2 Chronicles 24:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

And the spirit

2 Chronicles 15:1

2 Chronicles 20:14

Came upon

Judges 6:34

1 Chronicles 12:18

The son

2 Chronicles 23:11

Transgress

Because

General references

2 Kings 12:2

Proverbs 9:7

Luke 3:20

Bible References

And the spirit

Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded,

Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph;

Came upon

So the Spirit of the Lord

came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him.

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, O David,
And with you, O son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

And peace to him who helps you;
Indeed, your God helps you!”
Then David received them and made them captains of the band.

The son

Then they brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, “Long live the king!”

Transgress

But Moses said, “Why then are you transgressing the commandment of the Lord, when it will not succeed?

Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

But they refused to pay attention and

turned a stubborn shoulder and

stopped their ears from hearing.

Because

and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.

Then men will say, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

“Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your apostasies will reprove you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter
For you to forsake the Lord your God,
And the dread of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord God of hosts.

“Your ways and your deeds
Have brought these things to you.
This is your evil. How bitter!
How it has touched your heart!”

It shall come about when they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

General references

Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.

Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.