Account Accounts Amaziah Amazi'ah Annotations Behold Book Building Burden Burdens Commentary Foundation Greatness Inquiry Kings Laid Lord's Multitude Oracles Prophecies Prophet Rebuilding Record Recorded Reign Reigned Repairing Restoration Sons Stead Story Succeeded Temple Treatise Written
24:27 Now [concerning] his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [laid] upon him, and the {r} 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.
(r) Or, foundation.
24:27 Burdens - The great judgments of God upon him, both by the Syrians, ver.24:23, and by great diseases, ver.25.
24:15-27 See what a great judgment on any prince or people, the death of godly, zealous, useful men is. See how necessary it is that we act in religion from inward principle. Then the loss of a parent, a minister, or a friend, will not be losing our religion. Often both princes and inferior people have been flattered to their ruin. True grace alone will enable a man to bring forth fruit unto the end. Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, being filled with the Spirit of prophecy, stood up, and told the people of their sin. This is the work of ministers, by the word of God, as a lamp and a light, to discover the sin of men, and expound the providences of God. They stoned Zechariah to death in the court of the house of the Lord. Observe the dying martyr's words: The Lord look upon it, and require it! This came not from a spirit of revenge, but a spirit of prophecy. God smote Joash with great diseases, of body, or mind, or both, before the Syrians departed from him. If vengeance pursue men, the end of one trouble will be but the beginning of another. His own servants slew him. These judgments are called the burdens laid upon him, for the wrath of God is a heavy burden, too heavy for any man to bear. May God help us to take warning, to be upright in heart, and to persevere in his ways to the end.
Account Accounts Amaziah Amazi'ah Book Building Burden Burdens Commentary Greatness House Kings Laid Multitude Oracles Prophecies Rebuilding Record Reigned Repairing Restoration Stead Story Succeeded Temple Treatise Words Written
Account Accounts Amaziah Amazi'ah Book Building Burden Burdens Commentary Greatness House Kings Laid Multitude Oracles Prophecies Rebuilding Record Reigned Repairing Restoration Stead Story Succeeded Temple Treatise Words Written
