Infant son of Achazyahu; hidden by his aunt Yehosheva (Yehoshava), wife of the priest Yehoyada, in the Temple for six years during Atalyah's usurpation (2 Kings 11:2–3, 2 Chronicles 22:11)
Crowned king at age seven by Yehoyada the priest, in the coup that ended Atalyah's reign (2 Kings 11:4–16, 2 Chronicles 23)
While Yehoyada lived, 'Yoash did what was right in the sight of Yah' (2 Kings 12:2) — directed the repair of the Temple, which had fallen into disrepair under Atalyah's sons who had broken into it for Baal worship (2 Chronicles 24:7)
After Yehoyada's death, Yoash listened to the princes of Yehudah and turned to idolatry; when Yehoyada's son Zechariah the priest rebuked him, Yoash had him stoned to death in the Temple court — Zechariah's dying words were 'may Yah see and require it' (2 Chronicles 24:17–22), an episode possibly echoed in Yeshua's own reference to 'the blood of Zechariah' in Matthew 23:35 Luke 11:51
Wounded in a subsequent Aramean invasion, and assassinated in his bed by his own servants in revenge for Zechariah's blood (2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Kings 12:20–21) — buried in the city of David but, notably, 'not in the tombs of the kings' (2 Chronicles 24:25)
“Hidden as an infant, crowned at seven — but ordered the death of his rescuer's son and was assassinated in revenge”
Traditional note: 2 Kings 12:1 names Yoash's mother as 'Tzivyah of Be'er-Sheva' — named in scripture but not modeled as a separate entry in this dataset (see the general note on queen mothers in 'rechavam' and 'maakah-bat-avshalom'). The possible echo between Zechariah ben Yehoyada's death in 2 Chronicles 24:20–22 ('Zechariah son of Yehoyada... they stoned him... and as he died, he said, May Yah see and require it') and Yeshua's words about 'the blood of Zechariah son of Berachiah' in Matthew 23:35 (cf. Luke 11:51) is widely discussed by scholars; some propose a different Zechariah is meant in the Gospels (e.g. Zechariah the prophet, son of Berechiah, Zechariah 1:1), or that 'Berachiah' is a scribal/transmission variant. This dataset notes the connection without resolving it, as it concerns a New Testament reference rather than this entry's own scriptural basis (2 Chronicles 24, Primary).
