2 Kings 12:17

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15 Moreover ^athey did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.

16 ^aThe money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. ^bIt belonged to the priests.

Hazael Threatens Jerusalem

17 ^aHazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then ^bHazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

18 And Jehoash king of Judah ^atook all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

Death of Joash

19 Now the rest of the acts of¹ Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20 And ^ahis servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Hazael - fought against Gath , and took it - This city, with its satrapy or lordship, had been taken from the Philistines by David, (see II Samuel 8:1, and I Chronicles 18:1); and it had continued in the possession of the kings of Judah till this time. On what pretense Hazael seized it, we cannot tell; he had the ultima ratio regum , power to do it, and he wanted more territory.

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