Apologetics Bible

2Chronicles 24:1

Hebrew

בֶּן־שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים יֹאָשׁ בְּמָלְכוֹ וְאַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה מָלַךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ צִבְיָה מִבְּאֵר שָֽׁבַע׃

ven-sheva'-shaniym-yo'ash-vemalekhvo-ve'areva'iym-shanah-malakhe-viyrvshalaim-veshem-'imvo-tziveyah-mive'er-shava'

KJV: Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer–sheba.

AKJV: Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

ASV: Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba.

YLT: A son of seven years is Joash in his reigning, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Zibiah of Beer-Sheba.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer–sheba.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:2

Hebrew

וַיַּעַשׂ יוֹאָשׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה כָּל־יְמֵי יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

vaya'ash-yvo'ash-hayashar-ve'eyney-yehvah-khal-yemey-yehvoyada'-hakhohen

KJV: And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

AKJV: And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

ASV: And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

YLT: And Joash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:3

Hebrew

וַיִּשָּׂא־לוֹ יְהוֹיָדָע נָשִׁים שְׁתָּיִם וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנֽוֹת׃

vayisha'-lvo-yehvoyada'-nashiym-shetayim-vayvoled-vaniym-vvanvot

KJV: And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

AKJV: And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. ¶

ASV: And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

YLT: And Jehoiada taketh for him two wives, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:4

Hebrew

וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵיכֵן הָיָה עִם־לֵב יוֹאָשׁ לְחַדֵּשׁ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָֽה׃

vayehiy-'achareykhen-hayah-'im-lev-yvo'ash-lechadesh-'et-veyt-yehvah

KJV: And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

AKJV: And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

ASV: And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah.

YLT: And it cometh to pass after this, it hath been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah,

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:5

Hebrew

וַיִּקְבֹּץ אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם צְאוּ לְעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וְקִבְצוּ מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל כֶּסֶף לְחַזֵּק ׀ אֶת־בֵּית אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם מִדֵּי שָׁנָה בְּשָׁנָה וְאַתֶּם תְּמַהֲרוּ לַדָּבָר וְלֹא מִֽהֲרוּ הַֽלְוִיִּֽם׃

vayiqevotz-'et-hakhohaniym-vehaleviyim-vayo'mer-lahem-tze'v-le'arey-yehvdah-veqivetzv-mikhal-yishera'el-khesef-lechazeq- -'et-veyt-'eloheykhem-midey-shanah-veshanah-ve'atem-temaharv-ladavar-velo'-miharv-haleviyim

KJV: And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

AKJV: And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However, the Levites hastened it not.

ASV: And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

YLT: and he gathereth the priests and the Levites, and saith to them, `Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to strengthen the house of your God sufficiently year by year, and ye, ye do haste to the matter;' and the Levites have not hasted.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the mat...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:6

Hebrew

וַיִּקְרָא הַמֶּלֶךְ לִֽיהוֹיָדָע הָרֹאשׁ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מַדּוּעַ לֹֽא־דָרַשְׁתָּ עַל־הַלְוִיִּם לְהָבִיא מִֽיהוּדָה וּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַם אֶת־מַשְׂאַת מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־יְהוָה וְהַקָּהָל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֹהֶל הָעֵדֽוּת׃

vayiqera'-hamelekhe-liyhvoyada'-haro'sh-vayo'mer-lvo-madv'a-lo'-darasheta-'al-haleviyim-lehaviy'-miyhvdah-vmiyrvshaliam-'et-mashe'at-mosheh-'eved-yehvah-vehaqahal-leyishera'el-le'ohel-ha'edvt

KJV: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

AKJV: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

ASV: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

YLT: And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, `Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:7

Hebrew

כִּי עֲתַלְיָהוּ הַמִּרְשַׁעַת בָּנֶיהָ פָרְצוּ אֶת־בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים וְגַם כָּל־קָדְשֵׁי בֵית־יְהוָה עָשׂוּ לַבְּעָלִֽים׃

khiy-'ataleyahv-hamiresha'at-vaneyha-faretzv-'et-veyt-ha'elohiym-vegam-khal-qadeshey-veyt-yehvah-'ashv-lave'aliym

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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 on Baalim.

