17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
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For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-26)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, I. The occasions of his apostasy. When he did that which was right it was not with a pe…
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