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they said unto me. let ~ 20 unto the
house of jehovah. Psalm lss; !.
The Love of Joash for Gedrs House.
Scripture lesson. 9 Kings is:;.lj.
: Then king J.hoash called for le.
hoiada. the priest. and for the other
priests. and sald unto them. Why ~
pair ye not the breaches Of the h0usci
now therefore take no more money
from yaur acquaintance hut deliver u
for the breaches Of the hous. \. And
the priests consented that they should
take no more money from the people.
neither repair the breaches OF the
house.
But Jeholada the priest took
chest, and bored hole In the I'd Of II. |
and set u beside the altar. on the right |
side a. one cumeth into the house OF |
Jehovah: and the priests that kept the |
threshold put therein all the money |
that was brouEh; into the house OF /
Jehovah. 10 And Il was 80. when they /
saw that there was much money In the /
chest. that the kings scribe and the 1
high priest came NJ. and they put up /
IN bags and counted the money that /
~
u And they gave the money that was
weighed out into the hands OF them
that did the work. that had the over
slrht Of the house OF Jehovah: aud thcy
paid u out 10 the carpenters and the
builders. that wrought upon the house
Of Jehovah. IL and 10 the masons and
the hewers 81 stone. and for buying
timber and hewn stone 90 repair the
breaches OF the house OF Jehovah and
for all that was laid out for the house
% repair a. rs But there were not
made for the house Of Jehovah cups
II silver. snuffers. basins. trumpets
any vessels OF gold. or vessels OF silver,
u the money that vas brought into the
house Of Jehovah: II for they gave that
% them that did the work. and repaired
thcre with the house Of Jehovah. rs
Moreover they reckoned not with the
men. into whose hand they delivered
the money to give 10 them that did the
work: for they dealt faithfully.
~ Introduction.
The connection with the last lesson
II close. though the interval OF time II
long. There h a sap In the records Of
uncertain length. The silence implies
that the course Of events moved
smoothly. A great English writer has
said. Happy are the people who have
no history" The young king. no doubt,
under the guidance Of Jeholada was
carefully trained during these unevent.
fui years. We recall here the eighteen
years OF silence concerning our Lords
tfe between his twelfth year and his
baptism; and there are also years IN
Pauis life Of which no record remains.
Lesson Notes.
For forty years Joash reigned In Je-
rusAiem. The name Of his mother In
given ~ zibiah. bu, nothing more L.
said % her. As Joash was saved BY his i
nurse and aunt. We would naturally
infer that his mother was dead at the |
time. That Joash was n truthful and |
docile child appears from the statement |
That his conduct was right In the sight
OF God all the while that he nus under |
the teaching OF Jehovah. That the |
conduct Of the priest was patriotic and |
worthy r. 10 he taken for granted. hut
an exception IL clearly noted IN verse
,. IL IN TO the effect that the high
places which were connected too often
with idoiatrous worship were no, re-
moved Jeho.ada does not seem 20 have
been strong enough TO suppress this
evil practice. Another exception Il
olso 10 " noted In his neglect Of the
temple We may infer that Jehulada
was growing old and Was not so resO.
lutte ~ In the day when he made Joash
king. We often have 20 excuse errors
and mistakes Of great and good men
when. after long and faithful service
they becone less active and efficient.
The first recorded action Of the young
king on taking the rcins IN his own
hands was To direct that money should |
ne AT aside for repairing the temple |
This II described as "the money OF the |
haiiowed things" which no doubt |
means that which Was contributed for |
the support Of the temple worship. IN.
Guiding the income OF the priests. Three
sources Of supply are mentioned: al
That which is called current money
This n not q good translation. II more
properly means the half shekel re.
CURED OF every member for the support
OF the temple. See Exodus 3el3 where
this law n laid down. W. remember
that Jesus upon one occasion paid thls
temple tar for himself and Peter Matt.
1iss<-s0 ca Another source il the
money Of the persons for whom each
man n rated" This refers 10 money
mat was paid In the discharge Of Vows,
~ In explained In Leviiicus s7is. al
The third source OF income was free
WI offerings. consisting OF presents
That worshippers would bring for the
priest or other purposes IN connection
WITH the work. II seems that the young
kings zeal exceeded what was practI.
cal We do not know just when he 4,
sued this order. but verse 9 tells IN
that In the twenpthird year Of nj,
reign the house had not been repalred.
Prom what follows u seems that the
priests were not 30 blamewor,hy az
would AT first sight appear. The law
allowed the first two sources OF income
Tor the support Of the temple and its
ministers And u was neither wise nor
nxht Tor the king BY his own authority
10 divert this money from lts original
purpose. The king called Jehoiada ana
Ms associates into conference and IN.
quired why the work had not been don..
The King decided that the third .ouros
o. Income should BE- cut off frorn the
priests and used for the re, airs. ,eav,ns
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