ASV: 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 Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim.

YLT: for sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also, all the holy things of the house of Jehovah they have prepared for Baalim.'

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:8

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ אֲרוֹן אֶחָד וַֽיִּתְּנֻהוּ בְּשַׁעַר בֵּית־יְהוָה חֽוּצָה׃

vayo'mer-hamelekhe-vaya'ashv-'arvon-'echad-vayitenuhv-vesha'ar-veyt-yehvah-chvtzah

KJV: And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

AKJV: And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

ASV: So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of Jehovah.

YLT: And the king speaketh, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:9

Hebrew

וַיִּתְּנוּ־קוֹל בִּֽיהוּדָה וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַם לְהָבִיא לַֽיהוָה מַשְׂאַת מֹשֶׁה עֶֽבֶד־הָאֱלֹהִים עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

vayitenv-qvol-viyhvdah-vviyrvshaliam-lehaviy'-layhvah-mashe'at-mosheh-'eved-ha'elohiym-'al-yishera'el-vamidevar

KJV: And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

AKJV: And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.

ASV: And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

YLT: and give an intimation in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring in to Jehovah the tribute of Moses, servant of God, laid on Israel in the wilderness.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:10

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ כָל־הַשָּׂרִים וְכָל־הָעָם וַיָּבִיאוּ וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ לָאָרוֹן עַד־לְכַלֵּֽה׃

vayishemechv-khal-hashariym-vekhal-ha'am-vayaviy'v-vayasheliykhv-la'arvon-'ad-lekhaleh

KJV: And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

AKJV: And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

ASV: And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

YLT: And all the heads, and all the people rejoice, and they bring in, and cast into the chest, unto completion.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:11

Hebrew

וַיְהִי בְּעֵת יָבִיא אֶת־הֽ͏ָאָרוֹן אֶל־פְּקֻדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּיַד הַלְוִיִּם וְכִרְאוֹתָם כִּי־רַב הַכֶּסֶף וּבָא סוֹפֵר הַמֶּלֶךְ וּפְקִיד כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ וִיעָרוּ אֶת־הָאָרוֹן וְיִשָּׂאֻהוּ וִֽישִׁיבֻהוּ אֶל־מְקֹמוֹ כֹּה עָשׂוּ לְיוֹם ׀ בְּיוֹם וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־כֶסֶף לָרֹֽב׃

vayehiy-ve'et-yaviy'-'et-ha'arvon-'el-fequdat-hamelekhe-veyad-haleviyim-vekhire'votam-khiy-rav-hakhesef-vva'-svofer-hamelekhe-vfeqiyd-khohen-haro'sh-viy'arv-'et-ha'arvon-veyisha'uhv-viyshiyvuhv-'el-meqomvo-khoh-'ashv-leyvom- -veyvom-vaya'asefv-khesef-larov

KJV: Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

AKJV: Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought to the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

ASV: And it was so, that, at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

YLT: And it cometh to pass, at the time one bringeth in the chest for the inspection of the king by the hand of the Levites, and at their seeing that the money is abundant, that a scribe of the king hath come in, and an officer of the head-priest, and they empty the chest, and take it up and turn it back unto its place; thus they have done day by day, and gather money in abundance.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emp...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:12

Hebrew

וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָע אֶל־עוֹשֵׂה מְלֶאכֶת עֲבוֹדַת בֵּית־יְהוָה וַיִּֽהְיוּ שֹׂכְרִים חֹצְבִים וְחָרָשִׁים לְחַדֵּשׁ בֵּית יְהוָה וְגַם לְחָרָשֵׁי בַרְזֶל וּנְחֹשֶׁת לְחַזֵּק אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָֽה׃

vayitenehv-hamelekhe-viyhvoyada'-'el-'vosheh-mele'khet-'avvodat-veyt-yehvah-vayiheyv-shokheriym-chotzeviym-vecharashiym-lechadesh-veyt-yehvah-vegam-lecharashey-varezel-vnechoshet-lechazeq-'et-veyt-yehvah

KJV: And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

AKJV: And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as worked iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

ASV: And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah.

