This Jehoash/Joash is king of Israel. We see him begin his reign while Joash/Jehoash king of Judah is in his 37th year. Names are swimming about in my head like a bowl full of worms. The double names reminds me of instances where co-workers had to figure out how to deal with too many ‘Daves’. […]
Jehu’s son takes the throne. He also led the people to the idols that Jeroboam set up. But he turned to God near his end. I wanted to see what event prompted his turning to God but we don’t have the chronicles of the kings of Israel so I wasn’t able to find any specifics. […]
Joash has strayed from the Lord. His servants have had enough and plot to kill him. They are successful and his son takes his place. When reading our short passage I wondered why Joash’s servants wanted to kill him. So I went looking first to Gotquestions.org and then to the passages sited in their answer. […]
We step back and get an overview of Joash/Jehoash’s reign in Judah. He was the youngest king of them all. He was a godly king for the most part. First of all I need to say that this day’s entry is out of order. I didn’t realize I skipped these four verses until after I […]
Joash is king and he loves the Lord. He sets up provisions to care for the house of the Lord and is naive enough to expect it to happen. We are not told when Joash/Jehoash made his first proclamation to the priests regarding the upkeep of the Temple. It may have been in his early […]
