Dual Panel1In Jehu’s <03058> seventh <07651> year <08141> Jehoash <03060> became king <04427>; he reigned <04427> for forty <0705> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Zibiah <06645>, who was from Beer Sheba <0884>.
2Throughout <03605> his lifetime <03117> Jehoash <03060> did <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>, just as <0834> Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> taught <03384> him.
3But <07535> the high places <01116> were not <03808> eliminated <05493>; the people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> and burn incense <06999> on the high places <01116>.
4Jehoash <03060> said <0559> to <0413> the priests <03548>, “I place at your disposal all <03605> the consecrated <06944> silver <03701> that has been <0834> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, including the silver <03701> collected <05674> from the census <0376> tax, the silver <03701> received from <06187> those who have made vows <05315>, and all <03605> the silver <03701> that people <0376> have voluntarily <03820> contributed <05927> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
5The priests <03548> should receive <03947> the silver they need <0376> from the treasurers <04378> and repair <02388> any <03605> damage <0919> to the temple <01004> they discover <04672>.”
6By the twenty-third <07969> <06242> <08141> year <08141> of King <04428> Jehoash’s <03060> reign the priests <03548> had still not <03808> repaired <02388> the damage <0919> to the temple <01004>.
7So King <04428> Jehoash <03060> summoned <07121> Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> along with the other priests <03548>, and said <0559> to <0413> them, “Why <04069> have you not <0369> repaired <02388> the damage <0919> to the temple <01004>? Now <06258>, take <03947> no <0408> more silver <03701> from your treasurers <04378> unless <03588> you intend to use it to repair <05414> the damage <0919>.”
8The priests <03548> agreed <0225> not <01115> to collect <03947> silver <03701> from the people <05971> and relieved <01115> themselves of personal responsibility for the temple <01004> repairs <02388>.
9Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> took <03947> a chest <0727> and drilled <05344> a <0259> hole <02356> in its lid <01817>. He placed <05414> it on the right side <03225> of the altar <04196> near <0681> the entrance of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. The priests <03548> who guarded <08104> the entrance <05592> would put <05414> into it all <03605> the silver <03701> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
10When <01961> they saw <07200> the chest <0727> was full <07227> of silver <03701>, the royal <04428> secretary <05608> and the high <01419> priest <03548> counted <04487> the silver <03701> that had been brought <04672> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and bagged <06696> it up <06696>.
11They would then hand over <05414> the silver <03701> that had been weighed <08505> to <05921> the construction <06213> foremen <04399> assigned <06485> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. They hired <03318> carpenters <06086> <02796> and builders <01129> to work <06213> on the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>,
12as well as masons <01443> and stonecutters <068> <02672>. They bought <07069> wood <06086> and chiseled <04274> stone <068> to repair <02388> the damage <0919> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and also paid <03318> for <05921> all <03605> the other expenses.
13The silver <03701> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> was not <03808> used <06213> for silver <03701> bowls <05592>, trimming <04212> shears, basins <04219>, trumpets <02689>, or any <03605> kind of gold <02091> or silver <03701> implements <03627>.
14It was handed over <05414> to the foremen <04399> who used <06213> it to repair <02388> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
15They did not <03808> audit <02803> the treasurers <0582> who disbursed <05414> the funds <03701> to <05921> the foremen <04399>, for <03588> they <01992> were honest <0530>.
16(The silver <03701> collected in conjunction with reparation offerings <0817> and sin offerings <02399> was not <03808> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>; it belonged to the priests <03548>.)
17At that time <0227> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758> attacked <05921> <03898> <05927> Gath <01661> and captured <03920> it. Hazael <02371> then decided <07760> to attack <05921> <05927> Jerusalem <03389>.
18King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Judah <03063> collected <03947> all <03605> the sacred <06944> items that his ancestors <01> Jehoshaphat <03092>, Jehoram <03088>, and Ahaziah <0274>, kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, had consecrated <06942>, as well as his own sacred <06944> items and all <03605> the gold <02091> that could be found <04672> in the treasuries <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and the royal <04428> palace <01004>. He sent <07971> it all to King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>, who then withdrew <05927> from <05921> Jerusalem <03389>.
19The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Joash’s <03101> reign, including all <03605> his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
20His servants <05650> conspired against <07194> him and murdered <05221> Joash <03101> at Beth-Millo <04407> <01004>, on the road that goes down <03381> to Silla <05538>.
21His servants <05650> Jozabad <03107> son <01121> of Shimeath <08100> and Jehozabad <03075> son <01121> of Shomer <07763> murdered <04191> <05221> him. He was buried <06912> with <05973> his ancestors <01> in the city <05892> of David <01732>. His son <01121> Amaziah <0558> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.