1.
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
am 3126-3165, bc 878-839
Joash: Joash, יואש [Strong's H3101], or יאש [Strong's H3101], is merely an abbreviation of Jehoash, יהואש [Strong's H3060], by the elision of ה, hay, and here also of ו, wav. 2 Kings 11:21, 2 Kings 12:1, Jehoash, 1 Chronicles 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.
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:1 - eight years
2.
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
am 3126-3162, bc 878-842
Joash: 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 26:4, 2 Chronicles 26:5, 2 Kings 12:2, Psalms 78:36, Psalms 78:37, Psalms 106:12, Psalms 106:13, Mark 4:16, Mark 4:17
all the days of Jehoiada: 2 Chronicles 24:17-22, Isaiah 29:13
Reciprocal: Joshua 24:31 - served Judges 2:7 - the people 2 Kings 14:3 - he did according 2 Chronicles 24:14 - all the days Ezekiel 3:20 - When Ezekiel 18:24 - when Matthew 13:20 - anon Mark 6:20 - feared
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. 2 Chronicles 24:15, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:4
two wives: Genesis 4:19, Matthew 19:4-8
4.
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
am 3148, bc 856
repair: Heb. renew, 2 Chronicles 24:5-7
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:18 - And they left
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: 2 Chronicles 29:3, 2 Chronicles 34:8, 2 Chronicles 34:9, 2 Kings 12:4, 2 Kings 12:5
Howbeit: 2 Kings 12:6, 2 Kings 12:7
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 21:2 - Israel 2 Chronicles 24:4 - repair Nehemiah 10:33 - all the work
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: 2 Samuel 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." Exodus 30:12-16
tabernacle: Numbers 1:50, Numbers 17:7, Numbers 17:8, Numbers 18:2, Acts 7:44
Reciprocal: Exodus 38:21 - tabernacle of testimony 2 Kings 12:7 - king Jehoash 2 Chronicles 24:9 - collection Matthew 13:20 - anon 2 Timothy 2:24 - the servant Revelation 15:3 - the servant
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 - 2 Chronicles 22:1, this spoilation of the temple must have taken place in his life-time. 2 Chronicles 21:17
that wicked: 2 Chronicles 28:22-24, Esther 7:6, Proverbs 10:7, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Revelation 2:20
the dedicated: 2 Kings 12:4
did they bestow: Deuteronomy 32:15-17, Ezekiel 16:17-21, Daniel 5:2-4, Daniel 5:23, Hosea 2:8, Hosea 2:9, Hosea 2:13
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:1 - Athaliah 2 Kings 12:5 - let them repair 2 Kings 22:5 - to repair
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: 2 Kings 12:8, 2 Kings 12:9, Mark 12:41
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:4 - sum the silver
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: 2 Chronicles 24:6, Matthew 17:24-27
Reciprocal: Exodus 35:22 - every man 2 Kings 12:4 - even the money 2 Chronicles 30:5 - to make proclamation 2 Chronicles 36:22 - a proclamation
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: 1 Chronicles 29:9, Isaiah 64:5, Acts 2:45-47, 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 9:7
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:4 - even the money 2 Kings 12:9 - beside 2 Chronicles 31:5 - as soon Mark 12:44 - cast in of
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: 2 Kings 12:10-12
the king's scribe: It was necessary to associate with the high priest some civil authority and activity, in order to get the neglected work performed.
Thus they did: 1 Corinthians 16:2
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:11 - gave the money 2 Chronicles 31:5 - as soon 2 Chronicles 34:9 - they delivered Ecclesiastes 10:19 - but
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: 2 Chronicles 34:9-11
masons: 1 Kings 5:15
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:11 - gave the money 2 Kings 22:5 - to repair Ezra 3:7 - gave money
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 up upon the work by their hand, Nehemiah 4:7
they set: etc. That is, "they restored it to its former proper state."
in his state: 1 Chronicles 22:5, Haggai 2:3, Mark 13:1, Mark 13:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 36:4 - General 2 Kings 22:5 - to repair 2 Chronicles 24:27 - repairing Ezra 3:7 - gave money
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, 2 Kings 12:13, 2 Kings 12:14
vessels to minister: 1 Kings 7:50
to offer withal: or, pestils, Proverbs 27:22
And they offered: It appears from this, that the daily morning and evening sacrifices had been previously intermitted; and that they were again neglected after the death of Jehoiada. Exodus 29:38-42, Numbers 28:2 - Numbers 29:40
all the days: 2 Chronicles 24:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 36:5 - General Numbers 7:14 - spoon Judges 2:7 - the people 2 Kings 22:7 - Howbeit 2 Kings 25:14 - the pots 2 Kings 25:15 - and such things Ezra 1:9 - chargers of gold Ezra 8:28 - the vessels Jeremiah 52:18 - the spoons Matthew 13:20 - anon
15.
