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For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
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God's Poetic Justice
Commentators note a remarkable detail in the names of King Joash's assassins. After Joash murdered the prophet Zechariah, who cried for God to avenge him, he was killed by men named Jozachar ('Jehovah remembers') and Jehozabad ('Jehovah bestows'). This is seen not as a coincidence, but as a sign of God's sovereign justice, remembering the cry of the righteous and bringing judgment.
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19th Century
Anglican
For Jozachar ... smote him. —Rather, And Jozachar ... it was that smote him. The names are different in Chronicles. (See …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath Said to be an Ammonitess, and this man's name Zabad, ([Reference 2 Chronicles 24:26…
Presbyterian
Let us review the character of Jehoash, and consider what we may learn from it. When we see what a sad conclusion there was to so promising a begin…
