A Priest Takes Courage
2 Chr 23:1-3
2 Chr 23:1-3
In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, this priest decided to act and made a covenant with five commanders.
Jehoiada
The priests and Levites divided into three groups were those on duty on this day.
The Sabbath.
Joash was this age when he became king.
Seven
Joash did what pleased the LORD throughout the lifetime of this man.
Jehoiada
Filled with the Spirit of God, this son of Jehoiada rebuked the people.
Zechariah
Jehoiada made a covenant with this many army commanders.
Five
One third guarded the doors, one third the royal palace, and one third this gate.
The Foundation Gate.
Joash decided to repair this.
The Temple of the LORD.
Jehoiada was this old when he died.
130
Zechariah said that because they had abandoned the LORD, the LORD had done this to them.
Abandoned them.
Jehoiada and the commanders gathered these two groups from all the towns of Judah.
The Levites and the clan leaders.
Only these two groups were allowed to enter the Temple, since they were set apart.
The priests and Levites on duty.
The Temple tax Joash wanted collected had been imposed by this servant of the LORD.
Moses
Jehoiada was buried here among the kings because of his good works.
The City of David.
At the king’s command, Zechariah was killed this way in the Temple courtyard.
Stoned to death.
The covenant with the young king was made in this place.
The Temple of God.
Jehoiada handed out spears and shields that once belonged to this king.
David
When the Levites were slow to act, Joash ordered this to be made and placed outside the Temple gate.
A chest.
After Jehoiada died, this group bowed before Joash and persuaded him to abandon the Temple.
The leaders of Judah.
Though it came with only a small force, this army defeated Judah’s much larger one.
The Arameans.
Jehoiada said Joash must reign because the LORD promised this about the descendants of this king.
David
Along with the crown, Joash was given this at his coronation.
With the leftover money, the Temple received these items for service and burnt offerings.
Utensils and articles of gold and silver.
Judah then worshiped these wooden objects along with idols.
Asherah poles.
Joash’s own officials assassinated him here, and he was denied burial in this place.
His bed and the royal cemetery.