Sunday Sermonette: The invention of accounting

First,  I need to say a bit about names, because it gets confusing. The boy Joash seems to has grown up to become KingJehoashof Judah, but sometimes he ' s still called King Joash. Meanwhile, the Israelites king called Jehoahaz, and on his death his son Jehoash becomes king. So there are two Jehoash ' s, one of whom is also Joash. Anyway . .  .The Temple needs repair, so Joash orders the priests to earmark some of the fees and donations they receive for the purpose. But the priests didn ' t do it, evidently they spent the money on themselves. So the high priest installed a lock box, all the money went into it, and it was audited. Then the allotted portion was used to pay for the repairs. This seems like a fairly dull story but obviously it represents an important step forward in governance. Joash also uses his bank balance to bribe the king of Syria not to attack. Then, for reasons completely unknown, Joash ' s servants kill him. End of this story.12 In the seventh year of Jehu Jeho ′ash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zib′iah of Beer-sheba.2 And Jeho ′ash did what was right in the eyes of theLord all his days, because Jehoi ′ada the priest instructed him.3 Nevertheless the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.4 Jeho ′ash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things which is brought into the house of theLord, th...
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