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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Chronicles 25:3

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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am 3166, bc 838 Now it came: 2Kings 14:5-22 established to him: Heb. confirmed upon him he slew: Ch2 24:25, Ch2 24:26; Gen 9:5, Gen 9:6; Exo 21:14; Num 35:31-33; 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 25:4
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