Michelle
Can you imagine being made King at 7 years of age? Joash becomes king in these chapters and is advised by a priest, who appears to follow God's commands. The one thing they didn't do was to tear down the high places where people were sacrificing. This has come up before. They also talk of repairing the temple of God, which the priests are tasked to do but never do and it takes 23 years for Joash to do anything about it. Which seems strange to me. Obviously there are greedy priests taking the money that is to be used for the temple repair. Why are people so deceptive?
This psalm is about the King of Glory. Those who have clean hands and a pure heart and do not worship false gods or idols, will receive blessings from God.
Julie
I had to go back and read that first part, I did not even get that he was only seven out of that when I read it the first time. However, I am as perplexed as you are about the repairing of the temple. One of the things that came out of reading the explanation that I did not get when I read is that while Joash finally did the repairs he didn't do any grand restoration to where it was never restored to its former glory. The fact that it seems that people have been deceptive and selfish for all time and that they don't really seem to be changing is disheartening.
It's a reminder that the creator of all great things allows us to have those blessings.
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