YLT: And the king and Jehoiada give it unto the doers of the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they are hiring hewers and artificers to renew the house of Jehovah, and also--to artificers in iron and brass to strengthen the house of Jehovah.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the h...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:13

Hebrew

וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ עֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה וַתַּעַל אֲרוּכָה לַמְּלָאכָה בְּיָדָם וַֽיַּעֲמִידוּ אֶת־בֵּית הָֽאֱלֹהִים עַל־מַתְכֻּנְתּוֹ וַֽיְאַמְּצֻֽהוּ׃

vaya'ashv-'oshey-hamela'khah-vata'al-'arvkhah-lamela'khah-veyadam-vaya'amiydv-'et-veyt-ha'elohiym-'al-matekhunetvo-vaye'ametzuhv

KJV: So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

AKJV: So the workmen worked, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

ASV: So the workmen wrought, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

YLT: And those doing the business work, and there goeth up lengthening to the work by their hand, and they establish the house of God, by its proper measure, and strengthen it.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:14

Hebrew

וּֽכְכַלּוֹתָם הֵבִיאוּ לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָע אֶת־שְׁאָר הַכֶּסֶף וַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ כֵלִים לְבֵית־יְהוָה כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת וְהַעֲלוֹת וְכַפּוֹת וּכְלֵי זָהָב וָכָסֶף וַיִּֽהְיוּ מַעֲלִים עֹלוֹת בְּבֵית־יְהוָה תָּמִיד כֹּל יְמֵי יְהוֹיָדָֽע׃

vkhekhalvotam-heviy'v-lifeney-hamelekhe-viyhvoyada'-'et-she'ar-hakhesef-vaya'ashehv-kheliym-leveyt-yehvah-kheley-sharet-veha'alvot-vekhafvot-vkheley-zahav-vakhasef-vayiheyv-ma'aliym-'olvot-veveyt-yehvah-tamiyd-khol-yemey-yehvoyada'

KJV: And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

AKJV: And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer with, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. ¶

ASV: And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels wherewith to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.

YLT: And at their completing it , they have brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the money, and they make it vessels for the house of Jehovah, vessels of serving, and of offering up, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they are causing burnt-offerings to ascend in the house of Jehovah continually, all the days of Jehoiada.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vesse...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:15

Hebrew

וַיִּזְקַן יְהוֹיָדָע וַיִּשְׂבַּע יָמִים וַיָּמֹת בֶּן־מֵאָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בְּמוֹתֽוֹ׃

vayizeqan-yehvoyada'-vayisheva'-yamiym-vayamot-ven-me'ah-vsheloshiym-shanah-vemvotvo

KJV: But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

AKJV: But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

ASV: But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

YLT: And Jehoiada is aged and satisfied with days, and dieth--a son of a hundred and thirty years in his death,

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:16

Hebrew

וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בְעִיר־דָּוִיד עִם־הַמְּלָכִים כִּֽי־עָשָׂה טוֹבָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְעִם הָאֱלֹהִים וּבֵיתֽוֹ׃

vayiqeveruhv-ve'iyr-daviyd-'im-hamelakhiym-khiy-'ashah-tvovah-veyishera'el-ve'im-ha'elohiym-vveytvo

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

YLT: and they bury him in the city of David, with the kings, for he hath done good in Israel, and with God, and his house.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:17

Hebrew

וְאַֽחֲרֵי מוֹת יְהוֹיָדָע בָּאוּ שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָה וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַמֶּלֶךְ אָז שָׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

ve'acharey-mvot-yehvoyada'-va'v-sharey-yehvdah-vayishetachavv-lamelekhe-'az-shama'-hamelekhe-'aleyhem

KJV: Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

AKJV: Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.

