Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

But slew his son

And require it

Bible References

Remembered

Psalm 109:4
Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer.
Luke 17:15
But one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, came back and praised God with a loud voice.
John 10:32
Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"

But slew his son

Proverbs 17:13
The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.

And require it

Psalm 10:14
But you do see! You take note of trouble and grief in order to take the matter into your own hand. The helpless one commits himself to you; you have been the orphan's helper.
Jeremiah 51:56
Indeed, the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors are captured, and her bows are broken. For the LORD is a God of recompense, and he will repay in full.

General references

Exodus 20:13
"You are not to commit murder.
2 Kings 12:2
Jehoash did what the LORD considered to be right during the entire time when Jehoiada the priest was instructing him,
Proverbs 9:7
Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.
Proverbs 25:26
A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.
Proverbs 28:17
A guilty man tormented by bloodshed will be a lifelong fugitive; let no one support him.
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.
Luke 3:20
Added to all this, Herod locked John up in prison.

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