2 Chronicles 23:8

_SO THE LEVITES AND ALL JUDAH DID ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS THAT JEHOIADA THE PRIEST HAD COMMANDED, AND TOOK EVERY MAN HIS MEN THAT WERE TO COME IN ON THE SABBATH, WITH THEM THAT WERE TO GO OUT ON THE SABBATH: FOR JEHOIADA THE PRIEST DISMISSED NOT THE COURSES._ Jehoiada ... dismissed not the courses. Since it was necessary to have as large a disposable force as he could command on such a crisis, the high priest detained those who, in other circumstances, would have returned home on the expiration of their week of service....

AND TOOK EVERY MAN HIS MEN ... - i. e. the relief, already organized by Jehoiada into three bodies 2 Chronicles 23:4, was further strengthened by the members of the outgoing “course,” who were associated in the work to be done....

EXPOSITION This chapter records first those careful preparations of Jehoiada which eventuated in the safe proclaiming of Joash king (2 Chronicles 23:1); then the tragic demonstration and tragic end of Athaliah (2 Chronicles 23:12); and lastly, the beneficent action of Jehoiada over people and king, to the complete restoration of the worship and temple-services of the true God (2 Chronicles 23:16-14). The chapter is very closely paralleled by 2 Kings 11:4; while the characteristic and to be expected differences on the part of our text are very conspicuous. These will be noted a

2 Chronicles 23:1....

4. REFORMATION UNDER JOASH CHAPTER 23 Joash King and Athaliah's Execution _ 1. Joash made king (2 Chronicles 23:1)_ 2. Athaliah slain (2 Chronicles 23:12) 3. Jehoiada and the revival (2 Chronicles 23:16) The annotations to this interesting page in the history of Judah have already been made in connection with 2 Kings 11. We therefore pass over the preservation of the young child Joash and his hiding away in the LORD's house, on this account. However we call attention to the differences in the two accounts in...

2 CHRONICLES 23, 24. THE REIGN OF JOASH (see notes on 2 Kings 11:4 to 2 Kings 12:21. While the Chronicler bases his narrative, in the main, on the parallel passage in 2 K., he makes changes by means of additions and omissions which leave an entirely different impression on the mind of the reader; this applies more especially to the passage 2 Chronicles 23:1. According to 2 K. it is the captains of hundreds, the royal body-guard composed of foreigners, who enter the Temple at the instance of Jehoiada and proclaim Joash king; the Chronicler, on the other hand, imputes this action, not to the soldiery but to the priests and Levites, because the Law allowed none but priests and Levites to enter the sanctuary. He t

_the Levites and all Judah_ In 2 Kin. "the captains over the hundreds." See notes on 2 Chronicles 23:4. _for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses_ Not in Kings. The Levites (1 Chronicles 23:6), the priests (_ibid._1 Chronicles 24:1), and the king's army (_ibid._1 Chronicles 27:1 ff.) were each divided into "courses," but it is clear from the context that courses of Levites are meant here....

8. THE TIMES OF ATHALIAH (2 Chronicles 22:10 to 2 Chronicles 23:15) TEXT 2 Chronicles 22:10. Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11. But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehqshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she slew him not. 12. And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land....

REIGN OF JOASH This chapter repeats 2 Kings 11:4, but brings into prominence the ecclesiastical officials in place of the soldiers of the royal guard....

2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 23 ATHALIAH AND JOASH – 2 CHRONICLES 23:1-21 V1 In the 7th year of Athaliah’s rule, Jehoiada showed his strength. He made an agreement with the captains who were over units of 100 men. These captains were: • Azariah, son of Jeroham, • Ishmael, son of Johanan, • Azariah, s