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
.
And Jehoash did
that which was right
in the sight
of the LORD
all his days
wherein Jehoiada
the priest
instructed
him.
But the high places were not taken away
: the people
still sacrificed
and burnt incense
in the high places
.
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
,
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
.
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth
year
of king
Jehoash
the priests
had not repaired
the breaches
of the house
.
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
.
And the priests consented
to receive
no
more money
of the people
, neither
to repair
the breaches
of the house
.
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
.
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
.
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
,
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 .
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
:
But they gave that to the workmen
, and repaired
therewith the house
of the LORD
.
Moreover they reckoned not with the men
, into whose hand
they delivered
the money
to be bestowed
on workmen
: for they dealt
faithfully
.
The trespass money
and sin
money
was not brought
into the house
of the LORD
: it was the priests
'.
Then Hazael king
of Syria
went up
, and fought
against Gath
, and took
it: and Hazael
set
his face
to go up
to Jerusalem
.
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
.
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
?
And his servants arose
, and made
a conspiracy
, and slew
Joash
in the house
of Millo
, which goeth down
to Silla
.
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.