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Restoration as Healing
Commentators highlight the unique Hebrew phrasing used here. The text literally says "a bandage was applied to the work," a powerful metaphor also used by Jeremiah and Nehemiah. This suggests that repairing God's house was not just a construction project, but an act of healing for the nation, mending what had been broken and restoring spiritual health.
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2 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 24:13
18th Century
Theologian
They set the house of God in his state — Some prefer, “they set up the house of God in its (old) measure” or “proportions.”
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 24:13–14
19th Century
Bishop
The writer concludes in his own fashion, freely modifying the older account to suit the needs of his contemporaries. (The Syriac and Arabic version…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Chronicles 24:10–14
19th Century
Preacher
See the influence of one man. One man can sway a state. One man can check sin. One man can be the head of a host who shall serve God, and honour hi…
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John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 24:13
17th Century
Pastor
So the workmen wrought
The masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, and brasiers:
and the work was perfec…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 24:1–14
17th Century
Minister
Joash is more zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiada himself. It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God. But the repai…