departed] By reason of that great ransome which he gave them, 2 Kings 12:18. diseases] Maladies, arising from wounds, are called diseases or sicknesses, 1 Kings 22:34. 2 Kings 8:29. 2 Chronicles 35:23. for the blood, &c.] Whether this were matter that stirred them up to do this act, or no, is uncertain; but most certain it is, that for that cause God so brought it to passe. sons] Either more sons of Jehojada were murthered, or by a synechdoche the plurall number is put for the singular. not in the sepulchres] So his grand-father, chap. 21. 24.