2Ch 24 | ABEn | STEP | [ 2 was 4 years old 3 seven 1 Joash] in his taking reign, and forty years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Zibeah from Beer-sheba.

2 Chronicles 24

CHAPTER 24 Joash Repairs the House of The LORD

1 [²was ⁴years old ³seven ¹Joash] in his taking reign, and forty years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Zibeah from Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash did the upright thing before the lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took two wives to himself, and he engendered sons and daughters. 4 And it came to pass after these things, that it came upon the heart of Joash to repair the house of the lord. 5 And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and he said to them, Go forth into the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of the lord your God until fit, year by year! And hasten to speak! And [³hastened not ¹the ²Levites]. 6 And [³called ¹the ²king] Jehoiada the ruler, and he said to him, Why did you not require concerning the Levites, so as to carry in from Judah and Jerusalem the adjudged concern by Moses the man of God, for the assembly of Israel in the tent of the testimony? 7 For Athaliah was lawless, and her sons tore down the house of God; and also all the holy things of the house of the lord they appointed to the Baals. 8 And [³said ¹the ²king], Let there be a container, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the lord outside! 9 And let them proclaim in Judah and in Jerusalem, to carry in to the lord as [⁴said ¹Moses ²the servant ³of God] unto Israel in the wilderness. 10 And [³were glad ¹all ²the rulers] and all the people; and they carried in, and cast into the container, until of which it was filled. 11 And it came to pass in the time to bring in the container to the superintendents of the king by the hand of the Levites, that when they beheld that [³was superabundant ¹the ²money], that [⁵came ¹the ²scribe ³of the ⁴king], and the superintendent of the great priest; and they emptied out the container, and they lifted and placed it upon its place. Thus they did day by day, and they gathered [²money ¹much]. 12 And [⁷gave ⁸it ¹the ²king ³and ⁴Jehoiada ⁵the ⁶priest] to the ones doing the works for the work of the house of the lord. And they hired quarriers and fabricators to repair the house of the lord, and braziers of iron and of brass to strengthen the house of the lord. 13 And [⁵did so ¹the ²ones doing ³the ⁴works], and there ascended the length of the works by their hands. And they reestablished the house of the lord in its position, and they strengthened it. 14 And as they completed, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the rest of the money, and they made with it items for the house of the lord, items for the ministry, and of the whole burnt-offerings, and incense pans, and [⁴vessels ¹gold ²and ³silver]. And they offered whole burnt-offerings in the house of the lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. 15 And Jehoiada grew old, and was full of days. And he came to an end [²a son ¹being] a hundred and thirty years at his coming to an end. 16 And they entombed him in the city of David with the kings, for he did goodness with Israel, and with God, and his house. 17 And it came to pass after the decease of Jehoiada, [⁴entered ¹the ²rulers ³of Judah] and did obeisance to the king. Then [³heeded ¹the ²king] them.

Judah Abandons the House of The LORD

18 And they abandoned the house of the lord the God of their fathers, and they served to Ashtoreth and the idols. And there came anger against Judah and against Jerusalem in their trespass. 19 And he sent to them prophets to turn them to the lord. And they testified to them, and they hearkened not. 20 And spirit of God was put on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he rose above the people, and said to them, Thus says the lord, Why do you pass by the commandments of the lord, and your way shall not prosper? For you abandoned the lord, and he shall abandon you.

Joash Kills the Son of Jehoiada

21 And they assailed against him, and stoned him with stones by command of Joash the king in the courtyard of the house of the lord. 22 And [⁴did not ⁵remember ¹Joash ²the ³king] the mercy of which [³performed ¹Jehoiada ²his father] with him, and he put [²to death ¹his son]. And as he died, he said, The lord behold even to judge! 23 And it came to pass at the completion of the year, [³ascended ⁴against ⁵him ¹the force ²of Syria], and came against Judah, and against Jerusalem, and they utterly destroyed all the rulers of the people from among the people; and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus. 24 For [⁴with ⁵a few ⁶men ³came ¹the force ²of Syria], but God delivered up into their hands [³force ²vast ¹an exceedingly], for they abandoned the lord the God of their fathers. And with Joash they executed judgments. 25 And after their going forth from him, in abandoning him with [²infirmities ¹great], that [²assailed ³against him ¹his servants] because of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest; and they killed him upon his bed, and he died. And they entombed him in the city of David, but they did not entomb him in the tomb of the kings. 26 And the ones assailing against him -- Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27 And his sons, and the greatest concerns about him, and the groundwork of the house of God, and the rest, behold, it is written upon the writing of the scroll of the kings. And [³reigned ¹Amaziah ²his son] instead of him.