2 Chronicles 24:22
20 And 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.
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
- KJV
- Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
- WEB
- Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May the LORD look at it, and repay it.”
- ASV
- Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
- DARBY
- And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require [it]!
- BLB
- And Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada his father had done to him, and he killed his son. And as he died, he said, “May YHWH look on [this] and require [it].”
- ÅB
- Kong Joas kom ikke i hu den kjærlighet som hans far Jojada hadde vist ham - han drepte hans sønn; men i det samme han døde, ropte han: Herren skal se det og hevne det!
- OTB
- Så kong Joasj husket ikke den godhet som hans far Jojada hadde vist ham, men han drepte hans sønn. Og mens han døde, sa han, “Måtte Herren se og hevne!”
- B1930
- Kong Joas kom ikke i hu den kjærlighet som hans far Jojada hadde vist ham - han drepte hans sønn; men i det samme han døde, ropte han: Herren skal se det og hevne det!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Read in contextLuke 11:51
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Read in contextJohn 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Read in contextRevelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Read in contextRevelation 6:9–11
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Read in contextPsalms 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:56
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
Read in contextLuke 17:15–18
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
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