2 Chronicles 24:17-19
New English Translation
17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him.[a] The king listened to their advice.[b] 18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors[c] and worshiped[d] the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. 19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him.[e] They warned[f] the people, but they would not pay attention.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:17 tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:17 tn Heb “to them.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 tn Heb “served.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:19 tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:19 tn Heb “testified among.”
2 Chronicles 24:17-19
Amplified Bible
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada [the priest, who had hidden Joash], the officials of Judah came and [a]bowed down to King Joash; then the king listened to them. 18 They abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the [b]Asherim and the idols; so [God’s] wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for their sin and guilt. 19 Yet God sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; these prophets testified against them, but they would not listen.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:17 The sudden transition to idolatry under Joash in v 18 was attributed by the ancient rabbis to this meeting. They claimed that when the officials bowed down to Joash, they were acknowledging him as a god, on the ground that it was actually in the Holy of Holies that he had been hidden for a number of years (see 22:12), and he would not have emerged from this sacred chamber alive if he were not a god. The rabbis said that Joash agreed with the officials and even allowed an idol to be made of himself (one of the idols in v 18), thereby ensuring his own destruction.
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 Wooden symbols of a female deity.
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