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2 Chronicles 24:19 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 24 · verse 19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.2 Chronicles 24:19 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 24:19 in context
17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- testifiedʻûwdto duplicate or repeatH5749 →
- prophetsnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- earʼâzanto broaden out the earH238 →
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We have here a sad account of the degeneracy and apostasy of Joash. God had done great things for him; he had done something for God; but now he proved ungrateful to his God and false to the engagements he had laid himself under to him. How has the gold become dim, and the most fine gold changed! Here we find, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-27