1-3 Joash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada 4-14 He gives order for the repair of the temple 15,16 Jehoiada's death and honourable burial 17-22 Joash, falling into idolatry, slays Zechariah the son of Jehoiada 23-26 Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad 27 Amaziah succeeds him

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Joash Joash is merely an abbreviation of Jehoash 2Ki 11:21 12:1

Jehoash 1Ch 3:11

seven years old As Joash was hidden six years in the temple, and was but seven when he came to the throne, he could have been but one year old when secreted by his aunt.

2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

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Joash 2Ch 25:2 26:4,5 2Ki 12:2 Ps 78:36,37 106:12,13 Mr 4:16,17

all the days of Jehoiada 2Ch 24:17-22 Isa 29:13

3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

took for him Not for himself, as the Jewish expositors suppose, but for Joash; for Jehoiada's advanced age renders it highly improbable that he should take them for himself. He was born in the reign of Solomon, and lived through six successive reigns; and must, on any computation, have been upwards of 100 years old when Joash began to reign. 2Ch 24:15 Ge 21:21 24:4

two wives Ge 4:19 Mt 19:4-8

4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

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repair [heb] renew 2Ch 24:5-7

5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

gather of all Israel 2Ch 29:3 34:8,9 2Ki 12:4,5

Howbeit 2Ki 12:6,7

6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

Why hast thou 2Sa 24:3

the collection This was the poll-tax fixed by Moses, of half a shekel, which was levied on every man of twenty years old and upwards, as `a ransom for their souls, that there might be no plague among them.' Ex 30:12-16

tabernacle Nu 1:50 17:7,8 18:2 Ac 7:44

7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

the sons of Athaliah
As Jehoram's sons, Ahaziah excepted, whether by Athaliah or any other, were all slain before his death (ch 22:1) this spoilation of the temple must have taken place in his life time. 2Ch 21:17

that wicked 2Ch 28:22-24 Ex 7:6 Pr 10:7 2Th 2:8 Re 2:20

the dedicated 2Ki 12:4

did they bestow De 32:15-17 Eze 16:17-21 Da 5:2-4,23 Ho 2:8,9,13

8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

at the king's 2Ki 12:8,9 Mr 12:41

9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

proclamation [heb] voice
collection 2Ch 24:6 Mt 17:24-27

10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

rejoiced 1Ch 29:9 Isa 64:5 Ac 2:45-47 2Co 8:2 9:7

11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

at what time 2Ki 12:10-12

the king's scribe It was necessary to associate with the high priest some {civil authority} and activity, in order to the neglected work performed.

Thus they did 1Co 16:2

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

gave it to such 2Ch 34:9-11

masons 1Ki 5:15

13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

the work was perfected by them [heb] the healing went upon the work by their hand Ne 4:7

they set, et. That is, `they restored it to its former proper state.'

in his state 1Ch 22:5 Hag 2:3 Mr 13:1,2

14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

vessels of the house 2Ki 12:13,14

vessels to minister 1Ki 7:50

to offer withat. or, pestils. Pr 27:22

And they offered It appears from this, that the daily morning and evening sacrifices had been previously interrupted; and that they were again neglected after the death of Jehoiada. Ex 29:38-42 Nu 28:2

all the days 2Ch 24:2

15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

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and was full of days. Wyyisba yammim, `satiated with days; which seems to be a metaphor taken from a guest regaled by a plentiful banquet, used to express the termination of life without reluctance. Ge 15:15 25:8 1Ch 23:1 Job 5:26 Ps 91:16

an hundred Ge 47:9 Ps 90:10

16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

in the city 1Sa 2:30 1Ki 2:10 Ac 2:29

because 2Ch 23:1-21 31:20 Ne 13:14 Heb 6:10

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

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Now after De 31:27 Ac 20:29,30 2Pe 1:15

the princes of Judah 2Ch 10:8-10 22:3,4 Pr 7:21-23 20:19 26:8,28 29:5 Da 11:32

then the king Pr 29:12

18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

And they left 2Ch 24:4 21:13 33:3-7 1Ki 11:4,5 14:9,23

wrath 2Ch 19:2 28:13 29:8 32:25 36:14-16 Jos 22:20 Jud 5:8 2Sa 24:1 Ho 5:10,11,14 Zep 1:4-6 Eph 5:6

19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

Yet he sent 2Ch 36:15,16 2Ki 17:13-15 Ne 9:26 Jer 7:25,26 25:4,5 44:4,5 Lu 11:47-51 16:31 20:9-15

but they would Ps 95:7,8 Isa 28:23 42:23 51:4 55:3 Mt 13:9,15,16

20 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 Sprit 2Ch 15:1 20:14

came upon [heb] clothed Jud 6:34 1Ch 12:18

the son 2Ch 23:11

transgress Nu 14:41 1Sa 13:13,14 2Sa 12:9,10 Zec 7:11-14

because 2Ch 15:2 De 29:25,26 1Ch 28:9 Jer 2:19 4:18 5:19,25

21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

conspired Jer 11:19 18:18 38:4-6

stoned him Mt 21:35 23:34-37 Ac 7:58,59

22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

remembered Ps 109:4 Lu 17:15-18 Joh 10:32

but slew his son Pr 17:13

The Lord These words were prophetic, and not imprecatory; and should be rendered as Houbigant proposes, in the future tense: `The Lord will look upon it, and avenge it.' The event soon verified this prediction; for, before the year was expired, the Syrians came up against Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people and Joash himself was slain in his bed by his own servants. Many circumstances served to aggravate this barbarous act. Zechariah was a high-priest and a prophet, upright and unblameable in the discharge of his high offices; this murder was perpetrated within the very precincts of the courts of the Lord; and this truly good man was by blood the nearest relative of Joash, and the son of the man who had save him from being murdered, and raised him to the throne! Ge 9:5 Jer 11:20 26:14,15 Lu 11:51 2Ti 4:14,16 Re 6:9-11 18:20 19:2

and require it Ps 10:14 Jer 51:56

23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

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at the end [heb] in the revolution 1Ki 20:22,26

the host De 32:35 2Ki 12:17,18

princes 2Ch 24:17,18 Ps 2:10,11 58:10,11 82:6,7

Damascus [heb] Darmesek.

24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

came Le 26:8,37 De 32:30 Isa 30:17 Jer 37:10

delivered 2Ch 16:8,9 20:11,12 Le 26:25 De 28:25,48

So 2Ch 22:8 Isa 10:5,6 13:5 Hab 1:12

25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

great diseases 2Ch 21:16,18,19 22:6

his own servants 2Ki 12:20 14:19,20

for the blood 2Ch 24:21,22 Ps 10:14 Re 16:6

the sons of Jehoiada Houbigant reads, `the sons of Jehoiada;' but perhaps Joash slew some other sons of Jehoiada

not 2Ch 24:16 21:20 28:27

26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

Zabad. or, Jozachar 2Ki 12:21

Shimrith. or, Shomer

27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

burdens 2Ki 12:18

repairing [heb] founding 2Ch 24:13

story. or, commentary 2Ch 9:29 16:11 20:34

Amaziah 2Ch 25:1 2Ki 12:21 1Ch 3:12