2Ki 11:16-21 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Kings 11:16-21 (NET)

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11:16 They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed. 11:17 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the Lord. 11:18 All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols to bits. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest then placed guards at the Lord’s temple. 11:19 He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, and the king sat down on the royal throne. 11:20 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

Joash’s Reign over Judah

11:21 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Athaliah mother of Ahaziah king of Judah,son of Jeroham; son of Jeroham of Benjamin,father of Jeshaiah (Elam) who accompanied Ezra back from exile

· Baal a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite

· Carites a group of people assigned to guard the temple

· Jehoash son of Becher son of Benjamin,head of the stores of oil under king David,father of Gideon,son of King Ahab of Israel,son and young successor of Ahaziah, King of Judah; father of Amaziah,son and successor of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel,a descendant of Shelah of Judah,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; one of the Benjamites who defected to David at Ziklag

· Jehoiada a chief priest; father of Benaiah, head of David's body guard,chief priest under Athaliah and Joash,a prince of the house of Aaron who defected to David with his men,a man who was a counselor of King David,a chief priest in the time of Jeremiah,son of Eliashib the high priest in Nehemiah's time

· Mattan a priest of Baal which Joash had executed,father of Shephatiah who reported Jeremiah to the king

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NET Notes: 2Ki 11:16 Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went the way of the entrance of the horses [into] the house of the king.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 11:17 Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and [between] the king and [between] the people, to become a people for the Lord, and between...

NET Notes: 2Ki 11:18 Heb “the priest.” Jehoiada’s name is added for clarification.

NET Notes: 2Ki 11:19 Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 2Ki 11:21 Jehoash is an alternate name for Joash (see 11:2).

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