2 Kings 12:1

_IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF JEHU JEHOASH BEGAN TO REIGN; AND FORTY YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS ZIBIAH OF BEERSHEBA._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE....

1-16 It is a great mercy to young people, especially to all young men of rank, like Jehoash, to have those about them who will instruct them to do what is right in the sight of the Lord; and they do wisely and well for themselves, when willing to be counselled and ruled. The temple was out of repair; Jehoash orders the repair of the temple. The king was zealous. God requires those who have power, to use it for the support of religion, the redress of grievances, and repairing of decays. The king employed the priests to manage, as most likely to be hearty in the work. But nothing was done effectually till the twenty-third year of his reign. Another method was therefore taken. When public distributions are made faithfully, public contributions will be made cheerfully. While they were getting all they could for the repair of the temple, they did not break in upon the stated maintenance of t...

CHAPTER XII _Jehoash reigns well under the instructions of Jehoiada the_ _priest_, 1-3. _He directs the repairing of the temple; the account of what_ _was done_, 4-16. _Hazael takes Gath; and, proceeding to besiege Jerusalem, is_ _prevented by Jehoash, who gives him all the treasures and_ _hallowed things of the house of the Lord_, 17, 18. _The servants of Jehoash conspire against and slay him_, 19-21. NOTES ON CHAP. XII...

EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 12:1 THE REIGN OF JOASH._ _THE REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. WAR OF JOASH WITH HAZAEL, AND HIS DEATH BY A CONSPIRACY. 2 KINGS 12:1 The writer of Kings is extremely brief and incomplete in his account of the reign of Joash. He seems to have had a great tenderness for him, and to have determined that he would put on record nothing to his discredit. We have to go to Chronicles ...

IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF JEHU JEHOASH BEGAN TO REIGN,.... So that he reigned twenty one or twenty two years contemporary with Jehu's reign, for Jehu reigned twenty eight years: AND FORTY YEARS REIGNED HE IN JERUSALEM; the same number of years David and Solomon reigned: AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS ZIBIAH OF BEERSHEBA; a city in the tribe of Simeon, in the extreme part of the land of Canaan southward; her name in the Chaldee dialect is Tabitha, the same with Dorcas in Greek, Acts 9:36....

4. JEHOASH, THE TEMPLE REPAIRED, AND THE DEATH OF JEHOASH CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Jehoash's (Joash) Reign (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:2)_ 2. The Failure of the Priests (2 Kings 12:4; 2 Chronicles 24:4) 3. The Temple Repaired (2 Kings 12:9; 2 Chronicles 24:8) 4. Hazael and Jehoash (2 Kings 12:17) 5. The Dea

2 KINGS 12. REIGN OF JOASH AND HIS REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. 2 Kings 12:1 is in the usual annalistic style of the Deuteronomist. It is followed by a curious extract from the Temple records (2 Kings 12:4 ff.), similar to those found in 2 Kings 16:10 and 2 Kings 22:3 to 2 Kings 23:24. This relates to the provision of money for the repair of the Temple. Two things deserve attention (2 Kings 12:4). The first is that the sources of the Temple revenue are given as ...

2 Kings 12:1-16. Joash reigns well but the high places are not removed. The house of the Lord is restored (2 Chronicles 24:1-14) 1. _Jehoash_began _to reign, and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem_ The R.V. puts the words into the usual order in these recitals, by placing -began" before -Jehoash" and -he reigned" before -forty years"....

B. THE REIGN OF JOASH IN JUDAH 11:21-12:21 Like so many of the Hebrew monarchs, Joash got off to a great start. As long as his protector and adviser Jehoiada was living, the young king pursued the right course. But when the old priest died, Joash fell into the snare of pride and apostasy. After a brief introductory note (2 Kings 11:21 to 2 Kings 12:3), the author discusses at length the major accomplishment of the reign of Joash, the repair of the Temple (2 Kings 12:4-16). He then briefly narrates Joash's humiliating capitulation to Hazael the Aramean (2 Kings 12:17-18), and the ignominious death of this king at the han

JOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE 2. All his days] According to 2 Chronicles 24:17.; Joash took to evil courses after the death of Jehoiada....