2 Chronicles 24:7

For, as for Athaliah the Lawless, her sons, brake up the House of God,—moreover, all the hallowed things of the house of Yahweh, offered they unto the Baalim.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6Then the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites, to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the convocation of Israel,—for the tent of testimony?

8So the king bade [them], and they made a certain chest,—and set it in the gate of the house of Yahweh, outside.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged, So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.

2 Kings 12:4And Jehoash said unto the priests,—All the silver of the hallowed things, that is brought into the house of Yahweh—the silver of one who transgresseth, the silver of [their] persons by the estimate of, each one,—all the silver which it cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of Yahweh,

2 Chronicles 22:3He too, walked in the ways of the house of Ahab,—for, his mother, became his counselor, to work lawlessness.

Esther 7:6And Esther said, A man who is an adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman. And, Haman, was terrified, before the king and the queen.

Ezekiel 16:17But thou didst take thine adorning jewels Of my gold and of my silver which I had given thee, And didst make thee images of the male,— And didst act unchastely with them;

Daniel 5:23but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,—whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:2-15

The Temple Repaired. ( b. c. 855.) 1 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. 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. 4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord . 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out… Read the whole commentary →

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