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2018 February 6

Image 1: Athaliah's Dismay at the Coronation of Joash (c. 1858)
Solomon Alexander Hart (1806-1881)
Academic Style; History Painting
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Image Source: BBC

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Image 2: The Death of Athaliah (c. 1865)
Gustav Dore (1832-1883)
Romanticism Style
Dore's English Bible (1866)
Image Source: King James Bible Online

[ Illustration: Today's paintings illustrate the two main events of today's chapter, the coronation of Joash and the death of Athaliah. ]

SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]

Explanation: 2 Chronicles 23 describes the fall of Athaliah and the rise of Joash/Jehoash to the throne of Judah.

[Traditional Patriarchal Timeline. Judges. Judges Period Chronology. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].

     The chapter begins with the ascension of Joash/Jehoash (835-796 B.C.) to the throne and ends with the death of Athaliah (841-835 B.C.) who had usurped his throne. The account is closely parallel to 2 Kings 11:4-21, which is discussed and illustrated in a previous DAWN page. The High Priest Jehoiada made a covenant with military officials, priests, Levites, and tribal leaders to bring Joash/Jehoash out of hiding and make him king in place of the usurper, Athaliah (1-7).
     They then surrounded Joash/Jehoash with an armed guard, crowned him, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him (8-11).
     When Athaliah discovered this she cried, "Treason, Treason;" but she was taken out and executed (12-15).
     And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, the people, and the king, to be the LORD's people. The people responded by tearing down the hose of Baal and killing Mattan, the priest of Baal. Jehoiada restored the proper worship of the LORD; and the land rejoiced (16-21).

     [ Sermons: Steve Cole. Various. ]

RESOURCES

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          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: 2 Chronicles 23: 2 Kings 11:4-21].
     [1] 2 Kings 11:4-20; 1 Samuel 4:9; 2 Kings 11:4.
     [2] 2 Chronicles 17:9; 1 Samuel 7:16.
     [3] 2 Kings 11:4; 2 Samuel 3:21; 2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Samuel 7:4-17.
     [4] 2 Kings 11:5; 2 Kings 12:4-12; 2 Kings 11:4; 1 Chronicles 24; Luke 1:5; 1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 9:22; 1 Kings 11:5.
     [5] 2 Kings 11:4-6.
     [6] 2 Kings 11:7.
     [7] 2 Kings 11:8; 1 Kings 6:8.
     [8] 2 Kings 11:9.
     [9] 2 Kings 11:10; 1 Chronicles 18:7; 1 Chronicles 18:11; 1 Samuel 22:10; 1 Samuel 17:7.
     [10] 2 Kings 9:11; 2 Chronicles 32:5.
     [11] 2 Kings 11:12; Exodus 29:6; 2 Samuel 1:10; Exodus 25:21-22; Exodus 31:18; 1 Kings 1:39.
     [12] 2 Kings 11:13-20.
     [13] 2 Kings 11:14.
     [14] 2 Kings 11:15.
     [16] 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Samuel 3:21; 2 Samuel 5:3; 1 Samuel 10:25.
     [17] 2 Kings 11:18.
     [18] 1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 23:24-25; Ezra 3:2; 1 Chronicles 25:2; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 23:5.
     [19] 1 Chronicles 23:5; 1 Chronicles 26:1-19; Leviticus 5:7; Numbers 5:19; Deuteronomy 24:1-3; Deuteronomy 24:10-11.
     [20] 2 Kings 11:19; Psalm 16:3; Isaiah 28:14; 2 Chronicles 27:3.
     -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]

          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]

HARMONY OF THE LAW

John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB

GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)

HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES

Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Download - Scripture 4 All

Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible

Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear

Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible

2 Chronicles Detailed Outline

2 Chronicles 23

Notes: In the Hebrew Bible 1 & 2 Chronicles are one Book. The author may have been Ezra.

2. The Kings: The Kings from the Tribes of Benjamin and Judah (1 Chronicles 10:1 - 2 Chronicles 36:14)

B. From the Tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 11:1 - 2 Chronicles 36:14)

9. Athaliah of Judah (2 Chronicles 22:10 - 23:21) - {841-835}

Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Time Line

     ¹ And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. ² And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. ³ And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. ⁴ This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors; ⁵ And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. ⁶ But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. ⁷ And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
     ⁸ So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. ⁹ Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. ¹⁰ And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. ¹¹ Then they bought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
     ¹² Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: ¹³ And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. ¹⁴ Then Jehoiada the priest bought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges [from out of the house of the colonnades]: and whoso followeth [goes after] her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. ¹⁵ So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

¹⁶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people. ¹⁷ Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. ¹⁸ Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. ¹⁹ And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. ²⁰ And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and bought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. ²¹ And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.

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