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Joash

יוֹאָשׁ

Joash (Jehoash), son of Ahaziah, became king of Judah at age seven and reigned for forty years.

verses
26
first named
2 Kings 11:2
last named
2 Chronicles 25:25
period
Divided Monarchy
tribe
Judah

Description

Who was Joash?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Joash, also known as Jehoash, was the king of Judah and the son of Ahaziah. He became king at the age of seven, after being hidden by his aunt Jehosheba for six years following the usurpation of the throne by Athaliah (2Ki.11.2; 2Ch.22.11). During his forty-year reign (2Ki.12.1; 2Ch.24.1), Joash initiated repairs to the temple of the Lord, which had fallen into disrepair (2Ki.12.4-7; 2Ch.24.4).

However, after the death of his mentor, Jehoiada the priest, Joash turned away from the Lord and allowed the worship of idols (2Ch.24.17-18). When Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, prophesied against this wickedness, Joash ordered his execution (2Ch.24.20-22).

Consequently, Judah faced military defeats and Joash was wounded (2Ch.24.23-24). He was eventually assassinated by his own servants and succeeded by his son Amaziah (2Ki.12.20-21; 2Ch.24.25-27). Joash's reign was marked by both early reforms and later apostasy, highlighting the importance of godly leadership and the consequences of turning away from the Lord.

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

How the graph connects Joash10 of 26 entities the graph connects to Joash, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AmaziahFather of · 3 events · 34 versesAhaziahChild of · 26 versesKinshipIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesJerusalem2 events · 888 versesSamaria2 events · 124 versesJehoiada16 events · 26 versesJoash3 events · 23 versesAthaliah2 events · 15 versesJehoahaz2 events · 14 versesCherethites3 events · 9 versesEventsJoash

The 10 best-attested of 26 are drawn. All 26 are listed below.

Places

Where this happens

The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

Where the story of Joash happensAll 3 places the claims about Joash reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Beth-millo, Jerusalem, Samaria. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Joash there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Beth-milloJerusalemSamaria
Divided MonarchyAll 3 places the claims about Joash reach

Read it

Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 26, across 3 books.

  1. 2 Kings17 verses

    11:211:2112:112:212:412:612:712:1812:1912:2013:113:1014:114:314:1314:1714:23

  2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

    3:11

  3. 2 Chronicles8 verses

    22:1124:124:224:424:2224:2425:2325:25

Onward

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Where they appear

Chapter by chapter

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Sources

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