2 Chronicles 24:22

“Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.”

"Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it." - 2 Chronicles 24:22
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What does 2 Chronicles 24:22 mean?

2 Chronicles 24:22 (KJV) reads, "Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it." This verse is a poignant and tragic reminder of the consequences of…

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The Tragic Consequences of Forgetting Kindness

In the sacred narratives of the Bible, we often encounter profound truths wrapped within the stories of individuals whose lives serve as mirrors reflecting our own. One such poignant moment unfolds in 2 Chronicles 24:22, where we find the tragic tale of King Joash. The verse…

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A Prayer for Remembrance and Repentance

O Sovereign Lord, We come before You today with humbled hearts, acknowledging the depth of human frailty and the complexity of our lives. We reflect upon the words in 2 Chronicles 24:22, where it is written: "Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his…

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2 Chronicles 24:2 - "And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest."
2 Chronicles 24:4 - "¶ And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 24:8 - "And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 24:3 - "And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters."
2 Chronicles 9:22 - "And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom."
2 Chronicles 33:24 - "And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house."
2 Samuel 22:24 - "I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity."
2 Chronicles 24:26 - "And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess."
2 Chronicles 24:21 - "And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 25:22 - "And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent."
1 Chronicles 2:22 - "And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead."
2 Kings 24:5 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Chronicles 24:10 - "And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end."
2 Chronicles 24:13 - "So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it."
2 Chronicles 22:12 - "And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land."
2 Chronicles 13:22 - "And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo."
2 Chronicles 24:24 - "For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash."
1 Chronicles 24:2 - "But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office."
1 Chronicles 2:24 - "And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa."
2 Chronicles 28:22 - "¶ And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz."