Jehoash of Judah - wikipedia Jehoash of Judah Not to be confused with Jehoash of Israel. Jehoash Jehoash from Guillaume Rouillé 's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum, 1553 King of Judah Reign c. 836 -- 796 BC Predecessor Athaliah Successor Amaziah c. 843 BC Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judah c. 797 BC ( aged 45 or 46 ) Millo, Jerusalem Burial City of David Consort Jehoaddan of Jerusalem Issue Amaziah, King of Judah House House of David Father Ahaziah, King of Judah Mother Zibiah of Beersheba Rulers of Judah Saul David Solomon Rehoboam Abijah Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah J ( eh ) oash Amaziah Uzziah / Azariah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jeconiah / Jehoiachin Zedekiah Jehoash ( Hebrew : יְהֹואָשׁ, Yəhôʾāš ; `` Jehovah - given '' ; Greek : Ιωας ; Latin : Joas ), also known as Joash ( in King James Version ), Joas ( in Douay -- Rheims ) or Joás ( Hebrew : יֹואָשׁ, Yôʾāš ), was a king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, Athaliah. He was also the first Judahite king to be descended from both the House of David and the House of Omri, through his paternal grandmother and predecessor, Athaliah. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. Jehoash was 7 years old when his reign began, and he reigned for 40 years. ( 2 Kings 12 : 1, 2 Chronicles 24 : 1 ) He was succeeded by his son, Amaziah of Judah. He is said to have been righteous `` all the days of Jehoiada the priest '' ( 2 Chronicles 24 : 2 ). William F. Albright has dated his reign to 837 -- 800 BC, while E.R. Thiele offers the dates 835 -- 796 BC. The Gospel of Matthew does not list Jehoash of Judah in the genealogy of Jesus, being one of four kings of Judah so omitted, the other three being Ahaziah, Amaziah, and Jehoiakim. Contents 1 Early life 2 Later life and death 3 In rabbinic literature 4 Jehoash Tablet 5 Chronological notes 6 Ancestry 7 References 8 External links Early life Athaliah Expelled from the Temple by Antoine Coypel, 1699 According to the Hebrew Bible, following the death of his father, Ahaziah, Jehoash was spared from the rampages of Ahaziah 's mother, Athaliah, by Jehoash 's paternal aunt, Jehosheba, who was married to the high priest, Jehoiada. After hiding him in the Temple for seven years, Jehoiada had Jehoash crowned and anointed king in a coup against Athaliah, who had usurped the throne of David. Athaliah was killed during the coup. After Jehoash was crowned, the covenant was renewed between God, the king, and the nation. The Tyrian cult of Baal, which had started under Jehoram, and strengthened under Athaliah, was suppressed. Mattan, the priest of Baal, was killed, the altars of Baal were destroyed, and for the first time in Judah 's history the Jerusalem Temple, and its priesthood achieved national importance. Later life and death After Jehoiada died, Jehoash listened to the princes of Judah instead of the priests and forsook Yahweh and worshiped the idols and the Asherim as the previous kings of Israel did. According to 2 Chronicles 24, when prophet Zechariah, Jehoiada 's son and successor, rebuked them for forsaking their god, he was put to death, by stoning on the orders of king. The author of the Books of Chronicles criticizes this cruel act strongly. `` Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it ''. The author also attributes Jehoash 's deeds to the oppression suffered at the hands of Aramean invaders as God 's judgement. When the Syrian king Hazael marched against Jerusalem, Jehoash is said to have tried to bribe him with the gold of the royal and sacred treasuries to turn back ; but the Syrian army persisted and destroyed all the princes of Judah and the soldiers `` executed judgment against Joash, '' and they left him severely wounded. However this account is disputed by some. Jehoash was assassinated by his own servants at Beth Millo, and his assassination is portrayed as an act of revenge for the blood of Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada. Joash was buried together with his fathers in the City of David, although he was `` not ( buried ) in the sepulchres of the kings. '' In rabbinic literature The extermination of the male descendants of David was considered a divine retribution for David 's responsibility for the extermination of the priests by Saul, who had commanded his servant Doeg to perform this task ( comp. 1 Sam. 22 : 17 - 23 ). Joash escaped death because in the latter case one priest, Abiathar, survived ( Sanh. 95b ). The hiding - place of Joash was, according to R. Eleazar, one of the chambers behind the Holy of Holies ; according to R. Samuel b. Naḥman, one of the upper chambers of the Temple ( Cant. R. i. 66 ). Although a king who is the son of a king need not be anointed, exception was made in the case of Joash, as well as of Solomon and Jeoahaz, the succession of each of whom was contested ( Lev. R. x. 8 ). Particular mention is made of the crown placed on Joash 's head ( 2 Kings 11 : 12 ), because it fitted exactly, showing that he was qualified for kingship ( Ab. Zarah 44a ). He was assassinated by two of his servants, one of whom was a son of an Ammonite woman and the other the offspring of a Moabite ( 2 Chron. 