| Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
| 1In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba. | 1In Jehu's seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. |
| 2Throughout the time the priest Jehoiada instructed him, Joash did what was right in the LORD's sight. | 2Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the LORD approved, just as Jehoiada the priest taught him. |
| 3Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. | 3But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. |
| 4Then Joash said to the priests, "All the dedicated silver brought to the LORD's temple, census silver, silver from vows, and all silver voluntarily given for the LORD's temple-- | 4Jehoash said to the priests, "I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the LORD's temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the LORD's temple. |
| 5each priest is to take it from his assessor and repair whatever damage is found in the temple." | 5The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover." |
| 6But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple. | 6By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash's reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple. |
| 7So King Joash called the priest Jehoiada and the other priests and asked, "Why haven't you repaired the temple's damage? Since you haven't, don't take any silver from your assessors; instead, hand it over for the repair of the temple." | 7So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, "Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage." |
| 8So the priests agreed that they would receive no silver from the people and would not be the ones to repair the temple's damage. | 8The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. |
| 9Then the priest Jehoiada took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the LORD's temple; the priests who guarded the threshold put into the chest all the silver that was brought to the LORD's temple. | 9Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of the LORD's temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the LORD's temple. |
| 10Whenever they saw there was a large amount of silver in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest would go bag up and tally the silver found in the LORD's temple. | 10When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the LORD's temple and bagged it up. |
| 11Then they would give the weighed silver to those doing the work--those who oversaw the LORD's temple. They in turn would pay it out to those working on the LORD's temple--the carpenters, the builders, | 11They would then hand over the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD's temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the LORD's temple, |
| 12the masons, and the stonecutters--and would use it to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the damage to the LORD's temple and for all expenses for temple repairs. | 12as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the LORD's temple and also paid for all the other expenses. |
| 13However, no silver bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver were made for the LORD's temple from the contributions brought to the LORD's temple. | 13The silver brought to the LORD's temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements. |
| 14Instead, it was given to those doing the work, and they repaired the LORD's temple with it. | 14It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the LORD's temple. |
| 15No accounting was required from the men who received the silver to pay those doing the work, since they worked with integrity. | 15They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest. |
| 16The silver from the guilt offering and the sin offering was not brought to the LORD's temple since it belonged to the priests. | 16(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the LORD's temple; it belonged to the priests.) |
| 17At that time King Hazael of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he planned to attack Jerusalem. | 17At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. |
| 18So King Joash of Judah took all the items consecrated by himself and by his ancestors--Judah's kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah--as well as all the gold found in the treasuries of the LORD's temple and in the king's palace, and he sent them to King Hazael of Aram. Then Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem. | 18King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the LORD's temple and the royal palace. He sent it all to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew from Jerusalem. |
| 19The rest of the events of Joash's reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings. | 19The rest of the events of Joash's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. |
| 20Joash's servants conspired against him and attacked him at Beth-millo on the road that goes down to Silla. | 20His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla. |
| 21It was his servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer who attacked him. He died and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Amaziah became king in his place. | 21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king. |
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