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JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or See also: kings of See also: Palestine in the See also: Bible
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1
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Son of Ahaziah (see JEHORAM, 2) and See also: king of
See also: Judah
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He obtained the See also: throne by means of a revolt in which See also: Athaliah (q.v.) perished, and his accession was marked by a solemn See also: covenant, and by the overthrow of the See also: temple of See also: Baal and of its See also: priest Mattan(-Baal)
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In this the priest Jehoiada (who must have continued to See also: act as See also: regent) took the leading See also: part
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The account of Joash's reign is not from a contemporary source (2 Kings xi
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4 -xii
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16), and 2 See also: Chronicles adds several new details, including a tradition of a conflict between the king and priests after the See also: death of Jehoiada (xxii
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Ir; See also: xxiv
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3, 15 sqq.).' At an unstated See also: period, the Aramaeans under Hazael captured See also: Gath, and Jerusalem only escaped by buying off the enemy (2 Kings xii
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17 sqq.)
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This may perhaps be associated with the Aramaean attacks upon Israel (2 below), but the tradition recorded in 2 Chron. xxiv
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23 seq. differs widely and cannot be wholly rejected . The king perished in a 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 save Jerusalem . He was succeeded by his son Amaziah, whose moderation in avenging hisSee also: father's death receives See also: special mention
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After defeating the Edomites, Amaziah turned his See also: attention to Israel
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2
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Son of Jehoahaz and king of Israel
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Like his grandfather See also: Jehu, he enjoyed the favour of the See also: prophet Elisha, who promised him a triple defeat of the Aramaeans at Aphek (2 Kings xiii
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14 sqq
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22-25)
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The cities which had been taken from his father by Hazael the father of See also: Ben-See also: hadad were recovered (cf
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1 Kings xx
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34, See also: time of Ahab) and the See also: relief gained by Israel from the previous blows of See also: Syria prepared the way for its speedy extension of power
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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
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8-15; see also ABIMELECH), and a See also: battle was fought at Beth-shemesh, in which Israel was completely successful
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An obscure statement in 2 Chron. See also: xxv
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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 palace were looted, and hostages were carried away to See also: Samaria
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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
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1; see xiv
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17, 23)
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See further UZZIAH; JEROBOAM (2); and JEWS
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