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<p class="tab-1">We have here the history of the reign of Joash, the progress of which, and especially its termination, were not of a piece with its beginning, nor shone with so much lustre. How wonderfully he was preserved for the throne, and placed in it, we read before; now here we are told how he began in the spirit, but ended in the flesh. I. In the beginning of his time, while Jehoiada lived, he did well; particularly, he took care to put the temple in good repair, <a class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.1-2Chr.24.14" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.24.1-2Chr.24.14">2 Chron. 24:1-14</a>. II. In the latter end of his time, after Jehoiada’s death, he apostatized from God, and his apostasy was his ruin. 1. He set up the worship of Baal again (<a class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.15-2Chr.24.18" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.24.15-2Chr.24.18">2 Chron. 24:15-18</a>), though warned to the contrary, <a class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.19" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.24.19">2 Chron. 24:19</a>. 2. He put Zechariah the prophet to death because he reproved him for what he had done, <a class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.20-2Chr.24.22" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.24.20-2Chr.24.22">2 Chron. 24:20-22</a>. 3. The judgments of God came upon him for it. The Syrians invaded him, <a class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.23,2Chr.24.24" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.24.23,2Chr.24.24"><span class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.23">2 Chron. 24:23</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.24">24</span></a>. He was struck with sore diseases; his own servants conspired against him and slew him; and, as a mark of infamy upon him, he was not buried in the burying-place of the kings, <a class="bibleref" title="2Chr.24.25-2Chr.24.27" href="/passage/?search=2Chr.24.25-2Chr.24.27">2 Chron. 24:25-27</a>.</p>
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