Jehoida’s son, Zechariah, prophesied against this but the officials plotted against him and stoned him. The “searcher” takes off the blindfold and tries to guess which child is the baby. Background Information on the Divided Kingdom, For younger children, hide a small baby-doll before class begins today. You might remember how God had promised King David, years before that his descendant (later revealed as Jesus Christ) would someday save the world. She was a very bad and mean queen. They began shouting, “Long live the king! 24:26); for God said: "Let the descendants of the two ungrateful families chastise the ungrateful Joash" (Yalk., Ex. Queen Athaliah was put to death so that she could never try to hurt the young King Joash again. I have a great respect for God’s word and is with a great sense of humility that I have attempted to help teachers share it with children. Meanwhile, the political scene really heated up in Israel. Thank you for your comment. Sadly, the life of Joash took a turn at the end. (How to choose the best learning activities for my teaching situation). The extermination of the male descendants of David was considered divine retribution for his responsibility in the extermination of the priests by Saul, who had commanded his servant Doeg the Edomite to perform this task (comp. Repaired and restored it. The people had followed King Joash when he was good but now they began to follow him when he was bad. Cross-synchronizations between the two kingdoms therefore often allow narrowing of the beginning and/or ending dates of a king to within a six-month range. He also killed all of the prophets of Baal in Israel (2 Kings 10:18-35). Joash was one of the four men who pretended to be gods. The people of Judah did not like Athaliah. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. In 2001, an unprovenanced inscription was published, known as the Jehoash Inscription or Temple Inscription, which appears to be a record of repairs made to Solomon's Temple during Jehoash's reign. 66). He was good to the people and he ruled for forty years. For seven years Queen Athaliah ruled Judah. [6][7][8][9][10], After Jehoash was crowned, the covenant was renewed between God, the king, and the nation. Always remain true to the facts found in the Bible but help children connect to its meaning by using drama, visual aids, voice inflection, student interaction and/or emotion. He gave Joash a book with all of God’s laws written in it. Jehoiada, the priest, took care of Joash and taught him about God. She was put to death. One of the reasons that King Ahaziah was so bad was because his mother, Queen Athaliah, had taught him to be bad when he was a little boy. She ran to see what had happened. (2 Kings 12:1,2 Chronicles 24:1) He was succeeded by his son, Amaziah of Judah. Suggested Emphasis: We should start learning about God when we are children. Queen Athaliah started yelling “Treason! They had not liked Athaliah – from the palace of Israel – usurping the throne. What was the name of the one baby boy who lived? What can we learn from the life of King Hezekiah? When you say “Find the baby!” everyone should freeze in place and be silent. The early life of Joash is one of victory and devotion to God. At this point we read about Joash and the two distinct parts of his story. King Joash allowed this to happen. One very important thing that King Joash did was to repair the Temple of the Lord. The old armour that used to belong to King David was still stored in the temple. The palace was then given back to Joash and he sat on his rightful throne (2 Kings 11:17-21). Meanwhile, Joash was growing. Hopefully God would be in their plans! He is said to have been righteous "all the days of Jehoiada the priest" (2 Chronicles 24:2) but to have deviated from fidelity to Yahweh after Jehoiada's death (2 Chronicles 24:17–19). King Joash ordered that the priests collect money and that workers were hired to fix the temple back up. But, sadly, the story of King Joash does not have a happy ending. When King Joash grew up he was a very good king. The crown prince Joram, the son of King Jehoshaphat of Judea, married Athalyah the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. The king organised them and ordered a collection to be taken up to repair the temple. Click here for “Joash, the Boy Who Became King” printables (Letter size-USA). King Joash, the one who had once led his people back to God now led them to destruction. The Gospel of Matthew does not list Jehoash of Judah in the genealogy of Jesus, Jehoash being one of four kings of Judah so omitted, the other three being Ahaziah, Amaziah, and Jehoiakim.