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See also:JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or See also:bath given ")
, the name of two See also:kings of See also:Palestine in the See also:Bible
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Son of See also:Ahaziah (see See also:JEHORAM, 2) and See also: 23 seq. differs widely and cannot be wholly rejected . The king perished in a See also:conspiracy, the origin of which is not clear; it may have been for his attack upon the priests, it was scarcely for the course he took to See also:save Jerusalem . He was succeeded by his son Amaziah, whose moderation in avenging his See also:father's death receives See also:special mention . After defeating the Edomites, Amaziah turned his See also:attention to Israel . 2 . Son of Jehoahaz and king of Israel . Like his grandfather See also:Jehu, he enjoyed the favour of the See also:prophet See also:Elisha, who promised him a triple defeat of the Aramaeans at Aphek (2 Kings xiii . 14 sqq . 22-25) . The cities which had been taken from his father by Hazael the father of See also:Ben-See also:hadad were recovered (cf . 1 Kings xx . 34, See also:time of See also:Ahab) and the See also:relief gained by Israel from the previous blows of See also:Syria prepared the way for its speedy See also:extension of See also:power . When challenged by Amaziah of Judah, Joash uttered the famous See also:fable of the See also:thistle and See also:cedar (for another example see Judg. ix . 8-15; see also See also:ABIMELECH), and a See also:battle was fought at Beth-shemesh, in which Israel was completely successful . An obscure statement in 2 Chron. See also:xxv . 13 would show that this was not the only conflict; at all events, Amaziah was captured, the fortifications of Jerusalem were partially destroyed, the treasures of the Temple and See also:palace were looted, and hostages were carried away to See also:Samaria . According to one statement, Amaziah survived the disaster fifteen years, and lost his See also:life in a conspiracy; but there is a See also:gap in the See also:history of Judah which the narratives do not enable us to fill (r Kings xv . 1; see xiv . 17, 23) . See further See also:UZZIAH; See also:JEROBOAM (2); and See also:JEWS . (S . A . |
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