Lesson 11: Athaliah, Joash & Jehoida
Rehoboam17 years BC Abijah (Abijam)3 years BC Asa41 years BC Jehoshaphat*25 years BC Jehoram*8 years BC Ahaziah1 year841 BC Athaliah6 years BC Joash40 years BC
2 Chronicles 22:10-12 God’s Protection Jehoshabeath & Jehoida
2 Kings 11 & 2 Chronicles 23 Organized by Jehoida with help of… Centurions & Levites
With the L ORD 2 Chronicles 23: ) They’ll be the L ORD ’s people 2) Wipe out Baals 3) Back to the ways of David 4) The people rejoiced
Reigns 40 years in Jerusalem Did right all the days of Jehoida Didn’t remove the high places Had two wives 2 Chronicles 24:1-32 Kings 12:1-3
House of the L ORD Needs Help 2 Kings 12: Chronicles 24: rd year of Joash (2 Kings 12:6) ½ Shekel? (Exodus 30:11-16) Trust (2 Kings 12:15) Bc Athaliah had.. (2 Chron 24:7)
At a ripe old age 2 Chronicles 24:14-18 Buried among the kings Things go downhill for Judah… Continually offered sacrifices in the house of L ORD all his days
“ if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. ” -2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV -
A different era 2 Chronicles 24:17-22 Would not listen to the prophets “Forsaken the Lord, He has forsaken you” Abandoned the House of the Lord Stoned the prophet (Jehoida’s son) Matthew 23:37
...Because they had forsaken the L ORD 2 Chronicles 24: Kings 12: Executed judgment on Joash (2 Chron 24:24) Sent from the treasuries of the House of the L ORD (2 Kings 12:18)
Killed by his servants bc… 2 Chronicles 24: Kings 12:19-21 Of the blood of son of Jehoida (2 Chron 24:25) Did not bury him in the tombs of the kings (2 Chron 24:26)
A PPLICATIONS 2013 The power of influence (1 Cor 15:33, Prov 1:10ff) The house of God must be kept holy (1 Cor 6:12-20) One can undo everything he once tried to preserve
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