2 Chronicles 24 (NET)

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2 Chronicles 24:1¹Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:11 2 Kgs 11:21-12:15

2 Chronicles 24:2²Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 25:2 2 Chr 26:4-5 2 Chr 24:17-22 2 Kgs 12:2 Isa 29:13 Mark 4:16-17 Ps 106:12-13 Ps 78:36-37

2 Chronicles 24:3³Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 24:15 Gen 21:21 Gen 24:4 Gen 4:19 Matt 19:4-8

2 Chronicles 24:4⁴Later, Joash was determined to repair the Lord ’s temple.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

2 Chronicles 24:5⁵He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 21:2 2 Chr 29:3 2 Chr 34:8-9 2 Kgs 12:4-7

2 Chronicles 24:6⁶So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him, “Why have you not made the Levites collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord ’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 30:12-16 Num 1:50 Num 17:7-8 2 Sam 24:3 Acts 7:44 Num 18:2

2 Chronicles 24:7⁷(Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the Lord ’s temple in their worship of the Baals.)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 21:17 2 Chr 28:22-24 2 Kgs 12:4 2 Thess 2:8 Dan 5:2-4 Dan 5:23 Deut 32:15-17 Esth 7:6 Ezek 16:17-21 Hos 2:13

2 Chronicles 24:8⁸The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord ’s temple.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 12:8-9 Mark 12:41

2 Chronicles 24:9⁹An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 24:6 Matt 17:24-27

2 Chronicles 24:10¹⁰All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:9 2 Cor 8:2 2 Cor 9:7 Acts 2:45-47 Isa 64:5

2 Chronicles 24:11¹¹Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 16:2 2 Kgs 12:10-12

2 Chronicles 24:12¹²The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord ’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord ’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord ’s temple.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 5:15 2 Chr 34:9-11

2 Chronicles 24:13¹³They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 22:5 Hag 2:3 Mark 13:1-2 Neh 4:7

2 Chronicles 24:14¹⁴When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the Lord ’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the Lord ’s temple.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 7:50 2 Kgs 12:13-14 Exod 29:38-42 Num 28:2-29 Prov 27:22

2 Chronicles 24:15¹⁵Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:1 Gen 15:15 Gen 25:8 Gen 47:9 Job 5:26 Ps 90:10 Ps 91:16

2 Chronicles 24:16¹⁶He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 6:10 2 Chr 31:20 Neh 13:14 1 Kgs 2:10 1 Sam 2:30 2 Chr 23:1-21 Acts 2:29

2 Chronicles 24:17¹⁷After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 31:27 2 Chr 10:8-10 2 Chr 22:3-4 2 Pet 1:15 Acts 20:29-30 Dan 11:32 Prov 20:19 Prov 26:28 Prov 26:8 Prov 29:12

2 Chronicles 24:18¹⁸They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors and worshiped the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 22:20 2 Chr 19:2 2 Chr 24:4 Eph 5:6 1 Kgs 14:23 2 Chr 28:13 2 Chr 32:25 Hos 5:10-11 1 Kgs 11:4-5 1 Kgs 14:9

2 Chronicles 24:19¹⁹The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:15-16 2 Kgs 17:13-15 Isa 28:23 Isa 42:23 Isa 51:4 Isa 55:3 Jer 25:4-5 Jer 26:5 Jer 44:4-5 Jer 7:25-26

2 Chronicles 24:20²⁰God’s Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous. Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 14:41 Jer 5:25 2 Chr 15:1-2 2 Chr 20:14 1 Chr 12:18 Matt 23:35 1 Chr 28:9 1 Sam 13:13-14 2 Chr 23:11 2 Sam 12:9-10

2 Chronicles 24:21²¹They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord ’s temple.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:58-59 Neh 9:26 Jer 11:19 Jer 18:18 Jer 38:4-6 Matt 21:35 Matt 23:34-37

2 Chronicles 24:22²²King Joash disregarded the loyalty Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 9:5 Luke 11:51 John 10:32 Rev 19:2 Rev 6:9-11 Ps 10:14 2 Tim 4:14 2 Tim 4:16 Jer 11:20 Jer 26:14-15

2 Chronicles 24:23²³At the beginning of the year the Syrian army attacked Joash and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 12:17-18 1 Kgs 20:22 1 Kgs 20:26 2 Chr 24:17-18 Deut 32:35 Ps 2:10-11 Ps 58:10-11 Ps 82:6-7

2 Chronicles 24:24²⁴Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 22:8 Deut 28:25 Isa 30:17 Lev 26:25 Lev 26:37 Lev 26:8 2 Chr 16:8-9 2 Chr 20:11-12 2 Chr 24:20 Deut 28:48

2 Chronicles 24:25²⁵When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 24:21-22 2 Chr 28:27 2 Chr 21:16 2 Chr 21:18-20 2 Chr 22:6 2 Chr 24:16 2 Kgs 12:20-21 2 Kgs 14:19-20 Ps 10:14 Rev 16:6

2 Chronicles 24:26²⁶The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 12:21

2 Chronicles 24:27²⁷The list of Joash’s sons, the many prophetic oracles about him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:12 2 Chr 13:22 2 Chr 16:11 2 Chr 20:34 2 Chr 24:12 2 Chr 25:1 2 Chr 9:29 2 Kgs 12:18 2 Kgs 12:21