Dual Panel1In the seventh<7651> year<8141> of Jehu<3058>, Jehoash<3060> became<4427> king<4427>, and he reigned<4427> forty<705> years<8141> in Jerusalem<3389>; and his mother's<517> name<8034> was Zibiah<6645> of Beersheba<884>.
2Jehoash<3060> did<6213> right<3477> in the sight<5869> of the LORD<3068> all<3605> his days<3117> in which<834> Jehoiada<3077> the priest<3548> instructed<3384> him.
3Only<7534> the high<1166> places<1116> were not taken<5493> away<5493>; the people<5971> still<5750> sacrificed<2076> and burned<6999> incense<6999> on the high<1116> places<1116>.
4Then Jehoash<3060> said<559> to the priests<3548>, "All<3605> the money<3701> of the sacred<6944> things<6944> which<834> is brought<935> into the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, in current<5674> money<3701>, both the money<3701> of each<376> man's<376> assessment<6187> and all<3605> the money<3701> which<834> any<376> man's<376> heart<3820> prompts<5927><5921> him to bring<935> into the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>,
5let the priests<3548> take<3947> it for themselves, each<376> from his acquaintance<4378>; and they shall repair<2388> the damages<919> of the house<1004> wherever<3605><834><8033> any damage<919> may be found<4672>."
6But it came<1961> about that in the twenty-third<6242><7969> year<8141> of King<4428> Jehoash<3060> the priests<3548> had not repaired<2388> the damages<919> of the house<1004>.
7Then King<4428> Jehoash<3060> called<7121> for Jehoiada<3077> the priest<3548>, and for the other priests<3548> and said<559> to them, "Why<4069> do you not repair<2388> the damages<919> of the house<1004>? Now<6258> therefore take<3947> no<408> more money<3701> from your acquaintances<4378>, but pay<5414> it for the damages<919> of the house<1004>."
8So the priests<3548> agreed<225> that they would take<3947> no<1115> more money<3701> from the people<5971>, nor<1115> repair<2388> the damages<919> of the house<1004>.
9But Jehoiada<3077> the priest<3548> took<3947> a chest<727> and bored<5344> a hole<2356> in its lid<1817> and put<5414> it beside<681> the altar<4196>, on the right<3225> side<3225> as one<376> comes<935> into the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>; and the priests<3548> who guarded<8104> the threshold<5592> put<5414> in it all<3605> the money<3701> which was brought<935> into the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
10When they saw<7200> that there was much<7227> money<3701> in the chest<727>, the king's<4428> scribe<5613> and the high<1419> priest<3548> came<5927> up and tied<6696> it in bags and counted<4487> the money<3701> which was found<4672> in the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
11They gave<5414> the money<3701> which was weighed<8505> out into the hands<3027> of those who did<6213> the work<4399>, who had the oversight<6485> of the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>; and they paid<3318> it out to the carpenters<2796><6086> and the builders<1129> who worked<6213> on the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>;
12and to the masons<1443> and the stonecutters<2672><68>, and for buying<7069> timber<6086> and hewn<4274> stone<68> to repair<2388> the damages<919> to the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>, and for all<3605> that was laid<3318> out for the house<1004> to repair<2388> it.
13But there were not made<6213> for the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> silver<3701> cups<5592>, snuffers<4212>, bowls<4219>, trumpets<2689>, any<3605> vessels<3627> of gold<2091>, or vessels<3627> of silver<3701> from the money<3701> which was brought<935> into the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>;
14for they gave<5414> that to those who did<6213> the work<4399>, and with it they repaired<2388> the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
15Moreover, they did not require<2803> an accounting<2803> from the men<376> into whose<834> hand<3027> they gave<5414> the money<3701> to pay<5414> to those who did<6213> the work<4399>, for they dealt<6213> faithfully<530>.
16The money<3701> from the guilt<817> offerings<817> and the money<3701> from the sin<2403> offerings<2403> was not brought<935> into the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>; it was for the priests<3548>.
17Then<227> Hazael<2371> king<4428> of Aram<758> went<5927> up and fought<3898> against<5921> Gath<1661> and captured<3920> it, and Hazael<2371> set<7760> his face<6440> to go<5927> up to Jerusalem<3389>.
18Jehoash<3060> king<4428> of Judah<3063> took<3947> all<3605> the sacred<6944> things<6944> that Jehoshaphat<3092> and Jehoram<3088> and Ahaziah<274>, his fathers<1>, kings<4428> of Judah<3063>, had dedicated<6942>, and his own sacred<6944> things<6944> and all<3605> the gold<2091> that was found<4672> among the treasuries<214> of the house<1004> of the LORD<3068> and of the king's<4428> house<1004>, and sent<7971> them to Hazael<2371> king<4428> of Aram<758>. Then he went<5927> away<5927> from Jerusalem<3389>.
19Now the rest<3499> of the acts<1697> of Joash<3060> and all<3605> that he did<6213>, are they not written<3789> in the Book<5612> of the Chronicles<1697><3117> of the Kings<4428> of Judah<3063>?
20His servants<5650> arose<6965> and made<7194> a conspiracy<7195> and struck<5221> down<5221> Joash<3060> at the house<1004> of Millo<4407> as he was going<3381> down<3381> to Silla<5538>.
21For Jozacar<3108> the son<1121> of Shimeath<8100> and Jehozabad<3075> the son<1121> of Shomer<7763>, his servants<5650>, struck<5221> him and he died<4191>; and they buried<6912> him with his fathers<1> in the city<5892> of David<1732>, and Amaziah<558> his son<1121> became<4427> king<4427> in his place<8478>.