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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Kings 11:17–21, “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 all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house. Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.”
Jehoiada was the only priest, recorded, who took the time to train a king as was required by the Law. He was obviously a wise and godly man and sought to bring the nation back to the Lord. He called the nation together with their, God appointed, king and they made an agreement together to serve the Lord and keep His Law. There were also shrines to Baal in Judah and Jerusalem because Athaliah was was from the evil house of Ahab. The people from Judah went through the Land and destroyed any remains of the Baal worship that was allowed to flourish in their land. Jehoash and Joash are different forms of the same name, one being a contraction of the other so there is no confusion between the names in this chapter. Jehoash was only seven years when he was anointed king but he was advised by the wise and godly Jehoiada who acted as his regent.
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