2 Kings 12
12
Jehoash Repairs the Temple
2Ch 24:1–27
1In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king. He reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all his days because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3#2Ki 14:4; 1Ki 15:14However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and made offerings in the high places.
4#2Ki 22:4; Ex 35:5; 35:29Now Jehoash said to the priests, “All the consecrated money that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is currently assessed, and all the money that is brought voluntarily to the house of the Lord, 5let the priests receive it, each from his donor, and repair the damages to the house wherever damages are found.”
6But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages to the house. 7Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages to the house? So now money will no longer be taken from your donors. You will give it over for the damages to the house.” 8The priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.
9#Mk 12:41; Jer 35:4So Jehoiada the priest took a chest, made a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the Lord. The priests guarding the threshold put there all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10#2Sa 8:17; 2Ki 19:2Whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest went up, emptied it, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workers who were appointed to the house of the Lord. Then they paid it out to the carpenters and builders working on the house of the Lord, 12#2Ki 22:5–6to the masons and stonecutters, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the damages to the house of the Lord, that is, whatever went out for repairs to the house.
13#2Ch 24:14; 1Ki 7:48–50But for the house of the Lord silver bowls, snuffers, sprinkling basins, trumpets, and all the gold and silver vessels were not made with any of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, 14for they gave it to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the Lord with it. 15#2Ki 22:7They did not settle accounts with the men in whose hand they gave the money to give to the workmen, for they dealt faithfully. 16#Lev 7:7; 5:15–18The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings were not brought into the house of the Lord. It belonged to the priests.
Hazael Threatens Jerusalem
17#2Ch 24:23–24Then Hazael king of Aram went up, fought against Gath, and seized it. Then Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 18#1Ki 15:18; 2Ki 18:15–16So Jehoash king of Judah took all the consecrated things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated and his own consecrated things, all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.
The Death of Joash
19Now the rest of the deeds of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 20#2Ki 14:5; Jdg 9:6His servants rose up, made a conspiracy, and struck Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla. 21Jozabad the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died. They buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 12
12
King Joash of Judah
(2 Chr 24.1–16)
1In the seventh year of the reign of King Jehu of Israel, Joash became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from the city of Beersheba. 2Throughout his life he did what pleased the LORD, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3However, the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
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Ex 30.11–16
Joash called the priests and ordered them to save up the money paid in connection with the sacrifices in the Temple, both the dues paid for the regular sacrifices and the money given as freewill gifts. 5Each priest was to be responsible for the money brought by those he served, and the money was to be used to repair the Temple, as needed.
6But by the 23rd year of Joash's reign the priests still had not made any repairs to the Temple. 7So he called in Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren't you repairing the Temple? From now on you are not to keep the money you receive; you must hand it over, so that the repairs can be made.” 8The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple.
9Then Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in the lid, and placed the box by the altar, on the right side as one enters the Temple. The priests on duty at the entrance put in the box all the money given by the worshippers. 10Whenever there was a large amount of money in the box, the royal secretary and the High Priest would come, melt down the silver, and weigh it.#12.10 melt down the silver, and weigh it; or count the money, and tie it up in bags. 11After recording the exact amount, they would hand the silver over to the men in charge of the work in the Temple, and these would pay the carpenters, the builders, 12the masons, and the stonecutters, buy the timber and the stones used in the repairs, and pay all other necessary expenses. 13None of the money, however, was used to pay for making silver cups, bowls, trumpets, or tools for tending the lamps, or any other article of silver or of gold. 14It was all used to pay the workers and to buy the materials used in the repairs. 15#2 Kgs 22.7The men in charge of the work were thoroughly honest, so there was no need to require them to account for the funds. 16#Lev 7.7The money given for the repayment offerings and for the offerings for sin was not deposited in the box; it belonged to the priests.
17At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked the city of Gath and conquered it; then he decided to attack Jerusalem. 18King Joash of Judah took all the offerings that his predecessors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah had dedicated to the LORD, added to them his own offerings and all the gold in the treasuries of the Temple and the palace, and sent them all as a gift to King Hazael, who then led his army away from Jerusalem.
19Everything else that King Joash did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
20-21King Joash's officials plotted against him, and two of them, Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, killed him at the house built on the land that was filled in on the east side of Jerusalem, on the road that goes down to Silla. Joash was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Amaziah succeeded him as king.
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