationality of the murderers). The Chronicler's object no doubt is to trace a connexion between the apostasy of Joash and its punishment, between the king's foreign worship and hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_the burdens_laid _upon him_ Render (with R.V. mg.), THE BURDENS UTTERED AGAINST HIM. Cp. 2 Chronicles 24:19. The Heb. text of the first half of the verse is uncertain. _the repairing_ R.V. THE REBUILDING. _the story_ R.V. THE COMMENTARY (Heb. _midrash_). Cp. Introduction, § 5.... [ Continue Reading ]