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2. Lesson 21
2 Kings 12:4–14:6
2 Chron 24:4–25:4

3. Complicated…similar names

4. Judah Athaliah is dead Joash is king Jehoiada is the high priest
The temple is 150 years old
Athaliah had abused it during her idol worship
Joash want it repaired
2Ch 24:7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also presented all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD to the Baals.

5. Repairing the Temple Joash commands the priest to collect taxes
The priest and Levites delayed
Joash saw no progress was made
He called them in again
A chest was placed in the temple to collect offerings

6. Repairing the Temple Money from the chest was paid to the workers
The workers were ‘faithful’ (honest) with their work and pay
The work was done according to the original plans of the temple
After the work was completed, other money was used to make vessels
Lesson – faithful/honest work for our employers

7. Death of Jehoiada Jehoiada is 130 years old
He has been faithful in his service
His influence has helped keep Judah faithful
He is buried in the sepulcher of the kings in Jerusalem
37th year of Joash, king of Judah
Lesson -- influence

8. Joash after Jehoiada Princes of Judah make request of Joash
Apparently re: idol worship
Joash yields to their request
Zechariah, Jehoiada’s son, warns Judah about the idolatry
“Because you have forsaken Jehovah, He has forsaken you.”
Joash commands that Zechariah be stoned

9. Hazael Attacks Judah Hazael had already subdued Israel
He captures the Philistine city of Gath
He sends a small army to Jerusalem
Joash surrenders; some officials are killed
2 Ch 24:24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; but the LORD delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
God’s judgment for forsaking Him

10. Death of Joash Hazael left Joash wounded
Two of his own officials killed him
They were avenging the blood of Zechariah
Joash was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the sepulchers of the kings
Amaziah, his son, is now king in Judah

11. Amaziah, king in Judah 25 years old when he became king
Reigned 29 years
2 Ch 25:2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a loyal heart.
Idolatry continued
Executed the ones who killed his father

12. Israel Jehu reigned 28 years and is buried in Samaria
Jehoahaz, his son, is now king
He is the first of four descendants of Jehu that will sit on the throne
2 Ki 13:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. He did not depart from them.

13. Jehoahaz
The Lord delivered Israel into the hands of Hazael, king of Syria
Jehoahaz is left with (essentially) no army
Finally, in desperation he pleads to the Lord for help
The Lord sent a deliverer
2Ki 13:6 Nevertheless they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the wooden image also remained in Samaria.

14. New Kings
Jehoahaz dies and his son, Jehoash (Joash), is now king in Israel
Hazael, king of Syria, dies and his son, Ben-hadad, is now king in Damascus

15. Elisha’s Deathbed Elisha is very old and is deathly ill
Joash, king of Israel, went to visit him
Joash recognized the strength Elisha had been in Israel—Jehovah’s representative
Draw you bow and shoot—Israel will consume Syria
How many times?
Only three

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