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. 24., and Deuteronomy xii. 8.
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 e...
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...
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 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...
THE HIGH PLACES. They were first abolished by Hezekiah, and then (after their revival by Manasseh) by Josiah. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis._...
_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...
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...
_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...
THE HIGH PLACES, etc.] The worship at the 'high places' was first abolished by Hezekiah, and then, after its renewal by Manasseh, by Josiah....
JOASH REPAIRS THE TEMPLE 2. All his days] According to 2 Chronicles 24:17.; Joash took to evil courses after the death of Jehoiada....
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 *...
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...
_[2 Kings 12:4]_ רַ֥ק הַ בָּמֹ֖ות לֹא ־סָ֑רוּ...
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...
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 neit...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
THE TEMPLE REPAIRED...
But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned Incense in the high places, they persisted in using the hills for the erection and maintenance of altars, to Jehovah ind...
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 Je...
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...
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...
2 Kings 12:3 places H1116 away H5493 (H8804) people H5971 sacrificed H2076 (H8764) incense H6999 (H8764) places...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 alter...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 12:1 THE REIGN OF JOASH._ _THE REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. WAR OF JOASH WITH HAZAEL, AND
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...
1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 31:4; 2 Kings 14:4;...
Burnt incense — To the true God....