Joash was one of the best kings that Judah had. His reign was associated with Jehoiada the priest. Today civil government disdains religious advice and seeks to distance the church. This is a serious mistake and society will suffer for it. Joash went about restoring the temple, collecting money from the people to enable it to happen. Arrangements were made to collect the money. The church tends to be rather poor at dealing with money, with all sorts of errors. Some of the bigger established churches have some rather doubtful investments and practices. There are scandals associated with some types of prosperity teaching, along with all sorts of individual sins. We tend to fight shy of dealing with money. This is not the answer, the answer is to handle money properly. We need to have the right attitude towards money, and this needs to go together with sensible financial arrangements.
Skilled workers who served diligently progressed the work. We need the right attitude and good organisation.
After the priest Jehoiada died things started to go awry. It seems from verse 17 that Joash was flattered and led astray to worship idols, this brought the judgement of God upon the nation.
God spoke through Jehoiada's son, but the people did not listen. Joash even killed Jehoiada's son. It is tragic to see the downfall. So Judah suffered at the hands of Aram and Joash died.
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