15 But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.
As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.
And Abraham came to his death, an old man, full of years; and he was put to rest with his people.
Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.
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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 24 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 24
We have here the history of the reign of Joash, the progress of which, and especially its termination, were not of a piece with its beginning, nor shone with so much lustre. How wonderfully he was preserved for the throne, and placed in it, we read before; now here we are told how he began in the spirit, but ended in the flesh.
2Ch 24:1-14
This account of Joash's good beginnings we had as it stands here 2 Ki. 12:1, etc., though the latter part of this chapter, concerning his apostasy, we had little of there. What is good in men we should take all occasions to speak of and often repeat it; what is evil we should make mention of but sparingly, and no more than is needful. We shall here only observe,
2Ch 24:15-27
We have here a sad account of the degeneracy and apostasy of Joash. God had done great things for him; he had done something for God; but now he proved ungrateful to his God and false to the engagements he had laid himself under to him. How has the gold become dim, and the most fine gold changed! Here we find,