2 Kings 12:18

_AND JEHOASH KING OF JUDAH TOOK ALL THE HALLOWED THINGS THAT JEHOSHAPHAT, AND JEHORAM, AND AHAZIAH, HIS FATHERS, KINGS OF JUDAH, HAD DEDICATED, AND HIS OWN HALLOWED THINGS, AND ALL THE GOLD THAT WAS FOUND IN THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND IN THE KING'S HOUSE, AND SENT IT TO HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA: AND HE WENT AWAY FROM JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

17-21 Let us review the character of Jehoash, and consider what we may learn from it. When we see what a sad conclusion there was to so promising a beginning, it ought to make us seek into our spiritual declinings. If we know any thing of Christ as the foundation of our faith and hope, let us desire to know nothing but Christ. May the work of the blessed Spirit on our souls be manifest; may we see, feel, and be earnest, in seeking after Jesus in all his fulness, suitableness, and grace, that our souls may be brought over from dead works to serve the living and true God....

Verse 2 Kings 12:18. _TOOK ALL THE HALLOWED THINGS_] He dearly bought a peace which was of _short duration_, for the next year Hazael returned, and Jehoash, having no more treasures, was obliged to hazard a battle, which he lost, with the principal part of his nobility, so that Judah was totally ruined, and Jehoash shortly after slain in his bed by his own servants; 2 Chronicles 24:23....

There was probably a considerable interval between the conclusion of the arrangement for the repairs and the Syrian expedition related in these verses. For the events which had happened, see 2 Chronicles 24:15. 2 Kings 12:17 This is the first and last time that we hear of the Damascene Syrians undertaking so distant an expedition. Gath (see Joshua 13:3 note) could only be reached from Syria through Israel or Judah. It was not more than 25 or 30 miles from Jerusalem. It is uncertain whether the city belonged at this time to Judah or to the Philistines. HAZAEL SET HIS FACE ... - This is a phrase for det

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 ...

AND JEHOASH KING OF JUDAH TOOK ALL THE HALLOWED THINGS THAT JEHOSHAPHAT, AND JEHORAM, AND AHAZIAH, HIS FATHERS, KINGS OF JUDAH, HAD DEDICATED,.... To sacred uses, and had laid up in the temple: AND HIS OWN HALLOWED THINGS: which he had devoted to the same uses: AND ALL THE GOLD [THAT WAS] FOUND IN THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: which were gifts and presents from divers persons for sacred services: AND SENT IT TO HAZAEL KING OF SYRIA, AND HE WENT AWAY FROM JERUSALEM; to bribe him, that he might desist from his purpose; which showed a meanness of spirit, and was the effect of his idolatry and apostasy, having forsaken the Lord, and being forsaken by him; in whom should have been his trust and confidence, and then he need not have been afraid to meet the king of Syria....

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 ...

HALLOWED. set apart. Hebrew. _kodesh._ See note on Exodus 3:5. TREASURES. treasuries...

_hallowed_things] See above on verse 4. _kings of Judah had dedicate_ No doubt there were occasions in almost every reign when the king was able to give from his conquests some gift as a thankoffering to God for success. Hence the sacred treasures would come to be of great value. _and he went away from Jerusalem_ Since Hazael is not mentioned by the Chronicler as present in this expedition, and the spoils are described as being sent away to him, we may conclude that what he is here said to have done was done by the hosts of Syria which he sent forth. In Chronicles, though nothing is said there about the way in which Jehoash bribed the Syrians to depart, we learn that for some reason or other they did depart without prosecuting the siege of Jerusalem....