Bible Verses About "Who Was Jehoiada the Priest in the Bible"
Jehoiada was the high priest who saved the infant Joash from Athaliah's massacre, led a coup to restore the Davidic line, and guided Judah's spiritual renewal during Joash's minority.
Jehoiada was the high priest who saved the infant Joash from Athaliah's massacre, led a coup to restore the Davidic line, and guided Judah's spiritual renewal during Joash's minority.
"But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land." — 2 Kings 11:2-3 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
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"But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land."
"And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people."
"And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest... But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house."
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