See also:

• JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or bath given ")

JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

bath given ")  , the name of two See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . 1 . Son of See also:

• AHAZIAH (" he whom Yahweh sustains ")

Ahaziah (see See also:

• JEHORAM, or JORAM (Heb. " Yah[weh] is high ")

JEHORAM, 2) and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah . He obtained the See also:

• THRONE

throne by means of a revolt in which See also:

• ATHALIAH

Athaliah (q.v.) perished, and his See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession was marked by a See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

covenant, and by the overthrow of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• BAAL

Baal and of its See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest Mattan(-Baal) . In this the priest Jehoiada (who must have continued to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent) took the leading See also:

• PART

part . The See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• JOASH, or JEHOASH (Heb. " Yahweh is strong, or bath given ")

Joash's reign is not from a contemporary source (2 Kings xi . 4 -xii . 16), and 2 See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles adds several new details, including a tradition of a conflict between the king and priests after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Jehoiada (xxii . Ir; See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 3, 15 sqq.).' At an unstated See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, the Aramaeans under Hazael captured See also:

• GATH

Gath, and See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem only escaped by buying off the enemy (2 Kings xii . 17 sqq.) . This may perhaps be associated with the Aramaean attacks upon See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel (2 below), but the tradition recorded in 2 Chron. xxiv .

23 seq. differs widely and cannot be wholly rejected . The king perished in a See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

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, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save Jerusalem . He was succeeded by his son Amaziah, whose moderation in avenging his See also:

• FATHER

father's death receives See also:

• SPECIAL

special mention . After defeating the Edomites, Amaziah turned his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to Israel . 2 . Son of Jehoahaz and king of Israel . Like his grandfather See also:

• JEHU

Jehu, he enjoyed the favour of the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

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 (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben-See also:

• HADAD

hadad were recovered (cf . 1 Kings xx . 34, See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• AHAB (in Heb. 'ah'(ib, " father's brother ")

Ahab) and the See also:

• RELIEF

relief gained by Israel from the previous blows of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria prepared the way for its speedy See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power .

When challenged by Amaziah of Judah, Joash uttered the famous See also:

• FABLE (Fr. fable, Lat. fabula)

fable of the See also:

• THISTLE

thistle and See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

cedar (for another example see Judg. ix . 8-15; see also See also:

• ABIMELECH (Hebrew for "father of [or is] the king ")

ABIMELECH), and a See also:

• BATTLE

battle was fought at Beth-shemesh, in which Israel was completely successful . An obscure statement in 2 Chron. See also:

• XXV

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 (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace were looted, and hostages were carried away to See also:

• SAMARIA

Samaria . According to one statement, Amaziah survived the disaster fifteen years, and lost his See also:

• LIFE

life in a conspiracy; but there is a See also:

• GAP

gap in the See also:

• HISTORY

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 (Heb. for " Yah[weh] is [my] strength ")

UZZIAH; See also:

• JEROBOAM (Heb. ydrob`dm, apparently " Am ['the clan,' here perhaps a divine name] contends "; LXX. iepof3oaµ)

JEROBOAM (2); and See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

JEWS . (S . A .