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2 Chronicles 24 Summary
Joash Repairs the Temple, Then Turns Away
King Joash, beginning his reign at age seven, does right in the LORD's sight while Jehoiada the priest guides him. Together they repair the temple of the LORD, gathering donations from Israel and Judah. The temple restoration is completed and furnishings are made from the remaining funds. After Jehoiada dies at one hundred thirty years old, Judah's princes persuade Joash to abandon the LORD and serve idols. God sends prophets to call them back, but they refuse. When the prophet Zechariah (Jehoiada's son) rebukes them, Joash commands the people to stone him to death in the temple court.
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2 Chronicles 24:2
“And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.”
2 Chronicles 24:4-5
“And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.”
2 Chronicles 24:17-18
“Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.”
2 Chronicles 24:21-22
“And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.”
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