ASV: Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

YLT: And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them,

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:18

Hebrew

וַיַּֽעַזְבוּ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ אֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרִים וְאֶת־הָֽעֲצַבִּים וַֽיְהִי־קֶצֶף עַל־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם בְּאַשְׁמָתָם זֹֽאת׃

vaya'azevv-'et-veyt-yehvah-'elohey-'avvoteyhem-vaya'avedv-'et-ha'asheriym-ve'et-ha'atzaviym-vayehiy-qetzef-'al-yehvdah-viyrvshaliam-ve'ashematam-zo't

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

ASV: And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

YLT: and they forsake the house of Jehovah, God of their fathers, and serve the shrines and the idols, and there is wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:19

Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח בָּהֶם נְבִאִים לַהֲשִׁיבָם אֶל־יְהוָה וַיָּעִידוּ בָם וְלֹא הֶאֱזִֽינוּ׃

vayishelach-vahem-nevi'iym-lahashiyvam-'el-yehvah-vaya'iydv-vam-velo'-he'eziynv

KJV: Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

AKJV: Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

ASV: Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

YLT: And He sendeth among them prophets, to bring them back unto Jehovah, and they testify against them, and they have not given ear;

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:20

Hebrew

וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים לָֽבְשָׁה אֶת־זְכַרְיָה בֶּן־יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן וַֽיַּעֲמֹד מֵעַל לָעָם וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם כֹּה ׀ אָמַר הָאֱלֹהִים לָמָה אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים אֶת־מִצְוֺת יְהוָה וְלֹא תַצְלִיחוּ כִּֽי־עֲזַבְתֶּם אֶת־יְהוָה וַיַּֽעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶֽם׃

vervcha-'elohiym-laveshah-'et-zekhareyah-ven-yehvoyada'-hakhohen-vaya'amod-me'al-la'am-vayo'mer-lahem-khoh- -'amar-ha'elohiym-lamah-'atem-'overiym-'et-mitzevt-yehvah-velo'-tatzeliychv-khiy-'azavetem-'et-yehvah-vaya'azov-'etekhem

KJV: 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.

AKJV: And the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.

ASV: And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.

YLT: and the Spirit of God hath clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he standeth over-against the people, and saith to them, `Thus said God, Why are ye transgressing the commands of Jehovah, and prosper not? because ye have forsaken Jehovah--He doth forsake you.'

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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? becau...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:21

Hebrew

וַיִּקְשְׁרוּ עָלָיו וַיִּרְגְּמֻהוּ אֶבֶן בְּמִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ בַּחֲצַר בֵּית יְהוָֽה׃

vayiqesherv-'alayv-vayiregemuhv-'even-vemitzevat-hamelekhe-vachatzar-veyt-yehvah

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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.

ASV: And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.

YLT: And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by the command of the king, in the court of the house of Jehovah,

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:22

Hebrew

וְלֹא־זָכַר יוֹאָשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ הַחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהוֹיָדָע אָבִיו עִמּוֹ וַֽיַּהֲרֹג אֶת־בְּנוֹ וּכְמוֹתוֹ אָמַר יֵרֶא יְהוָה וְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃

velo'-zakhar-yvo'ash-hamelekhe-hachesed-'asher-'ashah-yehvoyada'-'aviyv-'imvo-vayaharog-'et-venvo-vkhemvotvo-'amar-yere'-yehvah-veyiderosh

KJV: 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.

AKJV: 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 on it, and require it. ¶

ASV: 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, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.

YLT: and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, `Jehovah doth see, and require.'

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:23

Hebrew

וַיְהִי ׀ לִתְקוּפַת הַשָּׁנָה עָלָה עָלָיו חֵיל אֲרָם וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל־יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלִַם וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ אֶת־כָּל־שָׂרֵי הָעָם מֵעָם וְכָל־שְׁלָלָם שִׁלְּחוּ לְמֶלֶךְ דַּרְמָֽשֶׂק׃

vayehiy- -liteqvfat-hashanah-'alah-'alayv-cheyl-'aram-vayavo'v-'el-yehvdah-viyrvshaliam-vayashechiytv-'et-khal-sharey-ha'am-me'am-vekhal-shelalam-shilechv-lemelekhe-daremasheq

KJV: And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

AKJV: And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.

