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1. Joash[H3101] was seven[H7651] years[H8141] old[H1121] when he began 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 Joash[H3101] did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068] all the days[H3117] of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548].

3. And Jehoiada[H3077] took[H5375] for him two[H8147] wives[H802]; and he begat[H3205] sons[H1121] and daughters[H1323].

4. And it came to pass after[H310] this[H3101], that Joash was minded[H3820] to restore[H2318] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].

5. And he gathered together[H6908] the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881], and said[H559] to them[H3318], Go out unto the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and gather[H6908] of all Israel[H3478] money[H3701] to repair[H2388] the house[H1004] of your God[H430] from[H1767] year[H8141] to year[H8141]; and see that ye hasten[H4116] the matter[H1697]. Howbeit the Levites[H3881] hastened it not[H4116].

6. And the king[H4428] called[H7121] for Jehoiada[H3077] the chief[H7218], and said[H559] unto him[H1875], Why hast thou not required of the Levites[H3881] to bring in[H935] out of Judah[H3063] and out of Jerusalem[H3389] the tax[H4864] of Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068], and of the assembly[H6951] of Israel[H3478], for the tent[H168] of the testimony[H5715]?

7. For the sons[H1121] of Athaliah[H6271], that wicked[H4849] woman[H6555], had broken up the house[H1004] of God[H430]; and also all the dedicated things[H6944] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] did they bestow[H6213] upon the Baalim[H1168].

8. So the king[H4428] commanded[H559], and they made[H6213] a[H259] chest[H727], and set[H5414] it without[H2351] at the gate[H8179] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].

9. And they made[H5414] a proclamation[H6963] through Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], to bring in[H935] for Jehovah[H3068] the tax[H4864] that Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of God[H430] laid upon Israel[H3478] in the wilderness[H4057].

10. And all the princes[H8269] and all the people[H5971] rejoiced[H8055], and brought in[H935], and cast[H7993] into the chest[H727], until they had made an end[H3615].

11. And it was so[H6256], that, at what time the chest[H727] was brought[H935] unto the king[H4428]'s officers[H6486] by the hand[H3027] of the Levites[H3881], and when they saw[H7200] that there was much[H7227] money[H3701], the king[H4428]'s scribe[H5608] and the chief[H7218] priest[H3548]'s officer[H6496] came[H935] and emptied[H6168] the chest[H727], and took[H5375] it[H7725], and carried it to its place[H4725] again[H7725]. Thus they did[H6213] day[H3117] by day[H3117], and gathered[H622] money[H3701] in abundance[H7230].

12. And the king[H4428] and Jehoiada[H3077] gave[H5414] it to such as did[H6213] the work[H4399] of the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]; and they hired[H7936] masons[H2672] and carpenters[H2796] to restore[H2318] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and also such as wrought[H2796] iron[H1270] and brass[H5178] to repair[H2388] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].

13. So the workmen[H4399] wrought[H6213], and the work[H4399] of repairing[H5927] went forward[H724] in their hands[H3027], and they set[H5975] up the house[H1004] of God[H430] in its state[H4971], and strengthened it[H553].

14. And when they had made[H3615] an end[H935], they brought the rest[H7605] of the money[H3701] before[H6440] the king[H4428] and Jehoiada[H3077], whereof were made[H6213] vessels[H3627] for the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], even vessels[H3627] wherewith to minister[H8335] and to offer[H5927], and spoons[H3709], and vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091] and silver[H3701]. And they offered[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] continually[H8548] all the days[H3117] of Jehoiada[H3077].

15. But Jehoiada[H3077] waxed old[H2204] and was full[H7646] of days[H3117], and he died[H4191]; a hundred[H3967] and thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] was he when he died[H4194].

16. And they buried[H6912] him in the city[H5892] of David[H1732] among the kings[H4428], because he had done[H6213] good[H2896] in Israel[H3478], and toward God[H430] and his house[H1004].

17. Now after[H310] the death[H4194] of Jehoiada[H3077] came[H935] the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063], and made obeisance[H7812] to the king[H4428]. Then the king[H4428] hearkened unto them[H8085].

18. And they forsook[H5800] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1], and served[H5647] the Asherim[H842] and the idols[H6091]: and wrath[H7110] came upon Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389] for this their guiltiness[H819].

19. Yet he sent[H7971] prophets[H5030] to them[H7725], to bring them again unto Jehovah[H3068]; and they testified[H5749] against them[H238]: but they would not give ear.

20. And the Spirit[H7307] of God[H430] came[H3847] upon Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548]; and he stood[H5975] above the people[H5971], and said[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith God[H430], Why transgress[H5674] ye the commandments[H4687] of Jehovah[H3068], so that ye cannot prosper[H6743]? because ye have forsaken[H5800] Jehovah[H3068], he hath also forsaken you[H5800].

21. And they conspired[H7194] against him[H7275], and stoned him with stones[H68] at the commandment[H4687] of the king[H4428] in the court[H2691] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].

22. Thus Joash[H3101] the king[H4428] remembered[H2142] not the kindness[H2617] which Jehoiada[H3077] his father[H1] had done[H6213] to him[H2026], but slew his son[H1121]. And when he died[H4194], he said[H559], Jehovah[H3068] look[H7200] upon it[H1875], and require it.

23. And it came to pass at the end[H8622] of the year[H8141], that the army[H2428] of the Syrians[H758] came up[H5927] against him[H935]: and they came to Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], and destroyed[H7843] all the princes[H8269] of the people[H5971] from among the people[H5971], and sent[H7971] all the spoil[H7998] of them unto the king[H4428] of Damascus[H1834].

24. For the army[H2428] of the Syrians[H758] came[H935] with a small[H4705] company of men[H582]; and Jehovah[H3068] delivered[H5414] a very[H3966] great[H7230] host[H2428] into their hand[H3027], because they had forsaken[H5800] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of their fathers[H1]. So they executed[H6213] judgment[H8201] upon Joash[H3101].

25. And when they were departed[H3212] for him[H5800] (for they left him very[H7227] sick[H4251]), his own servants[H5650] conspired[H7194] against him for the blood[H1818] of the sons[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548], and slew[H2026] him on his bed[H4296], and he died[H4191]; and they buried[H6912] him in the city[H5892] of David[H1732], but they buried[H6912] him not in the sepulchres[H6913] of the kings[H4428].

26. And these are they that conspired[H7194] against him[H2066]: Zabad the son[H1121] of Shimeath[H8100] the Ammonitess[H5985], and Jehozabad[H3075] the son[H1121] of Shimrith[H8116] the Moabitess[H4125].

27. Now concerning his sons[H1121], and the greatness[H7235] of the burdens[H4853] laid upon him[H3247], and the rebuilding of the house[H1004] of God[H430], behold[H3789], they are written in the commentary[H4097] of the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428]. And Amaziah[H558] his son[H1121] reigned in his stead[H4427].