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Verse 2 Kings 12:3. _THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY_] Without the
total destruction of these there could be no _radical_ reform. The
toleration of any species of idolatry in the land, whatever el...
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The worship on the “high places” seems to have continued
uninterruptedly to the time of Hezekiah, who abolished it 2 Kings
18:4. It was, however, again established by Manasseh, his son 2 Kings
21:3. T...
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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)...
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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
f...
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THE HIGH PLACES. They were first abolished by Hezekiah, and then
(after their revival by Manasseh) by Josiah. Note the Figure of speech
_Epanadiplosis._...
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_But_[R.V. HOWBEIT] _the high places were not taken away_ Worship
having been permitted there before the temple was erected, it was
difficult to draw the people away from them, as they would be nearer...
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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 rig...
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_BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY: THE PEOPLE STILL SACRIFICED
AND BURNT INCENSE IN THE HIGH PLACES._
But the high places were not taken away. The popular fondness for the
private and disorder...
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JOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE
2. All his days] According to 2 Chronicles 24:17.; Joash took to evil
courses after the death of Jehoiada....
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 12
JOASH REPAIRS THE *LORD’S *TEMPLE
V1 Joash became the king in the 7th year of Jehu’s rule. (Jehu was
the king of *I...
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BUT. — _Save that_; as at 2 Kings 15:4. (For the statement of the
verse, comp. 1 Kings 15:14.)
SACRIFICED... BURNT. — _Were wont to sacrifice... burn._ The worship
of the high places continued even u...
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_[2 Kings 12:4]_ רַ֥ק הַ בָּמֹ֖ות לֹא ־סָ֑רוּ
עֹ֥וד הָ עָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽ
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּ †...
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ATHALLAH
(B.C. 842-836)
JOASH BEN AHAZIAH OF JUDAH
(B.C. 836-796)
2 Kings 11:1; 2 Kings 12:1
" _ Par cette fin terrible, et due a ses forfaits,_
Apprenez, Roi des Juifs, et n'oubliez jamais,
Q...
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MONEY FOR THE LORD'S HOUSE
2 Kings 11:21; 2 Kings 12:1
So long as the good priest lived, the young king did well. How much we
owe to the presence of wise, strong men to advise and assist us! But
nei...
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Coming to the throne at seven years of age, Jehoash reigned for forty
years. All that was beneficent in his reign would seem to have been
directly due to the influence of Jehoiada, the priest, for "le...
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But (b) the high places were not taken away: the people still
sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
(b) So hard a thing it is for them, that are in authority, to be
brought to the perfect...
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_Places, to the true God, but contrary to his law. The king was
deterred from overturning these altars, through human policy; which
did not meet with the divine approbation. (Calmet) See 3 Kings xxii....
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The approbation of the Lord to his conduct, must be considered
comparatively, for as idolatry was not totally abolished, this could
not be pleasing to the Lord. How delightful is the account given in...
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But in the eleventh chapter we have another scene of deep import and
interest. There is a wicked woman and when a woman is wicked there is
no wickedness like hers. "And when Athaliah, the mother of Ah...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11 AND 12.
In chapter 11, the judgment of God falls upon the family [1] which had
corrupted Israel, and even Judah also. The daughter of the house of
Ahab, t...
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BUT THE HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY,.... Used before the temple
was built, or set up in Rehoboam's time, 1 Kings 14:23 contrary to the
law of God, which required that sacrifices should only be off...
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But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places.
Ver. 3. _But the high places._] _Tyrannus ille trium literarum, mos; _
Custom had so prevail...
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_But the high places were not taken away_ The people were so much and
so strangely addicted to these private altars, (on which they
sacrificed to the true God,) that the preceding kings, though men of...
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1 Iehoash reigneth well all the dayes of Iehoiada.
4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of the Temple.
17 Hazael is diuerted from Ierusalem by a present of the halowed
treasures.
19 Iehoash being sla...
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THE TEMPLE REPAIRED...
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JEHOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE
(vv.1-16)
Jehu bad reigned seven years in Israel before Jehoash took the throne
of Judah, so that the two were contemporary for 21 years (ch.10:26).
Until the time that J...
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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...
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The people were so fondly and strangely addicted to THE HIGH PLACES,
that the foregoing kings, though men of riper years, and great power
and courage, and finally settled in their thrones, could not t...
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2 Kings 12:3 places H1116 away H5493 (H8804) people H5971 sacrificed
H2076 (H8764) incense H6999 (H8764) places H1116
2 Kings 14:4, 2 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 15:14, 1 Kings 22:43;...
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THE REIGN OF JEHOASH (JOASH) KING OF JUDAH C. 835-796 BC (2 KINGS
12:1).
As usual the prophetic author has been extremely selective in what
material he has used. His concern was with response or other...
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CONTENTS: Reign of Joash over Judah and his death. Repair of the
temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Joash, Jehoida, Hazael.
CONCLUSION: Those who are entrusted with public money for the carrying
on of God's w...
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2 Kings 12:3. _The people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the
high places,_ where the holy patriarchs and prophets had worshipped
the Lord. The people venerated those places, but the law it woul...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 12:2 JEHOASH (that is, Joash; see note on
11:21) DID WHAT WAS RIGHT. He was a relatively good king who rejected
idolatrous worship, but the HIGH PLACES WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY (see...
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THE RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE BY JOASH
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 12:2. JEHOASH DID RIGHT ALL HIS DAYS WHEREIN JEHOIADA,
&c.—The word “wherein” may be rendered _because_, and that
alte...
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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 i...
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Now in the seventh year in which Jehu was the king in Israel is when
this king began to reign (2 Kings 12:1);
Because you remember, he was just one year old when his dad was killed
by Jehu. He was hi...
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1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 31:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings
18:4; Jeremiah 2:20...
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Burnt incense — To the true God....