| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. | 1In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. |
| 2Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. | 2And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest. |
| 3But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. | 3Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. |
| 4And Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the dedicated gifts that are brought into the house of the LORD—each man’s census money, each man’s assessment money—and all the money that a man purposes in his heart to bring into the house of the LORD, | 4Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. |
| 5let the priests take it themselves, each from his constituency; and let them repair the damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found.” | 5Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.” |
| 6Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple. | 6By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple. |
| 7So King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages of the temple? Now therefore, do not take more money from your constituency, but deliver it for repairing the damages of the temple.” | 7So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.” |
| 8And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple. | 8So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. |
| 9Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who kept the door put there all the money brought into the house of the LORD. | 9Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD. |
| 10So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up and put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD. | 10Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags. |
| 11Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the LORD, | 11Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders, |
| 12and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to repair the damage of the house of the LORD, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple. | 12masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs. |
| 13However there were not made for the house of the LORD basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the LORD. | 13However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD. |
| 14But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the LORD with it. | 14Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD. |
| 15Moreover they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully. | 15No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity. |
| 16The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD. It belonged to the priests. | 16The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests. |
| 17Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. | 17At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem. |
| 18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem. | 18So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem. |
| 19Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? | 19As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? |
| 20And his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of the Millo, which goes down to Silla. | 20And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla. |
| 21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place. | 21His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place. |
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