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1 In the seventh year to Jehu, Jehoash reigned; and forty years he reigned in Jerusalem And his mother's name Zibiah, from the Well of the Oath. In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. In 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.
2 And Jehoash will do the straight in the eyes of Jehovah all his days which Jehoida the priest taught him. And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 Only the heights were not removed; the people yet sacrificing and burning incense upon the heights. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places. The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
4 And Jehoash will say to the priests, All the silver of the holies which shall come to the house of Jehovah, the silver of a man passing by, the silver of the souls of his estimation, all the silver which shall come up upon the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah, Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the LORD, the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and the money that a man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD, Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that is brought as sacred offerings to the temple of the LORD—the money collected in the census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily to the temple.
5 The priests shall take to themselves a man from his selling; and they shall make firm the breach of the house to all which a breach shall be found there. let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.” Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, then use it to repair whatever damage is found in the temple.”
6 And it will be in the year the twenty and third year to king Jehoash, and the priests strengthened not the breach of the house. But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house. But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple.
7 And king Jehoash will call for Jehoida the priest, and for the priests, and he will say to them, Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? now ye shall not take silver from the selling, for ye shall give it for the breach of the house. Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.” Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.”
8 And the priests will consent not to take silver from the people, and not to strengthen the breach of the house. So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house. The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
9 And Jehoida the priest will take one ark and bore a hole in its door, and he will give it by the altar on the right in a man's coming to the house of Jehovah: and the priests watching the threshold will give there all the silver being brought to the house of Jehovah. Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the LORD. And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. He placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the LORD. The priests who guarded the entrance put into the chest all the money that was brought to the temple of the LORD.
10 And it will be when they saw much silver was in the ark, and the king's scribe will come up, and the great priest, and they will bind together, and number the silver found in the house of Jehovah. And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD. Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal secretary and the high priest came, counted the money that had been brought into the temple of the LORD and put it into bags.
11 And they gave the silver being prepared into the hand of those doing the work of those overseeing the house of Jehovah: and they will bring forth to the artificers of wood, and to the builders doing the house of Jehovah, Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD, When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those who worked on the temple of the LORD—the carpenters and builders,
12 And to those building the wall, and to the cutters of stone, and to buy woods and stones being cut to strengthen the breach of the house of Jehovah, and for all which went forth upon the house to strengthen. and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the LORD, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house. the masons and stonecutters. They purchased timber and blocks of dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the LORD, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.
13 But there shall not be made for the house of Jehovah silver dishes, snuffers, vases, trumpets, any vessels of gold and vessels of silver from the silver being brought to the house of Jehovah: But there were not made for the house of the LORD basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, The money brought into the temple was not spent for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other articles of gold or silver for the temple of the LORD;
14 For they shall give to those doing the work, and they strengthened with it the house of Jehovah. for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the LORD with it. it was paid to the workers, who used it to repair the temple.
15 And they will not reckon with the men which they will give the silver into their hand to give to those doing the work, for they do in faith. And they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly. They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.
16 The silver of trespass and the silver of sins shall not come into the house of Jehovah: it shall be to the priests. The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests. The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the temple of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
17 Then Hazael king of Aram will go up and war against Gath, and he will take it: and Hazael will set his face to go up to Jerusalem. At that time Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem, About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah will take all the holy things which Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah his fathers, kings of Judah, consecrated, and his holy things, and all the gold found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and he will send to Hazael king of Aram: and he will go up from Jerusalem. Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem. But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his predecessors—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—and the gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the treasuries of the temple of the LORD and of the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.
19 And the rest of the words of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written upon the book of the words of the days to the kings of Judah? Now 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? As for the other events of the reign of Joash, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
20 And his servants will arise and conspire a conspiracy, and strike Joash in the house of the fortress going down to Silla. His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla. His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth Millo, on the road down to Silla.
21 And Jozachar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, will smite him, and he will die; and they will bury him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son will reign in his stead. It was Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son reigned in his place. The officials who murdered him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer. He died and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.
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