Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
2 Kings 12:6
But it was so that in the three and twentieth year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house, the reason for this strange neglect not being given. Cf 2 Chronicles 24:5.
But it was so that in the three and twentieth year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house, the reason for this strange neglect not being given. Cf 2 Chronicles 24:5.
Verse 2 Kings 12:6. _IN THE THREE AND TWENTIETH YEAR_] In what year Jehoash gave the orders for these repairs, we cannot tell; but the account here plainly intimates that they had been long given, an...
No money had for some time been brought in (marginal reference “g”). Perhaps it was difficult for the priests and Levites to know exactly what proportion of the money paid to them was fairly applicabl...
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...
_In the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash_ By which time he must have attained the age of thirty and was able to act with decision. According to the Chronicler the first order had been, -See th...
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...
_LET THE PRIESTS TAKE IT TO THEM, EVERY MAN OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE: AND LET THEM REPAIR THE BREACHES OF THE HOUSE, WHERESOEVER ANY BREACH SHALL BE FOUND._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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 *...
(4-16) The restoration of the Temple....
IN THE THREE AND TWENTIETH YEAR. — Jenoash may have ordered the restoration in his twentieth year, when he came of age. It is noticeable that he and not Jehoiada takes the initiative in the matter. Th...
_[2 Kings 12:7]_ וַ יְהִ֗י בִּ שְׁנַ֨ת עֶשְׂרִ֧ים...
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...
_Temple. It is not known when the king gave his orders; but they were executed with negligence, as they seemed to interfere (Calmet) with the emoluments assigned by the law to the Levites, 2 Paralipom...
If the Reader will consult the parallel history, as it relates to Jehoash, (2 Chronicles 24:1) he will discover several things connected with it, which are here omitted. For brevity's sake I refer the...
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 IT WAS SO, THAT IN THE TWENTY AND THIRD YEAR OF KING JEHOASH, THE PRIESTS HAD NOT REPAIRED THE BREACHES OF THE HOUSE. Either the people being backward to pay in the money, or the priests converted...
But it was [so, that] in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. Ver. 6. _The priests had not repaired._] Perhaps because themselves shoul...
_In the three and twentieth year of Jehoash, the priests had not repaired_, &c. They were both dilatory and careless in collecting the money, 2 Chronicles 24:5; and did not bring in what they had gath...
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...
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...
IN THE THREE AND TWENTIETH YEAR: _ Heb._ in the twentieth year, and third year...
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...
Either because the people were generally corrupt and backward to the worship of God, especially where it cost them any thing; or because the persons employed in making the collections were negligent,...
2 Kings 12:6 twenty-third H6242 H7969 H8141 year H8141 King H4428 Jehoash H3060 priests H3548 repaired...
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...
_And Jehoash said to the priests._ THE TEMPLE REPAIRED 1. The house of God is apt to show a decline of religion, and should share the blessings of a reformation. The tabernacle, and the temple which...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 12:4. ALL THE MONEY OF THE DEDICATED THINGS—_i.e._, _consecrated_ money; and it is specified as threefold: 1. _Money of the numbered_ (so read the words), vi...
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 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Chronicles 29:34;...