我們今天讀到的關於約阿士王的記載，與《列王紀下》中的記載有所不同。

 《列王紀下》記載，約阿士修復了聖殿。這或許標誌著聖殿從君王的私人禮拜堂轉變為全體百姓的聖所。

總之，根據兩份報告，約阿施王是在家中被謀殺的。

然而，約阿士對待救了他一命的祭司之子所做的事情，令我們感到悲痛。

耶穌也曾提到則加黎雅在「聖所和祭壇之間」被殺。

感恩至關重要，它使上主有機會賜給我們更大的恩典。

以犧牲公義和真理為代價來追求權力同樣是邪惡的，必將招致上主的懲罰，懲罰對象包括作惡者以及所有縱容他們的人。

The accounts about King Joash we read today are somehow different from what we read in the Second Book of Kings. In 2Kings we read that Joash repaired the Temple. Perhaps it was the beginning of the transformation of the Temple from being the great chapel of the king into becoming the sanctuary of the whole people. Anyway, according to both reports, King Joash was murdered in his house.

However, what Joash did to the son of the priest that saved him saddens us. Jesus too mentioned the killing of Zechariah “between the sanctuary and the altar.”

Gratitude is of paramount importance and give God the opportunity of bestowing ever greater graces upon us.

Greed for power at the expenses of justice and truth is as well wicked and brings about God’s punishment on the culprits and on all who acquiesce to them.