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
In return for my love they act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer.
Luke 17:15
Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,
John 10:32
Jesus answered them, “I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?”

But slew his son

Proverbs 17:13
He who returns evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.

And require it

Psalm 10:14
You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
Jeremiah 51:56
For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the Lord is a God of recompense,
He will fully repay.

General references

Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
2 Kings 12:2
Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
Proverbs 9:7
He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.
Proverbs 25:26
Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Proverbs 28:17
A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood
Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
Matthew 21:35
The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.

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