BRAGADAYJAH 1093
Young Jehoash Reigned for Forty Years.
After the death of Athaliah, Jehoiada the priest made a tripartite
covenant, namely, between the king and the Lord, the people and the Lord, and between
the Lord and the king and the people to the effect that the Lord would be their
God and they would be God’s people. And the people as one went into the house
of Baal and demolished it, and destroyed all the high places and articles of
worship to Baal, and slew the priest of Baal and appointed officers of the Lord
in the house of the Lord. And Jehoiada gathered together all the captains of
hundreds and all their leaders, and all the people of the land; and they took
the young king and carried him from the house of the Lord to the king’s palace and
set him up on the throne to reign there. And Jehoash was seven years old when
he began to reign. He reigned forty years and did what was right in the sight
of the Lord under the guidance of Jehoiada the priest. But while all the remnants
of the house of Baal were destroyed, yet there were certain high places where
the people continued to make sacrifices and burnt offerings to other Gods.