For 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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Interpretation
Joash is more zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiada himself. It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God.
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This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 24:4-8.
Glossary
- Athaliah Person
- Whom God afflicts. (1. ) The daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, and the wife of Jehoram, king of Judah ( 2 Kings 8:18 ), who “walked in the ways of the house of Ahab” ( 2 Chr. 21:6 ), called “daughter” of Omri ( 2 Kings 8:26 ).