In the seventh year
of Jehu
, aJehoash
became
king
, and he reigned
forty
years
in Jerusalem
; and his mother's
name
was Zibiah
of Beersheba
.
Jehoash did
right
in the sight
of the LORD
all
his days
in which
Jehoiada
the priest
instructed
him.
Only athe high
places
were not taken
away
; the people
still
sacrificed
and burned
incense
on the high
places
.
Then Jehoash said
to the priests
, "All
the money
of the sacred
things
awhich
is brought
into the house
of the LORD
, in current
money
, both bthe money
of each
man's
assessment
and all
the money
1which
any
man's
heart
prompts
him to bring
into the house
of the LORD
,
let the priests take
it for themselves, each
from his acquaintance
; and they shall repair
the 1damages
of the house
wherever
any damage
may be found
."
But it came about that in the twenty-third
year
of King
Jehoash
athe priests
had not repaired
the damages
of the house
.
Then King Jehoash
called
for Jehoiada
the priest
, and for the other priests
and said
to them, "Why
do you not repair
the damages
of the house
? Now
therefore take
no
more money
from your acquaintances
, but pay
it for the damages
of the house
."
So the priests agreed
that they would take
no
more money
from the people
, nor
repair
the damages
of the house
.
But aJehoiada the priest
took
a chest
and bored
a hole
in its lid
and put
it beside
the altar
, on the right
side
as one
comes
into the house
of the LORD
; and the priests
who guarded
the threshold
put
in it all
the money
which was brought
into the house
of the LORD
.
When they saw that there was much
money
in the chest
, athe king's
scribe
and the high
priest
came
up and tied
it in bags and counted
the money
which was found
in the house
of the LORD
.
They gave the money
which was weighed
out into the hands
of those who did
the work
, who had the oversight
of the house
of the LORD
; and they 1paid
it out to the carpenters
and the builders
who worked
on the house
of the LORD
;
and ato the masons and the stonecutters
, and for buying
timber
and hewn
stone
to repair
the damages
to the house
of the LORD
, and for all
that was 1laid
out for the house
to repair
it.
But athere were not made for the house
of the LORD
bsilver
cups
, snuffers
, bowls
, trumpets
, any
vessels
of gold
, or vessels
of silver
from the money
which was brought
into the house
of the LORD
;
for they gave that to those who did
the work
, and with it they repaired
the house
of the LORD
.
Moreover, athey did not require an accounting
from the men
into whose
hand
they gave
the money
to pay
to those who did
the work
, for they dealt
faithfully
.
The amoney from the guilt
offerings
and bthe money
from the sin
offerings
was not brought
into the house
of the LORD
; cit was for the priests
.
Then aHazael
king
of Aram
went
up and fought
against
Gath
and captured
it, and bHazael
set
his face
to go
up to Jerusalem
.
aJehoash king
of Judah
took
all
the sacred
things
that Jehoshaphat
and Jehoram
and Ahaziah
, his fathers
, kings
of Judah
, had dedicated
, and bhis own sacred
things
and all
the gold
that was found
among the treasuries
of the house
of the LORD
and of the king's
house
, and sent
them to Hazael
king
of Aram
. Then he went
away
from Jerusalem
.
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
?
aHis servants arose
and made
a conspiracy
and bstruck
down
Joash
at cthe house
of Millo
as he was going
down
to Silla
.
For Jozacar the son
of Shimeath
and Jehozabad
the son
of aShomer
, his servants
, struck
him and he died
; and they buried
him with his fathers
in the city
of David
, and bAmaziah
his son
became
king
in his place
.