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When the Levites saw that a great sum was amassed, it was time they should take it into the royal presence. The king’s secretary would come in, and with him one that was appointed by the high priest; together they poured out the money that was in the chest, which they then put back in its place. Every day this was done, and the great sum thus collected (2 Chronicles 24, 11)
was paid over by the king and Joiada to the master-builders, who hired stone-cutters with it, and other craftsmen, to repair the Lord’s house; workers, too, in iron and bronze, so as to prop up what was like to fall down. (2 Chronicles 24, 12)
Busily these men went about their tasks, till the breach was healed under their hands, and the building restored to its former state; the house stood firm once more. (2 Chronicles 24, 13)
It was only when they had finished all this that the rest of the money collected was brought before the king and Joiada; with this they made all the appurtenances for worship and offering sacrifice in the temple; bowls, too, and other ornaments of gold and silver.✻ All through Joiada’s life-time burnt-sacrifice was offered in the Lord’s house; (2 Chronicles 24, 14)
but at last he grew old, and the full tale of his years was complete; he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. (2 Chronicles 24, 15)
But they, at the king’s orders, gathered about him and stoned him, there in the court of the Lord’s house. (2 Chronicles 24, 21)
A year passed, and the army of Syria was on the march against Joas. Into Juda, into Jerusalem they came, killed all that were of note among the people, plundered, and sent back what they had plundered to their master at Damascus. (2 Chronicles 24, 23)
and when they left him, they left him a prey to heavy sickness. Then, in vengeance for the murder of the high priest’s son, courtiers of his own conspired against him and slew him in his bed. So dying, he received burial in the Keep of David, but not in the burying-place of the kings. (2 Chronicles 24, 25)
What sons he had, what moneys he amassed, how he restored the house of God, may all be found set out in the Records of the Kings; and the throne passed to his son Amasias. (2 Chronicles 24, 27)
Then he mustered the whole of Juda, marshalling them by their clans, and appointing commanders and captains for the whole of Juda and Benjamin. When the count was taken of all that were above the age of twenty, he found himself in command of three hundred thousand fighting men, armed with spear and shield. (2 Chronicles 25, 5)
To these he added a force of a hundred thousand warriors from Israel, hired for a hundred talents of silver. (2 Chronicles 25, 6)
And when Amasias asked what was to become of the hundred talents he had spent on the mercenaries from Israel, the answer came, Worse losses yet the Lord can make good to thee. (2 Chronicles 25, 9)
