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2 Chronicles 24:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “After Jehoiada's death, Zechariah is stoned.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 24:15–22
Read 2 Chronicles 24:18 with 24:15–22. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Jehoiada dies honored, princes redirect Joash toward other worship, prophets are ignored, and Jehoiada's son Zechariah publicly rebukes the people before the king orders his death in the temple court.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “After Jehoiada's death, Zechariah is stoned,” 2 Chronicles 24:18 advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The king preserved by Jehoiada turns against Jehoiada's son, exposing the failure of gratitude, counsel, and institutional memory. 2 Chronicles 24:1–14 has just established this prior movement: Under Jehoiada's guidance Joash seeks temple repair, confronts delayed levy collection, uses a chest for public gifts, pays skilled workers, and turns remaining funds into vessels while regular offerings resume. Together those details explain why “After Jehoiada's death, Zechariah is stoned” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 2 Chronicles 24:15–22 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 24:15–22 forms the complete movement “After Jehoiada's death, Zechariah is stoned”: Jehoiada dies honored, princes redirect Joash toward other worship, prophets are ignored, and Jehoiada's son Zechariah publicly rebukes the people before the king orders his death in the temple court.
Verse 15. 15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
Verse 16. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
Verse 17. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
Verse 18. 18 And 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.
Verse 19. 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.
Verse 20. 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.
Verse 21. 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.
Verse 22. 22 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.
What Remains True
Temple repair, prophetic truth, warfare, royal strength, priestly boundaries, illness, and succession show that good beginnings and institutional service never excuse later abuse. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Jehoiada dies honored, princes redirect Joash toward other worship, prophets are ignored, and Jehoiada's son Zechariah publicly rebukes the people before the king orders his death in the temple court. In 2 Chronicles 24:18, the concrete line “And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and….” Use transparent finances and skilled work, protect prophets and workers, refuse cruelty after victory, maintain role boundaries, and never stigmatize disease or disability. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Jehoiada dies honored, princes redirect Joash toward other worship, prophets are ignored, and Jehoiada's son Zechariah publicly rebukes the people before the king orders his death in the temple court.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 24:15–22, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 24:15–22
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NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 24:15–22, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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