Lesson 8
7. Athaliah 8. Joash
Queen #7 & King # 8 of Judah
2 Kings 11:1-12:21
But, Ahaziah’s sister saved Joash
while the others were being killed and hid him with his nurse in the bedroom. They
hid him in their house for 6 years.
In 2 Chronicles 22, we are told that Jehoshabeath
was the daughter of King Jehoram. She was Ahaziah’s sister. She was married to
Jehoiada the priest. She is the one that saved Joash.
During her 7th year of
reign, Jehoiada the priest brought bodyguards and escorts to Joash’s house.
They were to keep their weapon handy and keep young Joash safe. The priest gave
the army captain hundreds of spears and shields that had been King David’s and
were kept in the temple.
The escorts surrounded Joash in the
temple and put a crown on him. They anointed him king, clapped their hands and
said “Long live the king!”
When Queen Athaliah heard the noise,
she went to the temple and saw Joash crowned the king. They were happy and blowing
trumpets. She tore her clothes and shouted “Treason! Treason!” Jehoiada the
priest told the army captain to take her outside and kill her with the sword because
he didn’t want her killed in the temple.
Jehoiada made a promise between God,
King Joash and the people to follow God’s law. All of the people went to the
temple of Baal and tore it down and broke it into pieces. They took down all
the altars and images.
The people were happy and Joash was 7
years old when he became the king of Judah and reigned for 40 years in
Jerusalem. He is also called Jehoash. He followed God’s laws while Jehoiada the
priest was alive.
Joash told the priests to take the
money that was donated to the temple and use it for repairs. During the 23rd
year of Joash’s reign, King Joash asked the priests why the temple had not been
repaired.
Jehoiada put a hole in a chest and put it where people could put in
their contributions. The money was collected by the king’s scribe and high
priest put it into bags and paid the workers for their labor on the temple.
Jehoiada the priest was 130 years old
when he died. After the priest died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash and
they began to worship idols again. God sent prophets to talk to them; but they
refused to follow God’s laws. Joash allowed them to stone Jehoiada’s son when
he tried to remind them of God.
In the spring, the Syrian army
attacked Judah and killed all the leaders and Joash was severely wounded. Joash’s
servants conspired together and killed him while he was in his bed. He was
buried in Jerusalem; but, not in the tombs of the kings. His son Amaziah became
the next king.
Joash is one of the lessons that has a worksheet available.
The application packs contain any extra posters, worksheets, maps, etc. specific for the king(s) listed. Each set is different and may contain printables that will be used for more than one king.
This pack has the fill-in-the-blank-worksheets, the introduction posters shown above (without logos), crossword puzzle and more.
There is a mistake in your “King Joash of Judah” worksheet. Question #4 says “Josiah” instead of “Joash.” Thank you for sharing all your hard work. I love your material and use it often when teaching K-1 Bible class.
ReplyDeleteThank you for telling me! It has been corrected and you can download it @ https://drive.google.com/file/d/12sltq3ipyly_oO6iE4imEiwr1EU4EgG5/view?usp=sharing
DeleteThank you so much for sharing. I find this resource useful. God bless you.
ReplyDeleteI have learned alot
ReplyDeleteNo corrections this time, just some interesting family-dynamic info about Athaliah and Joash.
ReplyDelete*King Ahaziah (son of Jehoram & Athaliah) was killed by Jehu of Israel (who later became king) because of God's command to eliminate the line of Ahab.
*Then Athaliah (daughter of Ahab & Jezebel) killed all of her grand-kids and step-grand-kids or any who could have claim to the throne. Except for Ahaziah's sister/Joash's Aunt Jehoshabeath's rescue. What a soap opera!
Jehoshabeath was a daughter of Jehoram, but apparently by a different mother or she could have been under God's death curse of Ahab's line, also would have had potential loyalty to Athaliah and not saved Joash.
Joash's mom was Zibia, therefore not under God's curse of Ahab's line (through Athaliah), but had been in danger from Athaliah who tried to kill all possible heirs to the throne, thus her fury 6 years later.
Sorry if I over-explained, but not everyone might easily catch these cool God-subtleties and that knotty mess. I certainly didn't until I took your King pictures, cut and arranged them, put notes on them, and things finally became clear.
Marcy, thank you for the corrections and information. I cannot make any corrections on the files because I lost all the kings (and more) when my computer crashed a couple of years ago. Yes, it was backed up, but that had issues also. So, I am publishing your comments so readers will have access to them.
DeleteOh, that's awful! I'm so sorry! If I lost all my work that I have done on my publication so far it would be disheartening, to say the least! And your work was so thorough and you put so much into it! :-(
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