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| 1In Jehu's seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. | 1 ascending to the throne in the seventh year of the reign of Jehu and then reigning for 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah from Beer-sheba. |
| 2Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the LORD approved, just as Jehoiada the priest taught him. | 2Jehoash did what the LORD considered to be right during the entire time when Jehoiada the priest was instructing him, |
| 3But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. | 3except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places. |
| 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. | 4Jehoash spoke to the priests about all of the proceeds of the consecrated gifts that were being brought into the LORD's Temple, cash from every man who was traveling through the area, cash obtained by personal assessment, and all the cash that came through voluntary gifts into the LORD's Temple: |
| 5The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover." | 5"Let the priests get support for themselves from their own donors, and let them repair the Temple wherever a leak in need of repair is discovered." |
| 6By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash's reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple. | 6But 23 years into the reign of king Jehoash, the priests still had not repaired the leaks in 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." | 7So king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, along with other priests, and asked them, "Why haven't you fixed the leaks in the Temple? Stop receiving donations from your acquaintances for repairing the leaks in the Temple." |
| 8The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. | 8So the priests agreed to receive no more cash from the people, but they didn't repair the leaks in the Temple, either. |
| 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. | 9So Jehoiada the priest grabbed a chest, bored an opening in its lid, and placed it next to the altar, on the right side as one enters the LORD's Temple. The priests who tended the entryway put all the money that was brought into the LORD's Temple into the chest. |
| 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. | 10As a result, whenever they noticed that there was a lot of money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest went forward, put the money in bags, counted the money that had been given over to the LORD's Temple, |
| 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, | 11and disbursed the cash directly into the hands of those who did the work and who were in charge of the oversight of the LORD's Temple. They paid it to the carpenters and builders who worked on the LORD's Temple, |
| 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. | 12to masons and stonecutters, and for procurement of timber and quarried stone for making repairs to the LORD's Temple, and for all outlays needed for repairs of the 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. | 13But no provision was included for the LORD's Temple from the money that was brought into the LORD's Temple for silver basins, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels made of gold or silver, |
| 14It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the LORD's temple. | 14because that money had been allocated to the workmen who were repairing the LORD's Temple. |
| 15They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest. | 15Furthermore, they required no accounting from the men into whose hand they had paid the money to do the work, because the workers acted in good faith. |
| 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.) | 16The money from the guilt offerings and from the sin offerings was not brought into the LORD's Temple, because it was allocated to the priests. |
| 17At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. | 17Later, King Hazael of Aram invaded and attacked Gath, captured it, and then set out to approach 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. | 18So King Jehoash of Judah took all of the sacred things that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, along with his own dedicated things, and all the gold that could be located within the treasure vaults of the LORD's Temple and in the king's palace, and paid off King Hazael of Aram. Then Hazael left Jerusalem. |
| 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. | 19Now the rest of the Joash's activities—everything he did—are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not? |
| 20His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla. | 20His servants rose up in rebellion, formed a conspiracy, and assassinated Joash in the palace at the terrace ramparts while he was on his way down to Silla. |
| 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. | 21Shimeath's son Jozacar and Shomer's son Jehozabad, his servants, attacked him and he died. They buried him alongside his ancestors in the City of David, and his son Amaziah became king to replace him. |
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