2 Kings, 12

1. In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.

1. Joash was seven years old when he began his reign.

2. And Jehoash did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2. It was then the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned for forty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.

3. But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

3. Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh as long as the priest Jehoiada guided him.

4. And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, [even] the money of every one that passeth [the account], the money that every man is set at, [and] all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

4. But he did not demolish the sanctuaries on the hillsides where people continued offering sacrifices and burning incense.

5. Let the priests take [it] to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

5. Joash said to the priest, "All the money from the sacred contributions which the people bring to offer in the House of Yahweh, the money in cash, that which is offered as personal assessment, and that which is freely and voluntarily given in the House of Yahweh -

6. But it was [so, that] in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

6. all these you can receive. Let each one receive from the hand of those to whom he attends, but you are to repair the House of Yahweh, when anything needs to be repaired."

7. Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the [other] priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no [more] money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

7. By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, the priests had not yet carried out the repairs needed in the House of Yahweh.

8. And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

8. So the king summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests with him, and said to them, "Why have you not carried out the repairs of the House yet? From now on, you will no longer keep any money during your service, but shall set it aside for the repair of the House."

9. But 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 cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD.

9. The priests agreed that henceforth, they would not accept money from the people and would not be in charge of the repair of the House.

10. And it was [so], when they saw that [there was] much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

10. So Jehoiada, the priest, had a box made with a hole in the cover. He placed this by the altar, to the right side of those entering the House of Yahweh, and the priests who were at the gates put in it all the money offered in the House of Yahweh.

11. And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

11. Whenever they saw that the box was full, a secretary of the king would come, and together with the high priest, they would take and count the money.

12. And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair [it].

12. Then they would turn the amount over into the hands of those responsible for the work of the House, who would, in turn, pay with this money the carpenters and bricklayers doing the repairs.

13. Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD:

13. From this amount, they also bought the stones, wood and everything necessary for the repair of the House of Yahweh.

14. But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.

14. But of this money given for the House of Yahweh, they did not make any silver cups, or cutting tools, or water jars, or trumpets, or any golden or silver objects,

15. Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.

15. but all the money was used to pay those who were repairing the House of Yahweh.

16. The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.

16. Accounts were not asked from those responsible for paying the laborers, since they acted with great honor.

17. Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

17. Only the money offered for the expiation of sins was for the priests.

18. And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold [that was] found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent [it] to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

18. At that time Hazael, king of Aram, went up to fight against Gath. He captured it and was heading for Jerusalem.

19. And 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?

19. So Joash, king of Judah, took all the precious things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, with all that he himself had consecrated, and all the gold he could find in the treasury of the House of Yahweh and in those of the king's house. Then he sent them to Hazael, king of Aram, who left Jerusalem with them.

20. And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

20. Now the rest regarding Joash and all that he did is written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

21. For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

21. Some of his officials plotted a conspiracy against him, and they killed him in Beth-Millo, as he was going to Silla.

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22. Jozacar, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shomer, struck him down, and he died. He was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.