ASV: And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

YLT: And it cometh to pass, at the turn of the year, come up hath the force of Aram against him, and they come in unto Judah and Jerusalem, and destroy all the heads of the people from the people, and all their spoil they have sent to the king of Damascus,

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil o...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:24

Hebrew

כִּי בְמִצְעַר אֲנָשִׁים בָּאוּ ׀ חֵיל אֲרָם וַֽיהוָה נָתַן בְּיָדָם חַיִל לָרֹב מְאֹד כִּי עָֽזְבוּ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם וְאֶת־יוֹאָשׁ עָשׂוּ שְׁפָטִֽים׃

khiy-vemitze'ar-'anashiym-va'v- -cheyl-'aram-vayhvah-natan-veyadam-chayil-larov-me'od-khiy-'azevv-'et-yehvah-'elohey-'avvoteyhem-ve'et-yvo'ash-'ashv-shefatiym

KJV: For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

AKJV: For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

ASV: For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.

YLT: for with few men have the force of Aram come in, and Jehovah hath given into their hand a mighty force for multitude, because they have forsaken Jehovah, God of their fathers; and with Joash they have executed judgments.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:25

Hebrew

וּבְלֶכְתָּם מִמֶּנּוּ כִּֽי־עָזְבוּ אֹתוֹ במחליים בְּמַחֲלוּיִם רַבִּים הִתְקַשְּׁרוּ עָלָיו עֲבָדָיו בִּדְמֵי בְּנֵי יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן וַיַּֽהַרְגֻהוּ עַל־מִטָּתוֹ וַיָּמֹת וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בְּעִיר דָּוִיד וְלֹא קְבָרֻהוּ בְּקִבְרוֹת הַמְּלָכִֽים׃

vvelekhetam-mimenv-khiy-'azevv-'otvo-vmchlyym-vemachalvyim-raviym-hiteqasherv-'alayv-'avadayv-videmey-veney-yehvoyada'-hakhohen-vayahareguhv-'al-mitatvo-vayamot-vayiqeveruhv-ve'iyr-daviyd-velo'-qevaruhv-veqivervot-hamelakhiym

KJV: And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

AKJV: And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchers of the kings.

ASV: And when they were departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

YLT: And in their going from him--for they left him with many diseases--his servants themselves have conspired against him, for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dieth; and they bury him in the city of David, and have not buried him in the graves of the kings.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buri...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:26

Hebrew

וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּתְקַשְּׁרִים עָלָיו זָבָד בֶּן־שִׁמְעָת הָֽעַמּוֹנִית וִיהוֹזָבָד בֶּן־שִׁמְרִית הַמּוֹאָבִֽית׃

ve'eleh-hamiteqasheriym-'alayv-zavad-ven-shime'at-ha'amvoniyt-viyhvozavad-ven-shimeriyt-hamvo'aviyt

KJV: And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

AKJV: And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. ¶

ASV: And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

YLT: And these are those conspiring against him, Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

2Chronicles 24:27

Hebrew

וּבָנָיו ורב יִרֶב הַמַּשָּׂא עָלָיו וִיסוֹד בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים עַל־מִדְרַשׁ סֵפֶר הַמְּלָכִים וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֲמַצְיָהוּ בְנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

vvanayv-vrv-yirev-hamasha'-'alayv-viysvod-veyt-ha'elohiym-hinam-khetvviym-'al-miderash-sefer-hamelakhiym-vayimelokhe-'amatzeyahv-venvo-tachetayv

KJV: Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

AKJV: Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

ASV: Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

YLT: As to his sons, and the greatness of the burden upon him, and the foundation of the house of God, lo, they are written on the `Inquiry' of the book of the Kings; and reign doth Amaziah his son in his stead.

Exposition: 2Chronicles 24:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.