2Ch 25:3 | TSK | STEP | A.M. 3166. B.C. 838. Now it came. established to him. Heb. confirmed upon him. he slew. No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehozabad, who murdered his father, had considerable influence; and therefore he found it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of the loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called them to an account, and justly put them to death for treason and murder; for, if even these conspirators against Joash intended to avenge upon him the death of Zechariah, they acted without a commission from that God "to whom vengeance belongeth."

2 Chronicles 25:3

A.M. 3166. B.C. 838. Now it came.

established to him. Heb. confirmed upon him. he slew.

24:25,26; Ge 9:5,6; Ex 21:14; Nu 35:31-33No doubt those wicked men, Jozachar and Jehozabad, who murdered his father, had considerable influence; and therefore he found it dangerous to bring them to justice, till he was assured of the loyalty of his other officers: when this was clear, he called them to an account, and justly put them to death for treason and murder; for, if even these conspirators against Joash intended to avenge upon him the death of Zechariah, they acted without a commission from that God "to whom vengeance belongeth."