December 11, 2013 – 2 Chronicles 24:17 – 25

What a turn.  No sooner that Jehoiada dies than the turn completely from the Lord, and taking it a step further by killing his son when he tries to stand up to them.  I can’t recall another prophet being stoned to death.  There might have been mentioning of them being killed, but I don’t recall it being written out up to this point.  Although, compare this stoning to that of Stephen and you can see a stark difference in what Christ brings to the table.  Zechariah says “may the Lord see and Avenge”.  Stephen ask for God to forgive his murderers.

You can see what those left think of Joash.  Recall all the good things he did for the kingdom when being guided correctly.  All that is forgotten after his exploits post-Jehoiada.  Jehoiada is buried with the kings, Joash is not.

I have written before that if I were another nation, I would just watch and see how Jerusalem was in relation to God and choose the right moment to attack when they are on the outs with God.  It appears that the Arameans had that idea as well since the attack and defeat them even though they did not have many in numbers.