Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 12:19
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19. And [R.V. Now ] the rest of the acts of Joash ] Here and in the next verse the shorter form of the king’s name is introduced. Some of the acts of Joash have been noticed above on verse 17. The compiler of Kings seems to have thought it unnecessary to mention anything but the way in which the true heir was restored to the throne, and how in his days the temple was restored, the family of David and the service of Jehovah taking as it were new root at this time.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 19. The rest of the acts of Joash] We have already seen that this man, so promising in the beginning of his reign, apostatized, became an idolater, encouraged idolatry among his subjects, and put the high priest Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada his benefactor, to death; and now God visited that blood upon him by the hands of the tyrannous king of Syria, and by his own servants.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?] In the registers and annals of those princes; some of them are to be met with in 2Ch 24:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Conspiracy against Joash. – Not long after the departure of the Syrians, who had left Joash, according to 2Ch 24:25, with many wounds, his servants formed a conspiracy against him and slew him upon his bed in the house Millo, which goeth down to Silla. This description of the locality is perfectly obscure for us. The conjecture that was the house in the castle of Millo which is so frequently mentioned (see at 1Ki 9:15 and 2Sa 5:9), is precluded by the fact that this castle is always called (with the article). is regarded by many as an abbreviation of , “which goes down by the road;” and Thenius supposes that the reference is to the road which ran diagonally through the city from the Joppa gate to the Haram-area, corresponding to the present David’s road. Others regard as the proper name of a place in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. It is impossible to get any certain meaning out of it, unless we alter the text according to arbitrary assumptions, as Thenius has done. The conspirators were Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, according to 2Ki 12:21; but according to the Chronicles (v. 26), they were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. The identity of the first names is perfectly obvious. is a copyist’s error for , and this is the contracted form of . The difference in the second: son of Shomer according to our text, and son of the Shimrith according to the Chronicles, has probably also arisen from a slip of the pen, since might easily be occasioned by the dropping out of the from the defectively written , although it is also possible that Shomer may be the name of the grandfather. Joash was buried with his father sin the city of David; but according to v. 25 of the Chronicles he was not buried in the graves of the kings. The two statements are not irreconcilable; and there may be good historical ground for the account in the Chronicles, as Bertheau acknowledges with perfect justice, in spite of the suspicion which has been cast upon it by Thenius.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
Here is but little account of Jehoash. How very different was the close of his life, to the promising appearance of it when crowned king. The Reader cannot but have remarked how his name is altered in the several parts of his history. His name was Joash originally. But at the coronation, and in the beginning of his reign he is called Jehoash. And in the close again it is, Joash. Perhaps the very honorable distinction prefixed to Joash, of the Je, was intended as a mark of the Lord’s favor. And as the termination of his life was dishonorable, particularly so in his conduct towards a prophet of the Lord, in the person of a son of his benefactor, Jehoiada; (see 2Ch 24:17-25 .) this prefixed honor to his name was taken from him. We have a similar instance; Jer 22:28Jer 22:28 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ki 12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Ver. 19. Are they not written, &c.? ] And therehence extracted, many of them by Ezra. 2Ch 24:27 , &c.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the rest of the acts of Joash. His punishment is recorded in Kings; the causes of it are found in Chronicles. See note on “Kings” (p. 446). See the esoteric causes in 2Ch 24:25.
are they not . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the rest: 2Ki 8:23, 1Ki 11:41, 1Ki 14:19, 1Ki 14:29
Reciprocal: 2Ki 10:34 – General