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 871 B.C. - 825 B.C.
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| Name |
Jehoash ben Ahaziah ha-David |
| Suffix |
King of Judah |
| Birth |
871 B.C. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Anecdote |
- one (1) year old when Athaliah, his grandmother, killed his six older brothers so that she could remain queen and rule Judah
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| Anecdote |
- saved by his aunt Jehosheba, who was the wife of Jehoiada (the high priest), and hid in the house of the Lord for six years before Jehoiada revealed him as the rightful king
«b»Jehosheba
«/b»Meaning: Jehovah-swearing
the daughter of «u»Jehoram «/u», the king of Israel
She is called Jehoshabeath in «u»2 Chr. 22:11 «/u». She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, «u»Jehoiada «/u» (2 Chr. 22:11).
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| Death |
825 B.C. |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps31/ps31_238.htm«/b»
«b»Jehoash
«/b»Meaning: Jehovah-given
(1.) The son of King «u»Ahaziah «/u». «u»<http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/ahaziah.html>«/u»While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his aunt «u»Jehosheba <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehosheba.html>«/u», and was apparently the only surviving descendant of Solomon (2 Chr. 21:4, 17). His uncle, the high priest «u»Jehoiada <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehoiada.html>«/u», brought him forth to public notice when he was eight years of age, and crowned and «u»anointed <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/anoint.html>«/u» him king of Judah with the usual ceremonies. «u»Athaliah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/athaliah.html>«/u» was taken by surprise when she heard the shout of the people, "Long live the king;" and when she appeared in the temple, Jehoiada commanded her to be led forth to death (2 Kings 11:13-20). While the high priest lived, Jehoash favored the worship of God and observed the law; but on his death he fell away into evil «u»courses <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/courses.html>«/u», and the land was defiled with «u»idolatry <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/idolatry.html>«/u». Zechariah, the son and successor of the high priest, was put to death. These evil deeds brought down on the land the judgement of God, and it was oppressed by the Syrian invaders. He is one of the three kings omitted by Matthew (1:8) in the genealogy of Christ, the other two being «u»Ahaziah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/ahaziah.html>«/u» and «u»Amaziah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/amaziah.html>«/u». He was buried in the «u»city of David <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/davidcityof.html>«/u» (2 Kings 12:21). (See «u»JOASH <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/joash.html>«/u» [4].)
(2.) The son and successor of «u»Jehoahaz <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehoahaz.html>«/u», king of Israel (2 Kings 14:1; compare 12:1; 13:10). When he ascended the throne the kingdom was suffering from the invasion of the Syrians. «u»Hazael <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/hazael.html>«/u» "was «u»cutting <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/cutting.html>«/u» Israel short." He tolerated the worship of the golden calves, yet seems to have manifested a character of sincere devotion to the God of his fathers. He held the prophet «u»Elisha <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/elisha.html>«/u» in honor, and wept by his bedside when he was dying, addressing him in the words Elisha himself had used when «u»Elijah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/elijah.html>«/u» was carried up into heaven: "O my father, my father, the «u»chariot <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/chariot.html>«/u» of Israel and the horsemen thereof." He was afterwards involved in war with Amaziah, the king of Judah (2 Chr. 25:23-24), whom he utterly defeated at «u»Beth-shemesh <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/beth-shemesh.html>«/u», on the borders of Dan and Philistia, and advancing on Jerusalem, broke down a portion of the wall, and carried away the treasures of the temple and the «u»palace <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/palace.html>«/u». He soon after died (B.C. 825), and was buried in Samaria (2 Kings 14:1-17, 19, 20). He was succeeded by his son. (See «u»JOASH <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/joash.html>«/u» [5.].)
«b»http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehoash.html?zoom_highlight=jehoash«/b»
«b»Omission of generations«/b» (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthan)
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehoash_of_Judah«/b»
While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre commanded by «u»Athaliah «/u» of the family by his aunt Jehosheba (or Josaba in «u»Douay-Rheims «/u»), and was apparently the only surviving male descendant of his grandfather «u»Jehoram «/u»
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I60802 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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