Joash

Amma Yehosheba, ’yar Sarki Yoram, ’yar’uwar Ahaziya, ta ɗauki Yowash ɗan Ahaziya daga cikin ’ya’yan sarkin da ake shiri a kashe, ta ɓoye. Ta ɓoye shi daga Ataliya a wurin mai lura da shi a ɗakin kwana; don kada a kashe shi.

Yowash yana da shekara bakwai sa’ad da ya fara mulki.

A shekara ta bakwai ta Yehu, Yowash ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi mulki a Urushalima na tsawon shekaru arba’in. Sunan mahaifiyarsa Zibiya ce; daga Beyersheba.

Yowash ya aikata abin da yake daidai a idon Ubangiji domin Yehohiyada firist ya koya masa.

Yowash ya ce wa firistoci, “Ku tattara dukan kuɗin da ake kawo a matsayin hadayu masu tsarki na haikalin Ubangiji, kuɗin da aka tattara a ƙidaya, kuɗin da aka tattara daga wa’adin da mutum ya yi, da kuma kuɗin da aka kawo na yardan rai a haikali.

Amma har zuwa shekara ta ashirin da uku ta mulkin Yowash, firistocin ba su yi gyara haikalin ba.

Saboda haka Sarki Yowash ya kira Yehohiyada firist da sauran firistoci ya tambaye su ya ce, “Me ya sa ba kwa gyaran abubuwan da suka lalace a haikali? Kada ku sāke karɓan kuɗi daga masu ajiya, amma a miƙa su domin gyaran haikali.”

Amma Yowash sarkin Yahuda ya kwashe tsarkakan kayan da kakanninsa, Yehoshafat, Yehoram da Ahaziya, sarakunan Yahuda suka keɓe, da kyautai da shi kansa ya keɓe, da kuma dukan azurfan da aka samu a ɗakunan ajiya haikalin Ubangiji da na fada, ya aika da su wa Hazayel sarkin Aram, shi kuma ya janye daga Urushalima.

Game da sauran ayyukan mulkin Yowash da duk abin da ya yi, duk a rubuce suke a cikin littafin tarihin sarakunan Yahuda.

Hafsoshinsa suka yi masa maƙarƙashiya suka kashe shi a Bet Millo, a kan hanyar da ta gangara zuwa Silla.

A shekara ta ashirin da uku ta Yowash ɗan Ahaziya, sarkin Yahuda, Yehoyahaz ɗan Yehu, ya zama sarkin Isra’ila a Samariya, ya kuwa yi mulki shekaru goma sha bakwai.

Ya aikata abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji, sai dai ba kamar kakansa Dawuda ba. A kome dai ya bi gurbin mahaifinsa Yowash.

da Yoram, da Ahaziya, da Yowash,

Amma Yehosheba, ’yar Sarki Yehoram, ta ɗauki Yowash ɗan Ahaziya ta sace shi daga cikin ’ya’yan gidan sarauta waɗanda ake shiri a kashe, ta sa shi tare da mai renonsa a ɗakin kwana. Haka fa, Yehosheba ’yar sarki Yoram, matar Yehohiyada firist, ta yi, gama ita ’yar’uwar Ahaziya ce, ta ɓoye Yowash don kada Ataliya tă kashe shi.

Yowash yana da shekara goma sha bakwai sa’ad da ya zama sarki, ya kuma yi sarauta a Urushalima shekara arba’in. Sunan mahaifiyarsa Zibiya ce; ita daga Beyersheba.

Yowash ya yi abin da yake daidai a gaban Ubangiji duka shekarun Yehohiyada firist.

Wani lokaci daga baya Yowash ya yanke shawara yă gyara haikalin Ubangiji.

Sarki Yowash bai tuna da alherin da Yehohiyada mahaifin Zakariya ya nuna masa ba, sai ya kashe ɗansa, wanda ya ce yayinda yake mutuwa, “Bari Ubangiji yă dubi wannan yă kuma sāka maka.”

Ko da yake mayaƙan Arameyawa sun zo da mutane kaɗan kawai, Ubangiji ya sa suka ci nasara a kan sojojin Yahuda mafi yawa, don mutanen Yahuda sun rabu da Ubangiji Allah na kakanninsu, aka kuma hukunta Yowash.