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
am 3162, bc 842
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. Genesis 15:15, Genesis 25:8, 1 Chronicles 23:1, Job 5:26, Psalms 91:16
an hundred: Genesis 47:9, Psalms 90:10
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:3 - took for him Mark 6:20 - feared
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: 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Kings 2:10, Acts 2:29
because: 2 Chronicles 23:1-21, 2 Chronicles 31:20, Nehemiah 13:14, Hebrews 6:10
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:7 - the same 2 Kings 12:7 - Jehoiada 2 Kings 13:20 - buried him 2 Kings 21:18 - and was buried 2 Chronicles 21:2 - Israel 2 Chronicles 24:25 - not Proverbs 10:7 - memory Isaiah 14:18 - all of Mark 6:29 - they came 1 Timothy 6:18 - they do
17.
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
am 3162-3165, bc 842-839
Now after: Deuteronomy 31:27, Acts 20:29, Acts 20:30, 2 Peter 1:15
the princes of Judah: 2 Chronicles 10:8-10, 2 Chronicles 22:3, 2 Chronicles 22:4, Proverbs 7:21-23, Proverbs 20:19, Proverbs 26:8, Proverbs 26:28, Proverbs 29:5, Daniel 11:32
Then the king: Proverbs 29:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 43:28 - made obeisance Joshua 24:31 - served Judges 2:19 - when the Judges 8:33 - as soon 2 Kings 12:2 - General 2 Kings 14:3 - he did according 2 Chronicles 24:2 - all the days of Jehoiada 2 Chronicles 24:23 - princes Nehemiah 13:6 - But Isaiah 1:23 - princes Ezekiel 3:20 - When Ezekiel 18:24 - when Hosea 4:10 - left Luke 3:20 - General Luke 11:25 - he findeth
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: 2 Chronicles 24:4, 2 Chronicles 21:13, 2 Chronicles 33:3-7, 1 Kings 11:4, 1 Kings 11:5, 1 Kings 14:9, 1 Kings 14:23
wrath: 2 Chronicles 19:2, 2 Chronicles 28:13, 2 Chronicles 29:8, 2 Chronicles 32:25, 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, Joshua 22:20, Judges 5:8, 2 Samuel 24:1, Hosea 5:10, Hosea 5:11, Hosea 5:14, Zephaniah 1:4-6, Ephesians 5:6
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:1 - committed Joshua 24:31 - served Judges 2:19 - when the Judges 3:7 - the groves Judges 8:33 - as soon 2 Chronicles 22:4 - they were his 2 Chronicles 24:23 - princes 2 Chronicles 36:15 - the Lord Nehemiah 13:6 - But Jeremiah 17:2 - their altars
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: 2 Chronicles 36:15, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Kings 17:13-15, Nehemiah 9:26, Jeremiah 7:25, Jeremiah 7:26, Jeremiah 25:4, Jeremiah 25:5, Jeremiah 26:5, Jeremiah 44:4, Jeremiah 44:5, Luke 11:47-51, Luke 16:31, Luke 20:9-15
but they would: Psalms 95:7, Psalms 95:8, Isaiah 28:23, Isaiah 42:23, Isaiah 51:4, Isaiah 55:3, Matthew 13:9, Matthew 13:15, Matthew 13:16
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 9:29 - testifiedst Nehemiah 13:15 - I testified Isaiah 30:10 - say Jeremiah 42:19 - admonished you Amos 3:13 - and testify Zechariah 1:4 - unto Mark 12:3 - they Luke 20:10 - beat Acts 7:52 - Which of
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 Spirit: 2 Chronicles 15:1, 2 Chronicles 20:14
came upon: Heb. clothed, Judges 6:34, 1 Chronicles 12:18
the son: 2 Chronicles 23:11
transgress: Numbers 14:41, 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 13:14, 2 Samuel 12:9, 2 Samuel 12:10, Zechariah 7:11-14
because: 2 Chronicles 15:2, Deuteronomy 29:25, Deuteronomy 29:26, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 4:18, Jeremiah 5:19, Jeremiah 5:25
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 12:13 - David 2 Chronicles 13:12 - ye shall not 2 Chronicles 25:15 - Why hast thou sought Nehemiah 9:26 - slew Proverbs 5:12 - and my Proverbs 9:7 - General Ecclesiastes 4:13 - will no more be Isaiah 2:6 - Therefore Jeremiah 19:14 - he stood Jeremiah 26:2 - Stand Jeremiah 32:5 - though Amos 5:10 - hate Matthew 5:12 - for so Matthew 23:35 - unto Luke 4:28 - were Luke 11:51 - Zacharias John 10:32 - for Galatians 4:16 - become 2 Timothy 4:3 - they will 1 John 3:4 - transgresseth
