2 Kings 24

2 Kings 24:2

Faithfully - For they perceived by many experiments that they were faithful.

2 Kings 24:7

And slew Joash - We are told, in the Chronicles, that his murdering the prophet, Jehoiada’s son, was the provocation. In this, how unrighteous so ever they were, yet the Lord was righteous. And this was not the only time, that he let even kings know, it was at their peril, if they touched his anointed, or did his prophets any harm. Thus fell Joash, who began in the spirit, and ended in the flesh. And indeed God usually sets marks of his displeasure upon apostates, even in this life.

2 Kings 24:15

The grove - Which Ahab had planted for the worship of Baal, and which should have been destroyed, Deuteronomy 7:5.

2 Kings 24:16

He - The king of Syria. People - Of his army, or men of war.

2 Kings 24:17

His might - For though his success was not good, he shewed much personal valour. Which is noted to intimate, that the Israelites were not conquered, because of the cowardice of their king, but merely from the righteous judgment of God, who was now resolved to reckon with them for their apostacy.