Jehoash

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jehoash
     Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of King Ahaziah. While yet an
     infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by
     his aunt Jehosheba, and was apparently the only surviving
     descendant of Solomon (2 Chr. 21:4, 17). His uncle, the high
     priest Jehoiada, brought him forth to public notice when he was


     eight years of age, and crowned and anointed him king of Judah
     with the usual ceremonies. Athaliah was taken by surprise when
     she heard the shout of the people, "Long live the king;" and
     when she appeared in the temple, Jehoiada commanded her to be
     led forth to death (2 Kings 11:13-20). While the high priest
     lived, Jehoash favoured the worship of God and observed the law;
     but on his death he fell away into evil courses, and the land
     was defiled with idolatry. Zechariah, the son and successor of
     the high priest, was put to death. These evil deeds brought down
     on the land the judgement of God, and it was oppressed by the
     Syrian invaders. He is one of the three kings omitted by Matthew
     (1:8) in the genealogy of Christ, the other two being Ahaziah
     and Amaziah. He was buried in the city of David (2 Kings 12:21).
     (See {JOASH} [4].)
     
       (2.) The son and successor of Jehoahaz, king of Israel (2
     Kings 14:1; comp. 12:1; 13:10). When he ascended the throne the
     kingdom was suffering from the invasion of the Syrians. Hazael
     "was cutting Israel short." He tolerated the worship of the
     golden calves, yet seems to have manifested a character of
     sincere devotion to the God of his fathers. He held the prophet
     Elisha in honour, and wept by his bedside when he was dying,
     addressing him in the words Elisha himself had used when Elijah
     was carried up into heaven: "O my father, my father, the chariot
     of Israel and the horsemen thereof." He was afterwards involved
     in war with Amaziah, the king of Judah (2 Chr. 25:23-24), whom
     he utterly defeated at Beth-shemesh, on the borders of Dan and
     Philistia, and advancing on Jerusalem, broke down a portion of
     the wall, and carried away the treasures of the temple and the
     palace. He soon after died (B.C. 825), and was buried in Samaria
     (2 Kings 14:1-17, 19, 20). He was succeeded by his son. (See
     {JOASH} [5.].)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Jehoash, fire of the Lord