Joash King
Questions for Study 10
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OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
MAPS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
A MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
A MAP OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
A LIST OF ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS
A TIMELINE FROM BABYLON TO ROMAN EMPIRES
A TIMELINE OF ISRAEL'S HISTORY
I. Joash, the Righteous King of Judah (24:1-16)
1. Who helped young King Joash? (1-3; 2 Kings 12:1-3) What was his life like with that kind of help? (2) How did Jekoiada help the king's practical life? (3) What did the people continue to do? (7; 2 Kings 12:3)
2. What did young Joash set into motion? (4-5) What might be the reason for this? What didn't the priest do? (6) What further problem was there concerning the temple of God? (7) What this say about the people of Judah?
3. How did the king solve the problem? (8-12) How was the work conducted? (13-16)
4. What did the king and people do after the temple was restored? (13-16) What does this say about how the faith of one person can be a good influence to many?
II. Joash, the Wicked King of Judah (24:17-22)
5. Who was Jehoiada and how did his death affect the king and people? (17-19) What does this say about the nature of the human heart and the need to have personal faith?
6. Who did the Lord sent to his people and what did he warn them? Why does the Lord ask, "Why do you... to his people when they disobey him"?<
7. Did they people accept Zechariah? (21-22). How did the king betray the good will of Zechariah's father? What was Zechariah's final words?
III. Joash Dies (24:23-27)
8. Who attacked the Judah? (23-24) Why might the Lord allow this to happen after Joash had repaired the temple?
9. What did Joash used to pay off the king of Aram? (2 Kings 12:18) What can we learn about finishing our life of faith? (Matt. 13:18-23)
10. How did Joash die? (25)
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