2 Chronicles 24:15-28:27 NIV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 24:1-27

2 Chronicles 24:6 . The collection required by Moses for the erection of the tabernacle, of the half shekel. Dr. Lightfoot contends that it was but the half of the half shekel, the eighth part of an ounce. 2 Chronicles 24:7 . The sons of Athaliah that wicked woman had broken up the house of God. She had managed Ahaziah by her counsel, 2 Chronicles 22:3; and having done it during the time she swayed the sceptre, she would not be wanting to repeat the crime; or if she had sons by another... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 24:15-16

2 Chronicles 24:15-16Jehoiada waxed old.A message for the agedI. Examine the name of this aged priest. “Jehoiada”--“one who has knowledge of Jehovah.”1. He had been experimentally acquainted with Jehovah in His fatherly and merciful character.2. He had as priest special opportunities of gaining acquaintance with God.II. Consider his beneficent influence in--1. Instructing the youthful king.2. Acting as regent of the kingdom.3. Patriotically serving his country and promoting the well-being of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 24:15

2Ch 24:15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old [was he] when he died. Ver. 15. But Jehoiada waxed old. ] And therefore, haply, had been the more remiss. 2Ch 24:6 And was full of days. ] See on 1 Chronicles 23:1 . When he died. ] The good people were ready to wish, as the Romans did of Augustus, that either he had never been born, or had never died. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Chronicles 24:15

am 3162, bc 842 and was full of days: Wyyisba yammim, "satiated with days;" which seems to be a metaphor taken from a guest regaled by a plentiful banquet, used to express the termination of life without reluctance. Genesis 15:15, Genesis 25:8, 1 Chronicles 23:1, Job 5:26, Psalms 91:16 an hundred: Genesis 47:9, Psalms 90:10 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:3 - took for him Mark 6:20 - feared read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Chronicles 24:15

But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.An hundred and thirty years old — By which it appears, that he was born in Solomon's time, and had lived six entire reigns before this. They buried him among the kings, with this honourable encomium, (perhaps inscribed upon his grave-stone) that he had done good in Israel. But the little religion that Joash had, was all buried in his grave. See how great a judgment to any prince or... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 24:15

15. A hundred and thirty years old Longevity without parallel since the days of the patriarchs. Compare Genesis 47:9. A number of critics, however, regard the number as corrupt, and propose to substitute one hundred and three, or eighty-three. This aged priest had been as a sun and a shield to his people. He had preserved the royal seed of David from destruction, delivered the kingdom from the curse of Athaliah’s rule, exalted Joash to the throne, and counseled him in the ways of Jehovah,... read more