Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Chronicles 24:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
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Role in This Section
Attributes temple damage and diverted goods to Athaliah's sons.
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 24:1–24:14
Attributes temple damage and diverted goods to Athaliah's sons. Read 2 Chronicles 24:7 within 24:1–24:14. The complete unit records: 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.
Why It Needs Context
Attributes temple damage and diverted goods to Athaliah's sons. Its responsible force depends on 24:1–24:14; isolated from “Joash repairs the temple through a public chest,” the supporting action, name, number, object, quotation, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read 2 Chronicles 24:1–24:14 — Joash repairs the temple through a public chestSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 24:1–24:14, 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 24:1–24:14
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