The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Lesson iV.-Second Quarter, For
April %, 1911.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, II Kings xii, H-1s.
Memory Verse, 11-Golden Text, |
chron. xxx, documentary Pre-
pared BY Raw. D. M. st-a-as.
Todc, we combine the story of Joash,
kim. of judah, in last weeks lesson
and in this one. He began to reign
In his seventh year and reigned forty
years, doing right in the sight of the
Lord, while Jehoiada, the priest, i'll
structed him oversees 49,, but he did
not destroy idolatry i'll the land.
Our last good king in Judah was Je-
hOshaphat, who was succeeded by his
son Jehoram, his irstborn, who mar
ried a daughter of Ahab and did evil
in the sight Of the Lord and put to
death his six brothers. He reigned
only eight years and died fearful
death, as the prophet Elijah sent him
word that he would. 1t is written OF
him that he departed without being
desired QI Chron. xxi.
JehoahaZ Tor AhaZiah), his youngest
son, succeeded him, all his Older broth
ers having been slain by the Syrians.
He reigned only one year, and his
mother, Athaliah, was his counselor
to do wickedly I'll Chron. xxi, Lii. He
was slain by Jehu, and when his
mother knew that he was dead she
at. once proceeded to destroy all the
seed royal of the house of Judah, but
Jehosheba Tor Jehoshabeatlp, the wife
of Jehoiada, the priest, and sister Oh
Ahaziah, rescued the infant Joash and
| hid him and his nurse IN the house OF
| the Lord six years while .Aihaliah
reigned over the land I'll Kings xi. l-3;
II Chron. xxi, 1912.
| Last weeks lesson told us how, in
his seventh year, Jehoiada, the priest,
arranged to have him brought forth,
anointed, crowned and proclaimed king,
and made ii covenant between til, Lord
and the king and the people that they
should be the Lords people (xi, Il, IT,
They broke down the house Of Baal
and his affairs and images, slew the
priest of Baal, and also the wicked
queen mother Athaliah. SO the people
reioiced and the city was quiet xxi.
1920.
We must not confuse our good King
Joash Of Judah with another Joash,
king of Israel, who began to reign
over the ten tribes in the thirty-sey-
enth year of the king Of Judah's reign
and who departed not from the sins Of
Jeroboam, the son Of Nabat, who mace
Israel to sin III Kings xiii, 1919. we
have key to the heart of teday's les
son in the expression, THE house OF
the Lord" which occurs i'll our lesson
verses Just twelve times, if We i'll
clude verse 16.
Inasmuch as the king spent the first
six years of his life in some part OF
the house of the Lord under the care
, of the priest of the Lord it is tho
most suggestive phrase in our lesson
and the more. so when we remember
that the kings who reigned at Jeru
salem were said to sit on the throne
, of the Lord as king q Chron. xxx, 2a
; We cannot think of Israel as Il matte:
/ without tabernacle or temple as :
5 dwelling place for Jehovah in thei1
midst One Of the first commands t;
: Moses after the deliverance FROM
! Egypt and the giving of the law It
I Sinai was, LET them make me ;
! sanctuary that ! may dwell anon:
them" Ex XIV, 81. When Cyrus, kim
; of Persia, made a proclamation through
, out all his kingdom that the Jew
r might return from Babylon he SAT-
that it was to build the house of iii
e Lord God Of Israel in Jerusalem G1zr.
III, Ia Ezekiel Il to Xviii tells c
t the temple that is to be when the.
shall be gathered from all nations nev
y err to be pulled up or scattered an.
!, more.
When Israel was numbered it wa
n the law that every one, rich and pool
). should give a half shekel as atonemeEl
: money as ransom for his soul, Az
this money was to be used in til
service of the Lord Eek. xxx, 11-16
This is probably part of the mole
- referred to in verse with which the
were to repair the house of the Lort
|. for the sons Of Athaliah. that wielse
l. woman, had broken up the house Q
n God and had bestowed the dedicate
It things upon Baalam.
i Joash instructed the priests and til
n Leyites to go out unto the cities Q
g Judah and gather Of all Israel none
q to repair the house of the Lord fro1
I, year to year, but this collecting bus
y ness did not work any better than
: does today, and after more than twel
ty years the work was not done (yerse
st Is; ii Chron. xiv, 40.
e Then Jehoiada, the priest, took
st chest, with hole in the lid. and Sc
e it beside the altar on the right side !;
u one cometh into the house of the I.ort
. and they made proclamation throua
, Judah and Jerusalem to bring in Il
> offering that Moses had commando.
and thus they gathered money
abundance, and the workmen wrougil
and the work was perfected by the,
= and they set the house of God in L
state and strengthened it (yerses OIL
G II Chron. xxiy, S-13).
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