Today's Daily Bread

JEHOIADA: A GOOD SPIRITUAL MENTOR

Date : Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Passage : 2Chronicles 24:1~14
Keyverse : 2  
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Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
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Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years of Jehoiada the priest.
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Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
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Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the LORD.
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He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now." But the Levites did not act at once.
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Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, "Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?"
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Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.
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At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the LORD.
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A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness.
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All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full.
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Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king’s officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected a great amount of money.
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The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the LORD. They hired masons and carpenters to restore the LORD’s temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.
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The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it.
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When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the LORD’s temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the LORD.
Joash was only a young child when he became king. But he had a man of God, Jehoiada the priest, in his life who not only raised him but gave wise spiritual counsel. As long as Jehoiada was alive, Joash gave his heart to doing what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

King Joash’s greatest achievement was the restoration of the temple. No doubt, this was due to the influence of Jehoiada. During the reign of Joash’s grandmother, Athaliah, the temple and its objects had been desecrated by Baal worshippers (7). The people had fallen into idolatry. So, Joash commanded the Levites to collect the temple tax used to restore and maintain the temple and all the temple rituals. When the tax was not collected right away, Joash pressed the matter. All the people gladly gave. Joash and Jehoiada hired workers and bought the materials to restore the temple to its original design. As long as Jehoiada was alive, burnt offerings as commanded by God were made.

Joash was important as a political leader, but Jehoiada was just as important, if not more, as a spiritual mentor. Be grateful for the spiritual mentors in your life and pray to be one too. Prayer: Father, thank you for those you’ve put into my life to help me know and serve you. Please also bless me to be a spiritual mentor for someone else.
One Word: Bless others as a spiritual mentor