Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Ch2 24:1, Joash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada; Ch2 24:4, He gives order for the repair of the temple; Ch2 24:15, Jehoiada's death and honourable burial; Ch2 24:17, Joash, falling into idolatry, slays Zechariah the son of Jehoiada; v.23, Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad; v.27, Amaziah succeeds him.
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Joash: Joash, יואשׁ [Strong's H3101], or יאשׁ [Strong's H3101], is merely an abbreviation of Jehoash, יהואשׁ [Strong's H3060], by the elision of ה, hay, and here also of ו, wav. Kg2 11:21, Kg2 12:1, Jehoash, Ch1 3:11
seven years old: As Joash was hidden six years in the temple, and was but seven when he came to the throne, he could have been but one year old when secreted by his aunt.
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Joash: Ch2 25:2, Ch2 26:4, Ch2 26:5; Kg2 12:2; Psa 78:36, Psa 78:37, Psa 106:12, Psa 106:13; Mar 4:16, Mar 4:17
all the days of Jehoiada: Ch2 24:17-22; Isa 29:13
took for him: Not for himself, as the Jewish expositors suppose, but for Joash; for Jehoiada's advanced age renders it highly improbable that he should take them for himself. He was born in the reign of Solomon, and lived through six successive reigns; and must, on any computation, have been upwards of 100 years old when Joash began to reign. Ch2 24:15; Gen 21:21, Gen 24:4
two wives: Gen 4:19; Mat 19:4-8
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repair: Heb. renew, Ch2 24:5-7
gather of all Israel: Ch2 29:3, Ch2 34:8, Ch2 34:9; Kg2 12:4, Kg2 12:5
Why hast thou: Sa2 24:3
the collection: This was the poll-tax fixed by Moses, of half a shekel, which was levied on every man of twenty years old and upwards, as "a ransom for their souls, that there might be no plague among them." Exo 30:12-16
tabernacle: Num 1:50, Num 17:7, Num 17:8, Num 18:2; Act 7:44
the sons of Athaliah: As Jehoram's sons, Ahaziah excepted, whether by Athaliah or any other, were all slain before his death (Ch2 22:1), this spoilation of the temple must have taken place in his life-time. Ch2 21:17
that wicked: Ch2 28:22-24; Est 7:6; Pro 10:7; Th2 2:8; Rev 2:20
the dedicated: Kg2 12:4
did they bestow: Deu 32:15-17; Eze 16:17-21; Dan 5:2-4, Dan 5:23; Hos 2:8, Hos 2:9, Hos 2:13
at the king's: Kg2 12:8, Kg2 12:9; Mar 12:41
proclamation: Heb. voice
collection: Ch2 24:6; Mat 17:24-27
rejoiced: Ch1 29:9; Isa 64:5; Act 2:45-47; Co2 8:2, Co2 9:7
at what time: Kg2 12:10-12
the king's scribe: It was necessary to associate with the high priest some civil authority and activity, in order to get the neglected work performed.
Thus they did: Co1 16:2
gave it to such: Ch2 34:9-11
masons: Kg1 5:15
the work was perfected by them: Heb. the healing went up upon the work by their hand, Neh 4:7
they set: etc. That is, "they restored it to its former proper state."
