1 GLT A son of seven years was Joash when he became king; and 40 years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Zibiah from Beersheba. BSB BSB: Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
2 GLT And Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest. BSB BSB: And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 GLT And Jehoiada lifted up for him two wives, and he fathered sons and daughters. BSB BSB: Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
4 GLT And it happened after this, there was with the heart of Joash to restore the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.
5 GLT And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and he said to them,“Go out to the cities of Judah and gather from all Israel enough money to make strong the house of your God year by year. And you all yourselves, hasten to the matter.” But the Levites did not hasten. BSB BSB: So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
6 GLT And the king called for Jehoiada the head, and he said to him,“Why did you not seek after the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel for the tent of the testimony?” BSB BSB: So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
7 GLT For wicked Athaliah, her sons had broken into the house of God and also, all the sacred things of the house of Yahweh, they used for the Baals. BSB BSB: For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
8 GLT And the king commanded, and they made one chest. And they placed it by the gate of the house of Yahweh outside. BSB BSB: At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
9 GLT And they gave voice in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring in to Yahweh the tribute of Moses, the servant of God, over Israel in the wilderness. BSB BSB: And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
10 GLT And all the chiefs and all the people rejoiced. And they brought in and they threw into the chest until completed. BSB BSB: All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
11 GLT And it happened at the time one brings in the chest to the oversight of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was an abundance of money, then a scribe of the king would come, and the officer of the head priest. And they would empty the chest, and they would carry it, and they would return it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and they gathered money in abundance. BSB BSB: Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
12 GLT And the king and Jehoiada gave it to the ones doing the work of the service of the house of Yahweh. And they were hiring stonemasons and craftsmen to restore the house of Yahweh, and also for craftsmen of iron and bronze to make strong the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
13 GLT And the doers of the work did, and the restoration of the work went up by their hand. And they made stand the house of God according to its measurement, and they strengthened it. BSB BSB: So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
14 GLT And when they finished, they brought in before the king and Jehoiada the remainder of the money. And they made items for the house of Yahweh, items of ministry and of burnt offerings and pans and items of gold and silver. And they were offering up burnt offerings at the house of Yahweh regularly all the days of Jehoiada. BSB BSB: When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
15 GLT And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died, a son of 130 years at his death. BSB BSB: When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
16 GLT And they buried him in the city of David with the kings, because he did good in Israel and toward God and his house. BSB BSB: And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
17 GLT And after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them. BSB BSB: After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
18 GLT And they abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and they served the Asherim and the idols. And there was wrath on Judah and Jerusalem on account of this, their guilt. BSB BSB: They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
19 GLT And he sent among them prophets to bring them back to Yahweh. And they testified against them, but they did not listen. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them, but they would not listen.
20 GLT And the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood above the people, and he said to them,“Thus says God: Why are you passing over the commands of Yahweh, and you do not prosper? Because you all abandoned Yahweh, then he has abandoned you all.” BSB BSB: Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
21 GLT But they conspired against him, and they stoned him with stones by the command of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.
22 GLT And King Joash did not remember the covenant faithfulness that Jehoiada, his father did with him, and he killed his son. And when he died, he said,“May Yahweh see and seek.” BSB BSB: Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
23 GLT And it happened at the turn of the year, the army of Aram came up against him, and they came to Judah and Jerusalem. And they destroyed all the chiefs of the people from the people. And all the plunder they sent to the king of Damascus. BSB BSB: In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.
24 GLT Indeed with a small amount of men the army of Aram came, yet Yahweh gave into their hand a very large army because they abandoned Yahweh, the God of their fathers. And they did judgment on Joash. BSB BSB: Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
25 GLT And when they went from him, for they left him with many wounds, his servants conspired against him on account of the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the graves of the kings. BSB BSB: And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
26 GLT And these were the ones who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath, the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, the Moabitess. BSB BSB: Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27 GLT And his sons, and many oracles against him, and the establishing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the exposition of the scroll of the Kings. And Amaziah his son became king in his place. BSB BSB: The accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.
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