2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Yoash HaMelech remembered not the chesed which Yehoyada Aviv had done to him, but slaughtered bno. And when he died, he said, May Hashem look upon it, and may He call to account.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the order of HaMelech in the khatzer of the Beis Hashem.

23And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of Aram came up against him, they invaded Yehudah and Yerushalayim, destroyed all the sarim of the people from among HaAm, sent all their plunder unto Melech Darmesek (Damascus).

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5And surely your dahm of your nefeshot will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the yad haAdam; at the hand of every manʼs brother will I require the nefesh haAdam. 1

Judges 8:35Neither showed they chesed to the Bais Yeruba'al, namely, Gid'on, according to all the tovah which he had showed unto Yisroel.

Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest trouble and ka'as (grief), 1 to requite it with Thy yad; 1 the helpless committeth himself unto Thee; 1 Thou art the Ozer (helper) of the yatom (orphan). 1

Proverbs 17:13He who rewardeth ra'ah for tovah, 1 ra'ah shall not depart from his bais. 1

Jeremiah 26:14As for me, see, I am in your yad; do with me as seemeth tov and yashar unto you.

Jeremiah 51:56Because the plunderer is come upon her, even upon Bavel, 1 and her gibborim are taken, 1 every one of their keshatot (bows) is broken; 1 for Hashem is El Gemulot ( Hashem the G-d of Recompense). 1 He shall surely repay. 1

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 →

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