2 Chronicles 24
24
Joash’s Reign
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem.#map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. 2 Joash did what the Lord approved#tn Heb “and Joash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.” throughout the lifetime#tn Heb “all the days of.” of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.
4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple.#tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.” 5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.
6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest,#tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied. and said to him, “Why have you not made#tn Heb “sought.” the Levites collect#tn Heb “bring.” from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?”#tn Heb “the tent of testimony.” 7 (Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the Lord’s temple in their worship of the Baals.) 8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.#tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.” 9 An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.#tn Heb “and they gave voice in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax of Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness.” 10 All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full. 11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.
12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen#tn Heb “doers of the work.” assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple. 13 They worked hard and made the repairs.#tn Heb “and the doers of the work worked, and the repairs went up for the work by their hand.” They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it.#tn Heb “and they caused the house of God to stand according to its measurements and they strengthened it.” 14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the Lord’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the Lord’s temple.
15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130.#tn Heb “and Jehoiada grew old and was full of days and died; [he was] one hundred thirty years old when he died.” 16 He was buried in the City of David#sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.
17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him.#tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.” The king listened to their advice.#tn Heb “to them.” 18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors,#tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24). and worshiped#tn Heb “served.” the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. 19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him.#tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.” They warned#tn Heb “testified among.” the people, but they would not pay attention. 20 God’s Spirit energized#tn Heb “clothed.” Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!’” 21 They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. 22 King Joash disregarded#tn Heb “did not remember.” the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada’s#tn Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity. son. As Zechariah#tn Heb “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. was dying, he said, “May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!”#tn Heb “and seek [ – ].” The direct object of “seek” is omitted in the Hebrew text but implied; “vengeance” is supplied for clarification.
23 At the beginning#tn Heb “turning.” of the year the Syrian army attacked#tn Heb “went up against.” Joash#tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity. and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus. 24 Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah’s very large army,#tn Heb “though with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, the Lord gave into their hand an army [that was] very large.” for the people of Judah#tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity. had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians#tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Syrians) has been specified in the translation for clarity. gave Joash what he deserved.#tn Heb “executed judgments [on] Joash.” 25 When they withdrew, they left Joash#tn Heb “him”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity. badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to#tn Heb “because of the shed blood of.” the son#tc The MT has the plural בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons”), but the final yod is dittographic. Note the yod that immediately follows. of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus#tn Heb “and he died.” he died and was buried in the City of David,#sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. but not in the tombs of the kings. 26 The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman).
27 The list of Joash’s#tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity. sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings.#tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?” His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
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2 Chronicles 24
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1Ioash was seuen yere olde, when he began to reigne, and he reigned fourty yeere in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2And Ioash did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, all the dayes of Iehoiada the Priest. 3And Iehoiada tooke him two wiues, and he begate sonnes and daughters. 4And afterward it came into Ioash mind, to renew the house of the Lord. 5And he assembled the Priests and the Leuites, and said to them, Goe out vnto the cities of Iudah, and gather of all Israel money to repaire the house of your God, from yeere to yeere, and haste the thing: but the Leuites hasted not. 6Therefore the King called Iehoiada, the chiefe, and said vnto him, Why hast thou not required of the Leuites to bring in out of Iudah and Ierusalem the taxe of Moses the seruant of the Lord, and of the Congregation of Israel, for the Tabernacle of the testimonie? 7For wicked Athaliah, and her children brake vp the house of God: and all the things that were dedicate for the house of the Lord, did they bestowe vpon Baalim. 8Therefore the King commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of the Lord without. 9And they made proclamation thorow Iudah and Ierusalem, to bring vnto the Lord the taxe of Moses the seruant of God, layde vpon Israel in the wildernesse. 10And all the princes and all the people reioyced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, vntill they had finished. 11And when it was time, they brought the chest vnto the Kings officer by the hand of the Leuites: and when they saw that there was much siluer, then the Kings Scribe (and one appoynted by the hie Priest) came and emptied the chest, and tooke it, and caried it to his place againe: thus they did day by day, and gathered siluer in abundance. 12And the King and Iehoiada gaue it to such as did the labour and worke in the house of the Lord, and hyred masons and carpenters to repayre the house of the Lord: they gaue it also to workers of yron and brasse, to repayre the house of the Lord. 13So the workemen wrought, and the worke amended through their hands: and they restored the house of God to his state, and strengthened it. 14And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the siluer before the King and Iehoiada, and he made thereof vessels for the house of the Lord, euen vessels to minister, both morters and incense cuppes, and vessels of golde, and of siluer: and they offred burnt offrings in the house of the Lord continually all the dayes of Iehoiada. 15But Iehoiada waxed olde, and was ful of dayes and dyed. An hundreth and thirtie yeere olde was he when he dyed. 16And they buried him in the citie of Dauid with the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house. 17And after the death of Iehoiada, came the princes of Iudah, and did reuerence to the King, and the King hearkened vnto them. 18And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: and wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, because of this their trespasse. 19And God sent Prophets amog the, to bring them againe vnto the Lord: and they made protestation among them, but they would not heare. 20And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, which stoode aboue the people, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth God, Why transgresse ye the commandements of the Lord? surely ye shall not prosper: because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you. 21Then they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord. 22Thus Ioash the King remembred not the kindnesse which Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne. And when he dyed, he sayd, The Lord looke vpon it, and require it. 23And when the yeere was out, the host of Aram came vp against him, and they came against Iudah and Ierusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoyle of them vnto the King of Damascus. 24Though the armie of Aram came with a small company of men, yet the Lord deliuered a very great armie into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers: and they gaue sentence against Ioash. 25And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases) his owne seruants conspired against him for the blood of the children of Iehoiada the Priest, and slewe him on his bed, and he dyed, and they buryed him in the citie of Dauid: but they buryed him not in the sepulchres of the Kings. 26And these are they that conspired against him, Zabad the sonne of Shimrath an Ammonitesse, and Iehozabad the sonne of Shimrith a Moabitesse. 27But his sonnes, and the summe of the taxe gathered by him, and the foundation of the house of God, behold, they are written in the storie of the booke of the Kings. And Amaziah his sonne reigned in his steade.
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