2 Kings 12:1, Jehoash reigns well all the days of Jehoiada; 2 Kings 12:4, He gives order for the repair of the temple; 2 Kings 12:17, Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures; 2 Kings 12:19, Jehoash being slain, Amaziah succeeds him.
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2 Kings 12 — Overview2 Kings 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter gives us the history of the reign of Joash, which does not
answer to that glorious beginning of it which we had an account of in
the foregoing chapter; he was not so illustrious at forty years old as…2 Kings 12 — Overview2 Kings 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter some account is given of the reign of Jehoash, that it was long, and the beginning of it good, during the life of Jehoiada, 2Ki 12:1 how urgent he was to have the temple repaired, and what methods were…2 Kings 12:1-32 Kings 12:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe general account here given of Joash is, 1. That he reigned forty
years. As he began his reign when he was very young, he might, in the
course of nature, have continued much longer, for he was cut off when…2 Kings 12:1-212 Kings 12:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
2 Kings 12:1-21
THE REIGN OF JOASH. THE REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. WAR OF JOASH WITH HAZAEL, AND HIS DEATH BY A CONSPIRACY.
2 Kings 12:1-3
The writer of Kings is extremely brief and incomplete in his account…2 Kings 12:1-212 Kings 12:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryIII. BECAUSE THE TIME GIVEN BY MINISTERS TO BUSINESS MATTERS MIGHT BE BETTER SPENT IN THE PROPER WORK OF THE MINISTRY. This was what the apostles felt (Acts 6:2-4); they wished to give themselves wholly to "the ministry…2 Kings 12:1-212 Kings 12:1-21 · The Pulpit CommentaryIII. JOASH'S IMPERFECT REFORMS. The one point noticed about him at this stage is that, while reforming the worship of the temple, the high places were not taken away as commanded by the Law. This was a reform, it is to…