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Zechariah ben Jehoiada [a] is a figure in the Hebrew Bible described as a priest who was stoned to death by Jehoash of Judah, and may possibly have been alluded to in the New Testament. Lineage [ edit ]
Jehoash (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ, Yəhōʾāš, "Yah-given"; Greek: Ιωας; Latin: Ioas), also known as Joash (in King James Version), Joas (in Douay–Rheims) or Joás (Hebrew: יוֹאָשׁ, Yōʾāš), [1] was the eighth king of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah after the massacre of the royal family ordered by his grandmother, Athaliah.
Jehoiada's name does not appear in the list of the Zadokite dynasty in 1 Chronicles 5:30–40 (6:4-15 in other translations). Josephus mentions Jehoiada as "high priest in his Jewish Antiquities Book 9, Chapter 7," [3] "How Athaliah reigned over Jerusalem for five [six] years, when Jehoiada the high priest slew her." However, Josephus does not ...
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Jehoash (Hebrew: יְהוֹאָשׁ Yəhō’āš or [1] יוֹאָשׁ Yō’āš; Israelian Hebrew: 𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤅 *’Āšīyāw; [2] Akkadian: 𒅀𒀪𒋢 Yaʾsu [ia-'-su]; Latin: Joas; fl. c. 790 BC), whose name means "Yahweh has given," [3] was the twelfth king of the ancient northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the son of Jehoahaz. [4]
Death: killed by the troops assigned by Jehoiada the Priest to protect Joash. Religion ... appears himself to have claimed to have killed the two kings. [16]
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"Zechariah": (without a title) taught Uzziah 'to seek God' (NRSV: 'in the fear of God'), a positive attitude towards YHWH which resulted in 'God made him prosper', and as long as he lived, Uzziah behaved well (similar to Joash, who fell away only after the death of the priest Jehoiada). [4]