CHAPTER XIV

ATHALIAH (B.C. 842-836)--JOASH OF JUDAH (B.C. 836-796) 146

The murderess-daughter of Jezebel--Fierce ambition--Jehosheba--The rescued child--Reared in the Temple--The high priest's plot--The coronation of the boy-king--Athaliah enters the Temple--Her murder--The fate of Baal's high priest--Proposed restoration of the Temple--Joash calls to task the defaulting priests--Death of Jehoiada--Defection of Joash--Murder of Zechariah--Bad record of the line of Jewish priests--Hazael attacks Judah--Defeat of Joash and plunder of Jerusalem--Murder of Joash--Names of the murderers.