2 Kings 12:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? The rest of the acts of Joash - We have already seen that this man, so promising in the beginning of his reign, apostatized, became an idolater, encouraged idolatry among his subjects, and put the high priest Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada his benefactor, to death; and now God visited that blood upon him by the hands of the tyrannous king of Syria, and by his own servants.