Introduction
REIGN OF JOASH, KING OF JUDAH, 2 Kings 12:1-21.
This chapter, which contains the history of the reign of Joash, or Jehoash, may be divided into four parts. The first (2 Kings 12:1-3) states the general character of his reign; the second (4-16) informs us how he repaired the temple; the third (17-18) gives a short notice of the Syrian invasion under Hazael, and the fourth (19-21) gives some account of the king’s assassination and burial. The parallel history in 2 Chronicles 24:0 records a number of important items not noticed here at all. Joash, though pious and upright in his early years, yielded, after the death of the high priest, to the voice of evil counsellors, and the people lapsed into idolatry again, and even went so far as to murder the son of Jehoiada because he rebuked their disobedience and idolatry. Hence the Syrian invasion and his own foul death were judgments upon him for his sins.
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