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A<\/span>ccording to 2 Chronicles 23:11, the people put a \u201ccrown\u201d on the head of seven-year-old Joash, the Davidic scion who \u00a0represents the restoration of the Davidic kingdom after an interregnum.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The noun for \u201ccrown\u201d (nezer<\/em>) is an unusual one. As William\u00a0Johnstone points out (1 & 2 Chronicles<\/a>, 2.128), \u201cThe word for \u2018crown\u2019 is related to \u2018Nazirite,\u2019 the individual who is separated from ordinary life by an oath of abstinence and dedication (Num. 6.1-21). The crown is thus the symbol of exclusive dedication to the one to whose service he is set apart (thus it is also used of the high priest\u2019s consecration and of the diadem, which is the symbol of that consecration, Exod. 29.6; Lev. 8.9; 21.12).\u201d<\/p>\n

Joash, in short, wears a crown like the crown of the high priest, like Jehoiada the priest\u2019s own golden crown. Jehoiada has functioned as surrogate father to the infant Joash; the crown of the \u201cson\u201d resembles the crown of the father. More, the usage points to the Melchiezedekal priest-kingliness of the Davidic kings, a theme highlighted throughout Chronicles. Thus, the word is sometimes used of the Davidic crown in general (Psalm 89:38; 132:18).<\/p>\n

Equally significant is the usage in Numbers 6, where nezer<\/em> describes the \u201cseparation\u201d on the head of the Nazirite (cf. 6:7). Literally, what is on the Nazirite\u2019s head is his uncut hair; but this is described as a \u201ccrown\u201d that indicates his separation to a sacral duty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And from that, we can extrapolate a string of associations: Hair is a crown; a crown is glorified hair; oiled, anointed hair is glorified hair, another form of crown; oil on the head also makes the anointed one a lamp, burning with a flame of oiled hair. Kings, crowns, tongues of fire, lampstands, lamps, burning mountains and pillars . . . Continue at your leisure.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"