1)

In Divrei ha'Yamim II, 24:26 it specifies that their mothers were Shim'as ha'Amonis and Shimris ha'Mo'avis. What is the reason?

1.

Rashi (from Mechilta Beshalach, Amalek 1): It teaches that Hashem paid (punished) him through people like himself. Amonim and Mo'avim are ungrateful - they denied the good that Avraham did for Lot (from whom they descend) and fought the four kings to save Lot, and they 1 hired Bil'am to curse Avraham's seed. [Men from] these nations will pay Yo'ash, who denied the good that Yehoyada did for him, and killed his son Zecharyah.


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The Torah mentions only Mo'av hiring Bil'am. Almost all Meforshim explain that Amon may not marry into Yisrael due to not offering us food when we passed by their land; also this shows ingratitude (PF). Malbim (Devarim 23:4) - at the time, Melech Mo'av was king also over Amon; it is as if also they hired Bil'am.

2)

In Divrei ha'Yamim II, 24:25 it says that he was not buried in the kings' burial site. What is the reason?

1.

Radak: The officers of Yehudah who supported him and enticed him to do evil were killed in the war. The nation recognized that this was vengeance from Hashem for his evils - idolatry and killing Zecharyah. Therefore they did this disgrace to him, not to bury him in the kings' burial site.

2.

Malbim: Only Tzadikim were buried in the kings' burial site.

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