Bible Commentary

And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 2Ch 25:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. Half-hearted, and therefore a failure It was not because Amaziah was not sinless that his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 25:2”

Amaziah [was] twenty and five years old [when] he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. Ch. 2Ch 25:1-4 (= 2Ki 14:1-6). Amaziah Succeeds 2. not with a perfect heart ] In Kings, “yet not like David his father” (because “the high … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 25:1”

Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they [are] written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. 27. the burdens laid upon him ] Render (with R.V. mg.), the burdens … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:27”

And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. 26. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:26”

And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:25”

For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. They executed judgment against Joash – By defeating his army, slaying his nobles, and pressing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:24”

And it came to pass at the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 23. at the end … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:23”

Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon [it], and require [it]. 22. The Lord look upon it, and require it] Cp. 2Ma 14:45-46 , and contrast Act 7:60. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:22”

And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. In the court of the house of the Lord – Between the altar and the Temple, or directly in front of the temple porch, if it be this Zechariah of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:21”

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 20. came upon ] Heb. “clothed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 24:20”