ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 12
1. In the seventh[H7651] year[H8141] of Jehu[H3058] began Jehoash[H3060] to reign[H4427]; and he reigned[H4427] forty[H705] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Zibiah[H6645] of Beer-sheba[H884].
2. And Jehoash[H3060] did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068] all his days[H3117] wherein Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548] instructed him[H3384].
3. Howbeit the high places[H1116] were not taken away[H5493]; the people[H5971] still sacrificed[H2076] and burnt incense[H6999] in the high places[H1116].
4. And Jehoash[H3060] said[H559] to the priests[H3548], All the money[H3701] of the hallowed things[H6944] that is brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], in current[H5674] money[H3701], the money[H3701] of the persons[H376] for whom each man[H5315] is rated[H6187], and all the money[H3701] that it cometh[H5927] into any man[H376]'s heart[H3820] to bring[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068],
5. let the priests[H3548] take[H3947] it to them[H376], every man from his acquaintance[H4378]; and they shall repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004], wheresoever any breach[H919] shall be found[H4672].
6. But it was so[H7969], that in the three and twentieth[H6242] year[H8141] of king[H4428] Jehoash[H3060] the priests[H3548] had not repaired[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004].
7. Then king[H4428] Jehoash[H3060] called[H7121] for Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548], and for the other priests[H3548], and said[H559] unto them[H2388], Why repair ye not the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004]? now therefore take[H3947] no more money[H3701] from your acquaintance[H4378], but deliver[H5414] it for the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004].
8. And the priests[H3548] consented[H225] that they should take[H3947] no[H1115] more money[H3701] from the people[H5971], neither[H1115] repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004].
9. But Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548] took[H3947] a[H259] chest[H727], and bored[H5344] a hole[H2356] in the lid[H1817] of it[H5414], and set it beside[H681] the altar[H4196], on the right side[H3225] as one[H376] cometh[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]: and the priests[H3548] that kept[H8104] the threshold[H5592] put[H5414] therein all the money[H3701] that was brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
10. And it was so[H7200], when they saw that there was much[H7227] money[H3701] in the chest[H727], that the king[H4428]'s scribe[H5608] and the high[H1419] priest[H3548] came up[H5927], and they put up in bags[H6696] and counted[H4487] the money[H3701] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
11. And they gave[H5414] the money[H3701] that was weighed[H8505] out into the hands[H3027] of them that did[H6213] the work[H4399], that had the oversight[H6485] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]: and they paid it out[H3318] to the carpenters[H2796] and the builders[H1129], that wrought[H6213] upon the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068],
12. and to the masons[H1443] and the hewers[H2672] of stone[H68], and for buying[H7069] timber[H6086] and hewn[H4274] stone[H68] to repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and for all that was laid out[H3318] for the house[H1004] to repair it[H2394].
13. But there were not made[H6213] for the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] cups[H5592] of silver[H3701], snuffers[H4212], basins[H4219], trumpets[H2689], any vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091], or vessels[H3627] of silver[H3701], of the money[H3701] that was brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068];
14. for they gave[H5414] that to them that did the work[H4399], and repaired[H2388] therewith the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
15. Moreover they reckoned[H2803] not with the men[H582], into whose hand[H3027] they delivered[H5414] the money[H3701] to give[H5414] to them that did the work[H4399]; for they dealt[H6213] faithfully[H530].
16. The money[H3701] for the trespass-offerings[H817], and the money[H3701] for the sin-offerings[H2403], was not brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]: it was the priests[H3548]'.
17. Then Hazael[H2371] king[H4428] of Syria[H758] went up[H5927], and fought[H3898] against Gath[H1661], and took[H3920] it[H2371]; and Hazael set[H7760] his face[H6440] to go up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389].
18. And Jehoash[H3060] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] took[H3947] all the hallowed things[H6944] that Jehoshaphat[H3092] and Jehoram[H3088] and Ahaziah[H274], his fathers[H1], kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], had dedicated[H6942], and his own hallowed things[H6944], and all the gold[H2091] that was found[H4672] in the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and sent[H7971] it to Hazael[H2371] king[H4428] of Syria[H758]: and he went away[H5927] from Jerusalem[H3389].
19. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Joash[H3101], and all that he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063]?
20. And his servants[H5650] arose[H6965], and made[H7194] a conspiracy[H7195], and smote[H5221] Joash[H3101] at the house[H1004] of Millo[H4407], on the way that goeth down[H3381] to Silla[H5538].
21. For Jozacar[H3108] the son[H1121] of Shimeath[H8100], and Jehozabad[H3075] the son[H1121] of Shomer[H7763], his servants[H5650], smote[H5221] him[H4191], and he died; and they buried[H6912] him with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]: and Amaziah[H558] his son[H1121] reigned in his stead[H4427].
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