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Lesson 20 – Joash (The Survivor)
Joash – יוֹאָ֣שׁ
I) Meaning of the name
A) Joash – יוֹאָ֣שׁ
1) Jehoash – יְהוֹאָשׁ
(a) God is strong
(b) God gives
(c) Whom God has bestowed
(d) YHWH – יְהוָֹה (God) ESH – אֵשׂ (fire).
B) Bonus names
1) Athalyah
– עֲתַלְיָה
(a) Constrains God
(b) Daughter of Ahab and Jezebel
(c) Athlay (עַתְלַי) and Yah (יָהּ)
2) Jehoshophat – יְהוֹשָׁפָט
(a) The Lord has judged
(b) One of the obedient Kings of Judah
3) Jehoram – יְהוֹרָם
(a) The Lord is exalted
(b) One of the evil Kings of Judah, married to
Athalyah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel.
4) Ahaziah – אֲחַזְיָה
(a) The Lord has Grasped
5) Jehosheba – יְהוֹשֶׁבַע
(a) God is an oath
6) Jehoiada – יְהוֹיָדָע
(a) The Lord knows
(b) JHWH – יְהוָֹה YADA – יָדַע
7) Ba’al – בעל
(a) Master, Husband
(b) false god, and/or a pantheon of false gods.
II) Old Testament teachings
A) This lesson starts in Israel not Judah.
1) Athalyah is the daughter of Ahab, of Israel, and
Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, King of Sidon (Tyre).
(a) Athalyah marries Jehoram, King of Judah. When
Jehoram is killed their son Ahaziah becomes King.
2) When Ahaziah is killed his mother Athalyah names
herself the Queen of Judah.
(a) She sets out to obliterate all of the male
descendants of David.
(b) Jehosheba rescued Joash
(c) Joash was hidden in the Temple until after his
seventh birthday.
(d) 2 Kings 9:27-29
(e) 2 Kings 11:1-4
(f) All the promises God were bound into this one
frail life
3) Joash was raised to the throne at the command of
the High Priest
(a) 2 Kings 11:4-12
(i) Note the care that Jehoiada took in setting up
this coup.
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First, a select few are let in
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Then, he armed and positioned his followers to
protect the young king.
4) The end of Athalyah. And the worship of Baal.
(a) 2 Kings 11:13-21
(b) 2 Kings 11:12
(i) Symbols of authority
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Crown
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Testimony
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Anointed
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Clapped their hands, “long live the king”
B) King Joash (Jehoash) with Jehoiada
1) 2 Kings 12:2
(a) Summation of this part of Joash’s life.
2) Most important accomplishment of Joash’s reign
(a) The repair of the Temple
(b) 2 Chronicles 24:7-14
3) The death of Jehoiada robbed Joash of a wise
influence
(a) 2 Chronicles 24:15-16
C) King Joash after Jehoidada.
1) Joash was weak and easily
persuaded.
(a) 2 Chronicles 24:17-19
2) Joash emptied the treasuries
of the kingdom and the Temple when Jerusalem was threatened
(a) 2 Kings 12:17-18
3) Joash kills Zechariah, the
son of Jehoidada.
(a) 2 Chronicles 24:20-22
D) Joash dies
1) Joash died at the hands of
his servants and was denied burial in the royal tomb.
(a) 2 Chronicles 24:23-26
2) Joash was succeeded to the
throne by his son, Amaziah.
(a) 2 Chronicles 24:27
III) New Testament teachings
A) Christ alludes to Joash’s murder of Zechariah
1) Matthew 23:34
IV) Lesson’s to have learned
A) The Lord keeps his word despite the best attempts
of man to counter it.
B) The evil of man can still be used by the Lord for
good.
C) Influence matters
June 26, 2023
Prepared by Scott
Perkins
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