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2 Kings 12:19 Explained in Context
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Verse 19. 19And 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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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Hazael threatens Jerusalem and Joash is assassinated.”
Hazael is bought off with sacred things, then Joash is struck at the Millo
This verse is one part of that explanation in 2 Kings 12:17–21. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 2 Kings 12:17–21
Read 2 Kings 12:19 with 12:17–21. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Hazael takes Gath and turns to Jerusalem; Joash sends sacred and royal treasure, then his servants assassinate him.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Hazael threatens Jerusalem and Joash is assassinated,” 2 Kings 12:19 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Kings 12:9–16 establishes this prior movement: Jehoiada places a chest by the altar, officials count and bag money, supervisors pay workers, and guilt offerings remain priestly funds. 2 Kings 12:17–21 continues the same royal, prophetic, household, military, reform, or exile movement; that evidenced relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 2 Kings 12:17–21 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 12:17–21 forms one scene or regnal notice: Hazael takes Gath and turns to Jerusalem; Joash sends sacred and royal treasure, then his servants assassinate him.
Verse 17. 17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Verse 18. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
Verse 19. 19 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?
Verse 20. 20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
Verse 21. 21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
What Remains True
Public power, prophetic authority, and worship remain accountable to truth, human responsibility, affected people, and the limits of the evidence rather than title or success alone. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Hazael takes Gath and turns to Jerusalem; Joash sends sacred and royal treasure, then his servants assassinate him. In 2 Kings 12:19, the concrete line “And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in…” keeps that truth accountable to narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Kings 12:17–21 — Hazael threatens Jerusalem and Joash is assassinatedSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Kings 12:17–21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, royal formulas, clause relationships, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 12:17–21
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 2 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded translation comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 2 Kings PDF, printed pp. 645–646, translation and translator notes for 12:17–21
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