16 And they buried him in the city of David with the [a]kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

17 ¶ And after the death of Jehoiada, came the [b]princes of Judah, and did reverence to the king, and the king hearkened unto them.

18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem, because of this their trespass.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:16 Signifying that they could not honor him too much, who had so excellently served in the work of the Lord, and in the affairs of the commonwealth.
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:17 Which were flatterers, and knew now that the king was destitute of him who did watch over him as a father, and therefore brought him to most vile idolatry.

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