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    7 others in the registry answer to the name Joash. Every Joash in the Bible

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    Joash

    יוֹאָשׁ

    Joash (Jehoash), son of Ahaziah, became king of Judah at age seven and reigned for forty years.

    verses
    26
    first named
    2 Kings 11:2
    last named
    2 Chronicles 25:25
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Joash?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Joash, also known as Jehoash, was the king of Judah and the son of Ahaziah. He became king at the age of seven, after being hidden by his aunt Jehosheba for six years following the usurpation of the throne by Athaliah (2Ki.11.2; 2Ch.22.11). During his forty-year reign (2Ki.12.1; 2Ch.24.1), Joash initiated repairs to the temple of the Lord, which had fallen into disrepair (2Ki.12.4-7; 2Ch.24.4).

    However, after the death of his mentor, Jehoiada the priest, Joash turned away from the Lord and allowed the worship of idols (2Ch.24.17-18). When Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, prophesied against this wickedness, Joash ordered his execution (2Ch.24.20-22).

    Consequently, Judah faced military defeats and Joash was wounded (2Ch.24.23-24). He was eventually assassinated by his own servants and succeeded by his son Amaziah (2Ki.12.20-21; 2Ch.24.25-27). Joash's reign was marked by both early reforms and later apostasy, highlighting the importance of godly leadership and the consequences of turning away from the Lord.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Joash 10 of 15 entities the graph connects to Joash, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AmaziahFather of · 3 events · 34 versesAhaziahChild of · 26 versesKinshipIsrael1 event · 2,578 versesJerusalem2 events · 888 versesSamaria2 events · 124 versesJehoiada16 events · 26 versesJoash3 events · 23 versesAthaliah2 events · 15 versesJehoahaz2 events · 14 versesCherethites3 events · 9 versesEventsJoash

    The 10 best-attested of 15 are drawn. All 15 are listed below.

    Child of

    Father of

    Partner of

    Stands in the same events as

    and 22 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Joash happens All 3 places the claims about Joash reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Beth-millo, Jerusalem, Samaria. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Joash there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Beth-milloJerusalemSamaria
    Divided MonarchyAll 3 places the claims about Joash reach

    The pattern

    Where Joash is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 26 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS2 KINGS–2 CHRONICLES26 VERSES52 books and 786 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 26 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS2 KINGS–2 CHRONICLES26 VERSES52 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Joash is named in 26 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 63 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 26, across 3 books.

    1. 2 Kings17 verses

      11:211:2112:112:212:412:612:712:1812:1912:2013:113:1014:114:314:1314:1714:23

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      3:11

    3. 2 Chronicles8 verses

      22:1124:124:224:424:2224:2425:2325:25

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via AhaziahAthaliahQueen of Judah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebelvia AmaziahDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christvia AmaziahJecoliahMother of King Uzziah (Azariah) of Judahvia AhaziahJehoramSon of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah.via AhaziahJehoshebaDaughter of Jehoram, saved Joash from Athaliah's massacre.via AmaziahUzziahKing of Judah, reigned 52 years
    ElsewhereGenealogy of JoashEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

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