2 Chronicles 24:17
New International Version
After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

New Living Translation
But after Jehoiada’s death, the leaders of Judah came and bowed before King Joash and persuaded him to listen to their advice.

English Standard Version
Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them.

Berean Standard Bible
After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

King James Bible
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

New King James Version
Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and bowed down to the king. And the king listened to them.

New American Standard Bible
But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

NASB 1995
But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

NASB 1977
But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

Legacy Standard Bible
But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.

Amplified Bible
Now after the death of Jehoiada [the priest, who had hidden Joash], the officials of Judah came and bowed down to King Joash; then the king listened to them.

Christian Standard Bible
However, after Jehoiada died, the rulers of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, after Jehoiada died, the rulers of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them,

American Standard Version
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

Contemporary English Version
After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the leaders of Judah went to Joash and talked him into doing what they wanted.

English Revised Version
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
After he died, the officials of Judah bowed in front of the king with their faces touching the ground. Then the king listened to their advice.

Good News Translation
But once Jehoiada was dead, the leaders of Judah persuaded King Joash to listen to them instead.

International Standard Version
But after Jehoiada had died, officials from Judah came, bowed down to the king, and the king listened to what they had to say.

Majority Standard Bible
After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

NET Bible
After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice.

New Heart English Bible
Now after the death of Jehoiada the leaders of Judah came and paid homage to the king. And the king listened to them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.

World English Bible
Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
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,

Young's Literal Translation
And after the death of Jehoiada come in have heads of Judah, and bow themselves to the king; then hath the king hearkened unto them,

Smith's Literal Translation
And after the death of Jehoiada came the chiefs of Judah, and they will Worship to the king. Then the king heard to them.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.

New American Bible
After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king; then the king listened to them.

New Revised Standard Version
Now after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and did obeisance to the king; then the king listened to them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Now after the death of Jehoiadah came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And after Yawida was dead, the Princes of Yehuda came, they bowed to the King, therefore he listened to them.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and prostrated themselves before the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And it came to pass after the death of Jodae, that the princes of Juda went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Wickedness of Joash
17After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. 18They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.…

Cross References
2 Kings 12:17-18
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem. / So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 21:4-7
When Jehoram had established himself over his father’s kingdom, he strengthened himself by putting to the sword all his brothers along with some of the princes of Israel. / Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. / And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD. ...

2 Chronicles 22:3-4
Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.

2 Chronicles 22:10-12
When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah. / But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him. / And Joash remained hidden with them in the house of God for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

2 Chronicles 23:16-17
Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people. / So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

2 Chronicles 25:14-16
When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them. / Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?” / While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

2 Chronicles 28:1-4
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD. / Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals. / Moreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. ...

2 Chronicles 33:1-9
Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. ...

2 Chronicles 36:14-16
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

1 Kings 11:4-8
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been. / Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. / So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely. ...

1 Kings 12:28-30
After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves.

1 Kings 16:30-33
However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him. / And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal. / First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. ...

1 Kings 21:25-26
(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel. / He committed the most detestable acts by going after idols, just like the Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)

2 Kings 17:7-12
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...

2 Kings 21:2-9
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. / For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven. / Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “In Jerusalem I will put My Name.” ...


Treasury of Scripture

Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.

A.

Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Acts 20:29,30
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock…

2 Peter 1:15
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

the princes of Judah

2 Chronicles 10:8-10
But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him…

2 Chronicles 22:3,4
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly…

Proverbs 7:21-23
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him…

then the king

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

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2 Chronicles 24
1. Joash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada
4. He gives order for the repair of the temple
15. Jehoiada's death and honorable burial
17. Joash, falling into idolatry, slays Zechariah the son of Jehoiada
23. Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad
27. Amaziah succeeds him














After the death of Jehoiada
Jehoiada was a high priest who played a crucial role in the preservation of the Davidic line by protecting Joash and orchestrating his rise to the throne. His death marks a significant turning point in the narrative. The Hebrew root for "death" (מוֹת, "moth") often signifies not just physical death but a transition or end of an era. Jehoiada's influence was a stabilizing force, and his passing represents the loss of godly counsel and leadership, which is a recurring theme in the history of Israel and Judah. This transition highlights the importance of righteous leadership and the potential consequences when it is absent.

the officials of Judah
The "officials" (שָׂרִים, "sarim") were the leaders or princes of Judah, who held significant power and influence. Historically, these officials often swayed the direction of the kingdom, either towards faithfulness to God or towards idolatry and apostasy. Their role in the narrative underscores the impact that political and social leaders can have on the spiritual direction of a nation. The officials' actions following Jehoiada's death suggest a shift in priorities and loyalties, reflecting the broader societal changes that occur when godly influence wanes.

came and paid homage to the king
The act of "paying homage" (שָׁחָה, "shachah") involves bowing down or prostrating oneself, indicating respect, submission, or allegiance. In the context of ancient Near Eastern culture, such gestures were common in royal courts and signified loyalty and support. However, this homage can also be seen as manipulative, as the officials sought to gain favor with King Joash. This phrase highlights the potential for political maneuvering and the susceptibility of leaders to flattery and influence, especially in the absence of strong, godly advisors.

and he listened to them
The phrase "he listened" (שָׁמַע, "shama") implies not just hearing but obeying or giving heed to advice. In the biblical context, listening is often associated with obedience and the direction of one's heart. Joash's decision to listen to the officials marks a pivotal moment in his reign, as it indicates a departure from the godly counsel he received from Jehoiada. This shift in allegiance and the subsequent actions of Joash serve as a cautionary tale about the importance of discerning whose counsel we follow and the potential consequences of turning away from godly wisdom.

(17) Came the princes . . . and made obeisance to the king.--As asking a boon. What their petition was is evident from the context (2Chronicles 24:18). They sought the royal sanction of the idolatrous forms of worship, after which they hankered.

Then the king hearkened unto them.--Comp. the influence of the young nobles with Rehoboam, 2Chronicles 10:8.

Verse 17. - The princes. These turned aside from the better part they had performed (2 Chronicles 23:13, 20). Made obeisance; Hebrew, יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ. This is the word that is used of the sheaves of the brethren of Joseph bowing down, according to his dream, to his sheaf; it is also the repeatedly used word of the worship paid to Jehovah the true God, and to idols and false gods. The word occurs nearly two hundred times. The obeisance of these princes, therefore, on this occasion lacked nothing of the most pronounced character, and the worst species of flattery gained its disastrous ends. Joash must have been now about thirty-six years of age; he was seven years old when he began to reign, he had reigned twenty-three years before the restoring of the temple (2 Kings 12:6), and a few years had elapsed since. The words of the princes, to which Joash hearkened, are not supplied by the parallel, which indeed at once proceeds to speak of the threatening attitude of the Syrian king Hazael, and of how Joash bought him off. Our next verse, however, shows to what end those words tended.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
After
וְאַֽחֲרֵ֥י (wə·’a·ḥă·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

the death
מוֹת֙ (mō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

of Jehoiada, however,
יְה֣וֹיָדָ֔ע (yə·hō·w·yā·ḏā‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3077: Jehoiada -- 'the LORD knows', the name of several Israelites

the officials
שָׂרֵ֣י (śā·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

of Judah
יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

came
בָּ֚אוּ (bā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and paid homage
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ (way·yiš·ta·ḥă·wū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate

to the king,
לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

and
אָ֛ז (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

[he]
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

listened
שָׁמַ֥ע (šā·ma‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

to them.
אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to


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