How old was Joash or Jehoash when he began to reign, and what was bis character in the outset?
What public work did he cause to be undertaken, and how were the expenses to be defrayed? v. 4. 5.
Do his orders appear to have been long neglected, what became of the money, and what new plan was hit upon? v. 6—9, 2 Chron. 25.5,7.
Is it a bad sign when people are backward in such cases?
According to what former example did they make the collection? 2 Chron. 24.9.
To whom and for what special purposes was the money appropriated?
Did they at all break in on the stated maintenance of the priests?
What did they do with the surplus? 2 Chron. 24.14.
How old was Jehoiada when he died ? 2 Chron. 24.15.
What disgraced the subsequent character of Joash? 2 Chron. 24. 15—22.
What foreign power now came against Israel, and how were they turned back? v. 17, 18.
Does this appear from Chronicles to have been a far more distressing event than would be inferred from the present account? 2 Chron. 24.23,24.
What was the unhappy end of Joash? 2 Chron. 24.25.
Are apostates apt to meet with severer judgments than other men?
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