2 Chronicles 24:22
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Chronicles 24:22 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Chronicles 24:22 is a verse from the book of 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament. The 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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Chronicles 24:22 — KJV
“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 (KJV)
2 Chronicles 24:22 in Context — About the Book of 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles follows the kings of Judah from Solomon's temple dedication to the Babylonian exile, spotlighting every revival along the way. Its most quoted promise — if my people humble themselves and pray — remains the Bible's clearest formula for national and personal restoration.
Cross-References for 2 Chronicles 24:22
“For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:”
Shares key themes with 2 Chronicles 24:22: thus, king, father
“But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. Jehoshabeath: also called, Jehosheba”
Shares key themes with 2 Chronicles 24:22: joash, king, jehoiada
“And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.”
Shares key themes with 2 Chronicles 24:22: king, jehoiada, slew
“Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:”
Shares key themes with 2 Chronicles 24:22: thus, father, son
“Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.”
Shares key themes with 2 Chronicles 24:22: father, son, died
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