24 : 26 ) ; for God said : `` Let the descendants of the two ungrateful families chastise the ungrateful Joash '' ( Yalk., Ex. 262 ). Moab and Ammon were the two offspring of Lot 's incest with his two daughters as described in Gen. 19 : 30 - 38. Jehoash tablet In 2001, an unprovenanced inscription was published, known as the Jehoash Inscription or Temple Inscription, which appears to be a record of repairs made to Solomon 's Temple during Jehoash 's reign. The tablet consists of 15 lines of Hebrew text inscribed on a piece of tabular black stone. Following extensive scientific tests, the Israeli archaeological authorities declared it to be a forgery and attempted but failed to prosecute the perpetrator ; today a number of experts maintain that it is not a forgery. Chronological notes The calendars for reckoning the years of kings in Judah and Israel were offset by six months, that of Judah starting in Tishri ( in the fall ) and that of Israel in Nisan ( in the spring ). Cross-synchronizations between the two kingdoms therefore often allow narrowing of the beginning and / or ending dates of a king to within a six - month range. For Jehoash, the Scriptural data allow the narrowing of his accession to some time between Nisan 1 of 835 BC and the day before Tishri 1 of the same BC year. For calculation purposes, this should be taken as the Judean year beginning in Tishri of 836 / 835 BC, or more simply 836 BC. His death occurred at some time between Nisan 1 of 796 BC and the day before Tishri 1 of that BC year, i.e. in 797 / 796, or more simply, 797 BC. During his reign, the Judean court recorders were still using the non-accession system of measuring years that was adopted in the days of Jehoshaphat from the practice of the northern kingdom, whereby the king 's first partial year in office was counted as his first year of reign. Ancestry Ancestors of Jehoash of Judah 16. Asa, King of Judah 8. Jehoshaphat, King of Judah 17. Azubah 4. Jehoram, King of Judah 2. Ahaziah, King of Judah 20. Omri, King of Israel 10. Ahab, King of Israel 5. Athaliah of Israel 22. Ithobaal I, King of Tyre 11. Jezebel, Queen of Israel 1. Jehoash, King of Judah 3. Zibiah of Beersheba References Jump up ^ 1 Chronicles 3 : 11 ^ Jump up to : `` Joash '', Jewish Encyclopedia Jump up ^ Edwin R. Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings ( 3rd ed. ; Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan / Kregel, 1983 ) 217. Jump up ^ 2 Kings 11 : 2 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 22 : 11 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 11 : 4 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 23 : 3 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 11 : 12 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 23 : 11 ^ Jump up to : Encyclopaedia Judaica second edition vol 11 pg 343 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 11 : 17 - 19 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 23 : 16 - 20 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 24 : 20 - 21 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 24 : 22 - 23 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 12 : 18 - 19 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 12 : 17 - 18 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 24 : 23 - 25 Jump up ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica second edition vol 11 pg 343 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 12 : 20 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 12 : 1, 21 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 24 : 1, 25 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 12 : 21 - 22 Jump up ^ 2 Chronicles 24 : 25 Jump up ^ Jewish Encyclopedia Jump up ^ 1 Kings 1 : 39 Jump up ^ 2 Kings 23 : 30 Jump up ^ `` Jehoash Tablet - Cultural Heritage Resource ''. stanford.edu. Jump up ^ Giuseppe Regalzi, The So - Called ' Jehoash Inscription ' : Transcription and Bibliography. Retrieved 23 September 2011. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Emil G. Hirsch, Max Seligsohn, Solomon Schechter, Ira Maurice Price ( 1901 -- 1906 ). `` Joash ''. In Singer, Isidore ; et al. Jewish Encyclopedia. New York : Funk & Wagnalls Company. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jehoash of Judah. Joash ( Jewish Virtual Library ) Joash, King of Judea - Jewish History ( Chabad.org ) Jehoash of Judah House of David Preceded by Athaliah King of Judah 836 -- 797 BC Succeeded by Amaziah Rulers of Israel and Judah Davidic line Kings of Israel and Judah Kings of Judah Hasmonean and Herodian rulers Tribes of Israel The Twelve Spies Abimelech United monarchy Saul Ish - bosheth David Solomon Israel ( northern kingdom ) Jeroboam I Nadab Baasha Elah Zimri Tibni Omri Ahab Ahaziah Jehoram Jehu Jehoahaz Jehoash Jeroboam II Zechariah Shallum Menahem Pekahiah Pekah Hoshea Judah ( southern kingdom ) Rehoboam Abijam Asa Jehoshaphat Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah Jehoash Amaziah Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jeconiah Zedekiah Hasmonean dynasty Simon Thassi John Hyrcanus Aristobulus I Alexander Jannaeus Salome Alexandra Hyrcanus II Aristobulus II Antigonus II Mattathias Herodian dynasty Herod the Great Archelaus Antipas Philip the Tetrarch Salome I Agrippa Herod of Chalcis Agrippa II Bar Kokhba revolt Simon bar Kokhba See also List of Jewish leaders in the Land of Israel Italics indicate a disputed reign or non-royal title VIAF : 74661427 GND : 119358336 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jehoash_of_Judah&oldid=809047072 '' Categories : Kings of ancient Israel Kings of ancient Judah Ancient child rulers 8th - century BC biblical rulers 9th - century BC biblical rulers 8th - century BC murdered monarchs Biblical murder victims 9th - century BCE Hebrew people 8th - century BCE Hebrew people Hidden categories : Articles containing Greek - language text Articles containing Latin - language text CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia without a Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans Беларуская Brezhoneg Català Čeština Deutsch Español Euskara Français Frysk 客家 語 / Hak - kâ - ngî 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська ייִדיש 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 6 November 2017, at 20 : 38. 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Question: who became king at age 7 in the bible
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