
The faith of Joash was, alas, merely a recycled faith. It was not so much connected to God as it was to Jehoiada.

The faith of Joash was, alas, merely a recycled faith. It was not so much connected to God as it was to Jehoiada.

The Bible is very realistic about its heroes and villains. The human characters are very human – people we can usually identify with. King Jehoshaphat is one of those.

For two people living in the same place at the same time, Ahab and Elijah’s lives could not have been more different. Their lives also ended very differently.