2 Chronicles 22:11 (ESV),
11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death.
When Jehoram's widow, Athaliah, rises to power in the southern kingdom of Judah, she kills all the royal offspring, including her own. However one child, Joash, is saved and will eventually rule and bring spiritual reform to the nation.
This event is a real and historic event, but it also joins with the story of Moses [1] to prefigure the rescue of Jesus from Herod (Matt. 2:13–15). "God preserves the line of David for the sake of his promise (2 Sam. 7:16) and to carry out his purpose of salvation through the work of Christ (Rev. 12:4–5)." [2]
The name Joash (or alternatively Jehoash) means 'Jehovah Has Given'. Indeed he prefigures the great Son of Jehovah who gave His Son for our redemption. In comparison to Joash who brought major reform to a nation, our Lord, brought eternal salvation to the world. ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, ESV)
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1. ““When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”” (Exodus 1:16, ESV) “And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”” (Exodus 2:9–10, ESV)
2. Crossway Bibles. (2008). The ESV Study Bible (p. 665). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
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