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2 Chronicles 24:25
And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records the aftermath of the Aramean retreat, noting that Joash was left severely wounded by his own servants. The narrative occurs at the end of Joash’s reign, immediately following the judgment described in 2 Chronicles 24:24 for Judah’s abandonment of the LORD.
The words — בְּמַחֲלוּיִם רַבִּים (be./ma.cha.li.yim ra.Bim) translates literally as "with great sicknesses," describing the physical state Joash was left in. הִתְקַשְּׁרוּ (hit.ka.she.Ru) means "they conspired," indicating the deliberate, coordinated plot of his servants against him.
The thread — The pattern of palace conspiracy reappears in 2 Chronicles 24:21 with the killing of Zechariah and runs parallel to the assassination account in 2 Kings 12:20. The note that Joash was buried outside the royal tombs mirrors the disgrace recorded in 2 Chronicles 28:27 regarding Ahaz.
Why it lands — The text states that covenant abandonment produces tangible historical consequences, even for a king who previously restored temple worship. It requires the reader to observe how divine judgment operates through specific events and human actions without altering the recorded outcome.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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 sepulchres of the kings.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 24:21 But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 28:27 And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 12:20 And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
- 2 Kings 14:19 And conspirators plotted against Amaziah in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
- 2 Chronicles 21:16 Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
- 2 Chronicles 21:18 After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6 So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16 And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
- Psalms 10:14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Revelation 16:6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”