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2 Chronicles 24:19

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What does 2 Chronicles 24:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
2 Chronicles 24:19 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 24

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.
21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
22Thus 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, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord, etc.] To reprove them for their sin, to warn them of their danger, to exhort them to their duty, and endeavour to restore them, and reduce them to the obedience and worship, of God; such was his clemency, goodness, and condescension to them, before he executed his wrath upon them: and they testified against them; against their sins, and declared what would befall them, and called heaven and earth to witness for God and against them: but they would not give ear: to their reproofs, admonitions, cautions, and exhortations, but went on in their own ways.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Yet he sent prophets--Elisha, Micah, Jehu son of Hanani, Jahaziel son of Zechariah (Ch2 20:14), Eliezer son of Dodavah (Ch2 20:37), lived and taught at that time. But all their prophetic warnings and denunciations were unheeded.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Yet he sent: Ch2 36:15, Ch2 36:16; Kg2 17:13-15; Neh 9:26; Jer 7:25, Jer 7:26, Jer 25:4, Jer 25:5, Jer 26:5, Jer 44:4, Jer 44:5; Luk 11:47-51, Luk 16:31, Luk 20:9-15 but they would: Psa 95:7, Psa 95:8; Isa 28:23, Isa 42:23, Isa 51:4, Isa 55:3; Mat 13:9, Mat 13:15, Mat 13:16 2 Chronicles 24:20”
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