Joash Repairs the Temple (2 Chronicles 24:1–14)
1 ULT In the year of seven to Jehu, Joash reigned. And he reigned 40 years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother{ was} Zibiah, from Beersheba. BSB BSB: In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
2 ULT And Joash did right in the eyes of Yahweh all of his days because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. BSB BSB: And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
3 ULT Only they did not remove the high places. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
4 ULT And Joash said to the priests,“All of the silver of the sacred things that is brought{ into} the house of Yahweh, the silver passing over a man, the silver of the lives of his valuation, all of the silver that goes up onto the heart of a man to bring{ into} the house of Yahweh, BSB BSB: Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
5 ULT the priests shall take for themselves, a man from his acquaintance, and they shall strengthen the damage of the house in every{ place} where damage is found there.” BSB BSB: Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
6 ULT And it happened in the year of 23, the year to King Joash, the priests had not strengthened the damage of the house. BSB BSB: By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.
7 ULT And King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and for the priests, and he said to them,“Why are you not strengthening the damage of the house? And now, you shall not take silver from your acquaintances, but for the damage of the house you shall give it.” BSB BSB: So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”
8 ULT And the priests agreed not to accept silver from the people and not to strengthen the damage of the house. BSB BSB: So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.
9 ULT And Jehoiada the priest took a box and bored a hole in its lid, and he put it beside the altar, on the right side. When a man came{ to} the house of Yahweh, then the priests keeping the threshold put into there all of the silver brought{ to} the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
10 ULT And it happened, when they saw that silver{ was} abundant in the box, that the scribe of the king went up with the great priest, and they bound{ it}, and they weighed the silver found{ at} the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
11 ULT And they gave the silver that was weighed into the hands of the doers of the work, the ones appointed{ over} the house of Yahweh. And they brought it out to the craftsmen of wood and to the builders, the ones making the house of Yahweh, BSB BSB: Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
12 ULT and to the masons and to the hewers of stone and to buy wood and stones of hewing to strengthen the damage of the house of Yahweh and for everything that came out concerning the house to strengthen{ it}. BSB BSB: masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.
13 ULT However,{ in} the house of Yahweh, bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets,{ or} any{ other} articles of gold or articles of silver were not made from the silver brought{ to} the house of Yahweh, BSB BSB: However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
14 ULT because they gave it to the doers of the work. And they strengthened the house of Yahweh with it. BSB BSB: Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.
15 ULT And they did not reckon with the men into whose hand they gave the silver to give to the doers of the work, for they were acting in faithfulness. BSB BSB: No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
16 ULT The silver of the guilt offering and the silver of the sin offerings was not brought into the house of Yahweh. They were to the priests. BSB BSB: The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
The Death of Joash (2 Chronicles 24:23–27)
18 ULT And Joash, the king of Judah, took all of the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, the kings of Judah, had consecrated and his holy things and all of the gold found in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and the house of the king, and he sent{ them} to Hazael, the king of Aram, and he went up from upon Jerusalem. BSB BSB: So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
19 ULT Now the rest of the matters of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah? BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
20 ULT And his servants arose, and they conspired a conspiracy, and they struck Joash{ in} Beth Millo, on the descent{ to} Silla. BSB BSB: And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.
21 ULT And Jozabad, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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