2 พงศาวดาร 23:7 วิจารณ์

Six years bloody Athaliah had tyrannised; in this chapter we have her deposed and slain, and Joash, the rightful heir, enthroned. We had the story before nearly as it is here related, Kg2 11:4, etc. I. Jehoiada prepared the people for the king, acquainted them with his design, armed them, and appointed them their posts (Ch2 23:1-10). II. He produced the king to the people, crowned him, and anointed him (Ch2 23:11). III. He slew the usurper (Ch2 23:12-15). IV. He reformed the kingdom, re-established religion, and restored the civil government (Ch2 23:16-21).

The contents of this chapter are the same with Kg2 11:4 and need no other explanation than what may be found in the notes there, to which the reader is referred.See Gill on Kg2 11:4. See Gill on Kg2 11:5. See Gill on Kg2 11:6. See Gill on Kg2 11:7. See Gill on Kg2 11:8. See Gill on Kg2 11:9. See Gill on Kg2 11:10. See Gill on Kg2 11:11. See Gill on Kg2 11:12. See Gill on Kg2 11:13. See Gill on Kg2 11:14. See Gill on Kg2 11:15. See Gill on Kg2 11:16. See Gill on Kg2 11:17. See Gill on Kg2 11:18. See Gill on Kg2 11:19. See Gill on Kg2 11:20. Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 24

Jehoiada the priest, after having taken counsel with the captains, Levites, etc., proclaims Joash, and anoints him king, Ch2 23:1-11. Athaliah, endeavoring to prevent it, is slain, Ch2 23:12-15. He makes the people enter into a covenant, that they would serve the Lord, Ch2 23:16. The people break down the temple of Baal, and slay Mattan his priest, Ch2 23:17. Jehoiada makes several alterations, and remodels the kingdom, Ch2 23:18-21.

JEHOIADA MAKES JOASH KING. (Ch2 23:1-11) in the seventh year Jehoiada . . . took the captains of hundreds, &c.--(See on Kg2 11:4; Kg2 11:17). The five officers mentioned here had been probably of the royal guard, and were known to be strongly disaffected to the government of Athaliah.

The reign of Joash; cf. 2 Kings 12. - In both accounts only two main events in Joash's reign of forty years are narrated at any length, - the repair of the temple, and the campaign of the Syrian king Hazael against Jerusalem. Besides this, at the beginning, we have a statement as to the duration and spirit of his reign; and in conclusion, the murder of Joash in consequence of a conspiracy is mentioned. Both accounts agree in all essential points, but are shown to be extracts containing the most important part of a more complete history of Joash, by the fact that, on the one hand, in 2 Kings 12 single circumstances are communicated in a more detailed and more exact form than that in which the Chronicle states them; while, on the other hand, the account of the Chronicle supplements the account in 2 Kings 12 in many respects. To these latter belong the account of the marriage of Joash, and his many children, the account of the death of Jehoiada at the age of 130 years, and his honourable burial with the kings, etc.; see on Ch2 24:15.

"And the Levites shall compass the king round about, each with his weapons in his hand." The Levites are the bodies of guards mentioned in Ch2 23:4, Ch2 23:5. If we keep that in view, then the following words, "every one who cometh into the house shall be put to death," say the same as the words, "every one who cometh within the ranks" (Kg2 11:8). A contradiction arises only if we misinterpret הקּיפוּ, and understand it of the forming of a circle around the king; whereas הקּיפוּ, like הקּפתּם (Kings), is to be understood, according to the context, of the setting of the guards both at the temple gate and in the courts, so that whoever entered the court of the temple came within the ranks of the guards thus placed.