in his state: Ch1 22:5; Hag 2:3; Mar 13:1, Mar 13:2
vessels of the house, Kg2 12:13, Kg2 12:14
vessels to minister: Kg1 7:50
to offer withal: or, pestils, Pro 27:22
And they offered: It appears from this, that the daily morning and evening sacrifices had been previously intermitted; and that they were again neglected after the death of Jehoiada. Exo 29:38-42; Num. 28:2-29:40
all the days: Ch2 24:2
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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. Gen 15:15, Gen 25:8; Ch1 23:1; Job 5:26; Psa 91:16
an hundred: Gen 47:9; Psa 90:10
in the city: Sa1 2:30; Kg1 2:10; Act 2:29
because: 2Chr. 23:1-21, Ch2 31:20; Neh 13:14; Heb 6:10
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Now after: Deu 31:27; Act 20:29, Act 20:30; Pe2 1:15
the princes of Judah: Ch2 10:8-10, Ch2 22:3, Ch2 22:4; Pro 7:21-23, Pro 20:19, Pro 26:8, Pro 26:28, Pro 29:5; Dan 11:32
Then the king: Pro 29:12
And they left: Ch2 24:4, Ch2 21:13, Ch2 33:3-7; Kg1 11:4, Kg1 11:5, Kg1 14:9, Kg1 14:23
wrath: Ch2 19:2, Ch2 28:13, Ch2 29:8, Ch2 32:25, Ch2 36:14-16; Jos 22:20; Jdg 5:8; Sa2 24:1; Hos 5:10, Hos 5:11, Hos 5:14; Zep 1:4-6; Eph 5:6
Yet he sent: Ch2 36:15, Ch2 36:16; Kg2 17:13-15; Neh 9:26; Jer 7:25, Jer 7:26, Jer 25:4, Jer 25:5, Jer 26:5, Jer 44:4, Jer 44:5; Luk 11:47-51, Luk 16:31, Luk 20:9-15
but they would: Psa 95:7, Psa 95:8; Isa 28:23, Isa 42:23, Isa 51:4, Isa 55:3; Mat 13:9, Mat 13:15, Mat 13:16
And the Spirit: Ch2 15:1, Ch2 20:14
came upon: Heb. clothed, Jdg 6:34; Ch1 12:18
the son: Ch2 23:11
transgress: Num 14:41; Sa1 13:13, Sa1 13:14; Sa2 12:9, Sa2 12:10; Zac 7:11-14
because: Ch2 15:2; Deu 29:25, Deu 29:26; Ch1 28:9; Jer 2:19, Jer 4:18, Jer 5:19, Jer 5:25
conspired: Jer 11:19, Jer 18:18, Jer 38:4-6
stoned him: Mat 21:35, Mat 23:34-37; Act 7:58, Act 7:59
remembered: Psa 109:4; Luk 17:15-18; Joh 10:32
but slew his son: Pro 17:13
The Lord: These words were prophetic, and not imprecatory; and should be rendered as Houbigant proposes, in the future tense: "The Lord will look upon it, and avenge it." The event soon verified this prediction; for, before the year was expired, the Syrians came up against Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people, and Joash himself was slain in his bed by his own servants. Many circumstances served to aggravate this barbarous act. Zechariah was a high-priest and a prophet, upright and unblameable in the discharge of his high offices; this murder was perpetrated within the very precincts of the courts of the Lord; and this truly good man was by blood the nearest relative of Joash, and the son of the man who had save him from being murdered, and raised him to the throne! Gen 9:5; Jer 11:20, Jer 26:14, Jer 26:15; Luk 11:51; Ti2 4:14, Ti2 4:16; Rev 6:9-11; Rev 18:20, Rev 19:2
and require it: Psa 10:14; Jer 51:56
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at the end: Heb. in the revolution, Kg1 20:22, Kg1 20:26
the host: Deu 32:35; Kg2 12:17, Kg2 12:18
princes: Ch2 24:17, Ch2 24:18; Psa 2:10, Psa 2:11, Psa 58:10, Psa 58:11, Psa 82:6, Psa 82:7
Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
came: Lev 26:8, Lev 26:37; Deu 32:30; Isa 30:17; Jer 37:10
delivered: Ch2 16:8, Ch2 16:9, Ch2 20:11, Ch2 20:12; Lev 26:25; Deu 28:25, Deu 28:48
So: Ch2 22:8; Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6, Isa 13:5; Hab 1:12
great diseases: Ch2 21:16, Ch2 21:18, Ch2 21:19, Ch2 22:6
his own servants: Kg2 12:20, Kg2 14:19, Kg2 14:20
for the blood: Ch2 24:21, Ch2 24:22; Psa 10:14; Rev 16:6
the sons of Jehoiada: Houbigant reads, "the sons of Jehoiada;" but perhaps Joash slew some other sons of Jehoiada.
not: Ch2 24:16, Ch2 21:20, Ch2 28:27
Zabad: or, Jozachar, Kg2 12:21
Shimrith: or, Shomer
burdens: Kg2 12:18
repairing: Heb. founding, Ch2 24:13