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: Jeremiah 11:19, Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 38:4-6
stoned him: Matthew 21:35, Matthew 23:34-37, Acts 7:58, Acts 7:59
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:10 - stone him 1 Samuel 22:18 - he fell 1 Kings 12:18 - all Israel 1 Kings 21:11 - did as Jezebel 2 Chronicles 10:18 - stoned him 2 Chronicles 24:25 - for the blood 2 Chronicles 25:16 - Art thou made 2 Chronicles 36:17 - in the house Nehemiah 9:26 - slew Proverbs 25:26 - General Proverbs 28:17 - General Ecclesiastes 7:15 - there is a just Jeremiah 2:30 - your own sword Jeremiah 19:14 - he stood Jeremiah 20:2 - smote Jeremiah 26:2 - Stand Matthew 23:37 - thou Luke 4:28 - were Luke 13:34 - killest Hebrews 11:37 - stoned
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: Psalms 109:4, Luke 17:15-18, John 10:32
but slew his son: Proverbs 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! Genesis 9:5, Jeremiah 11:20, Jeremiah 26:14, Jeremiah 26:15, Luke 11:51, 2 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:16, Revelation 6:9-11, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 19:2
and require it: Psalms 10:14, Jeremiah 51:56
Reciprocal: Genesis 16:5 - the Lord Genesis 42:22 - his blood Exodus 20:13 - General Joshua 22:23 - let the Lord 1 Samuel 24:15 - be judge 2 Chronicles 24:25 - for the blood Psalms 10:13 - Thou Proverbs 25:26 - General Proverbs 27:10 - own Proverbs 30:10 - lest Ecclesiastes 7:15 - there is a just Jeremiah 20:12 - let me Matthew 21:35 - General Matthew 23:37 - thou Luke 13:34 - killest
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.
am 3165, bc 839
at the end: Heb. in the revolution, 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Kings 20:26
the host: Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Kings 12:17, 2 Kings 12:18
princes: 2 Chronicles 24:17, 2 Chronicles 24:18, Psalms 2:10, Psalms 2:11, Psalms 58:10, Psalms 58:11, Psalms 82:6, Psalms 82:7
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: Leviticus 26:8, Leviticus 26:37, Deuteronomy 32:30, Isaiah 30:17, Jeremiah 37:10
delivered: 2 Chronicles 16:8, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 2 Chronicles 20:11, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:48
So: 2 Chronicles 22:8, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 13:5, Habakkuk 1:12
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 12:17 - to Jerusalem 2 Kings 12:20 - his servants 2 Kings 24:3 - Surely 2 Chronicles 28:5 - delivered him Ecclesiastes 5:17 - much
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: 2 Chronicles 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:18, 2 Chronicles 21:19, 2 Chronicles 22:6
his own servants: 2 Kings 12:20, 2 Kings 14:19, 2 Kings 14:20
for the blood: 2 Chronicles 24:21, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Psalms 10:14, Revelation 16:6
the sons of Jehoiada: Houbigant reads, "the sons of Jehoiada;" but perhaps Joash slew some other sons of Jehoiada.
not: 2 Chronicles 24:16, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:5 - went 2 Kings 9:26 - of his sons 2 Kings 21:18 - and was buried 2 Chronicles 25:3 - he slew 2 Chronicles 25:27 - made 2 Chronicles 33:24 - General Ecclesiastes 5:17 - much Isaiah 14:18 - all of
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, 2 Kings 12:21
Shimrith: or, Shomer
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 25:3 - he slew 2 Chronicles 33:24 - General
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: 2 Kings 12:18
repairing: Heb. founding, 2 Chronicles 24:13
story: or, commentary, 2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 16:11, 2 Chronicles 20:34
Amaziah: 2 Chronicles 25:1, 2 Kings 12:21, 1 Chronicles 3:12
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:5 - to repair 2 Chronicles 35:27 - deeds