2 Chronicles 24:17
And after the death of Jehoiada, heads of Judah have come in, and bow themselves to the king; then the king has listened to them,
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Judges 8:33And it comes to pass, when Gideon [is] dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go whoring after the Ba‘alim, and set Ba‘al-Berith over them for a god;
2 Chronicles 10:8And he forsakes the counsel of the aged men that they counseled him, and consults with the boys who have grown up with him, those standing before him,
2 Chronicles 22:4And he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, like the house of Ahab, for they have been his counselors, after the death of his father, for destruction to him.
Proverbs 20:19The busybody is a revealer of secret counsels, || And do not make yourself guarantor for a deceiver [with] his lips.
Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates its bruised ones, || And a flattering mouth works an overthrow!
Proverbs 29:12A ruler who is attending to lying words, || All his ministers [are] wicked.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:16-27
Joash Slain by His Servants. ( b. c. 845.) 15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 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. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and… Read the whole commentary →