2nd Kings Chapter 12 verse 19 Holy Bible
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
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And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 19-21. - The close of the reign of Joash - his murder by his servants. Again the narrative of Kings is to be supplemented by that of Chronicles. From Chronicles we learn that, before the withdrawal of the Syrians, Joash had fallen into a severe illness, which confined him to his apartment (2 Chronicles 24:25). This gave opportunity for conspiracy. Among the courtiers were two, perhaps more, whom the fate of Zechariah had grieved, and who were probably opposed to the entire series of later changes in religion which had been sanctioned by Joash (2 Chronicles 24:17, 18). These persons "made a conspiracy," which was successful, and "slew Joash on his bed" (2 Chronicles 24:25). They then buried him in Jerusalem, but "not in the sepulchers of the kings." Verse 19. - And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the chronicles of the kings of Judah? This formal phrase, with which he concludes his account of almost every Jewish king (1 Kings 14:29; 1 Kings 15:7, 23; 1 Kings 22:45; 2 Kings 8:23; 2 Kings 14:18; 2 Kings 15:6, etc.), cannot be regarded as an acknowledgment by the author of any special or designed reticence with respect to the reign of Joash. We must suppose him unconscious of any such design. He had to omit much in every case; in the present he happened to omit all the darker shades; and the result was an over-favorable portraiture of the monarch. But, in the providence of God, complete historical justice was secured by the labors and researches of a second inspired writer.
