12:1 Joas began to reign in the seventh year
of Ju, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was]
Sabia of Bersabee.
12:2 And Joas did that which was right in the sight of Yehovah all the days
that Jodae the priest instructed him.
12:3 Only there were not [any] of the high places removed, and the people
still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places.
12:4 And Joas said to the priests, [As for] all the money of the holy things
that is brought into the house of Yehovah, the money of valuation, [as]
each man brings the money of valuation, all the money which any man may feel
disposed to bring into the house of Yehovah,
12:5 let the priests take it to themselves, every man from [the proceeds of]
his sale: and they shall repair the breaches of the house in all [places]
wheresoever a breach shall be found.
12:6 And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of king Joas the priests
[had] not repaired the breaches of the house.
12:7 And king Joas called Jodae the priest, and the [other] priests, and
said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? now then
receive no [more] money from your sales, for ye shall give it to [repair
the] breaches of the house.
12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and
not to repair the breaches of the house.
12:9 And Jodae the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it,
and set it by the altar in the house of a man [belonging to] the house of
Yehovah, and the priests that kept the door put [therein] all the money
that was found in the house of Yehovah.
12:10 And it came to pass, when they saw that [there was] much money in the
chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest went up, and they tied up
and counted the money that was found in the house of Yehovah.
12:11 And they gave the money that had been collected into the hands of them
that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of Yehovah; and they
gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house
of Yehovah.
12:12 And to the masons, and to the hewers of stone, to purchase timber and
hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Yehovah, for all that was
spent on the house of Yehovah to repair [it].
12:13 Only there were not to be made for the house of Yehovah silver
plates, studs, bowls, or trumpets, any vessel of gold or vessel of silver,
of the money that was brought into the house of Yehovah:
12:14 for they were to give it to the workmen, and they repaired therewith
the house of Yehovah.
12:15 Also they took no account of the men into whose hands they gave the
money to give to the workmen, for they acted faithfully.
12:16 Money for a sin-offering, and money for a trespass-offering, whatever
happened to be brought into the house of Yehovah, went to the priests.
12:17 Then went up Azael king of Syria, and fought against Geth, and took
it: and Azael set his face to go against Jerusalem.
12:18 And Joas king of Judah took all the holy things which Josaphat, and
Joram, Ochozias, his fathers, and kings of Judah [had] consecrated, and what
he had himself dedicated, and all the gold that was found in the treasures
of Yehovah's house and the king's house, and he sent [them] to Azael king
of Syria; and he went up from Jerusalem.
12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, behold, [are]
not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
12:20 And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joas in the
house of Mallo that is in Sela.
12:21 And Jezirchar the son of Jemuath, and Jezabuth Somer's son, his
servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in
the city of David: and Amessias his son reigned in his stead. |
12:1 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.
12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of Yehovah all his
days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed
and burnt incense in the high places.
12:4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things
that is brought into the house of Yehovah, 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 Yehovah,
12:5 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.
12:6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the
priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
12:7 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.
12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people,
neither to repair the breaches of the house.
12:9 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 Yehovah: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the
money that was brought into the house of Yehovah.
12:10 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 Yehovah.
12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did
the work, that had the oversight of the house of Yehovah: and they laid it
out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of Yehovah,
12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone
to repair the breaches of the house of Yehovah, and for all that was laid
out for the house to repair it.
12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of Yehovah bowls of silver,
snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of
the money that was brought into the house of Yehovah:
12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of
Yehovah.
12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they
delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the
Yehovah: it was the priests'.
12:17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took
it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
12:18 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 Yehovah, and in the king's house, and sent it
to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
12:19 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?
12:20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the
house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
12:21 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. |