1 GLT In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he was king 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 GLT And Joash did what was upright 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 GLT Only the high places they did not remove. The people were still sacrificing and were burning incense on the high places. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.
4 GLT And Joash said to the priests,“All the silver of the sacred things that{ is} brought{ into} the house of Yahweh: the silver passing over a man, the silver of lives, his assessment, all the silver which goes up on 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 GLT the priests will take for them, each man from his acquaintance, and they will strengthen the damage of the house, for 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 GLT And it happened, in the year of the 23 rd year of 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 GLT 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 will not take silver from your acquaintances, but for the damage of the house you will 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 GLT So the priests agreed to not accept silver from the people and to not 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 GLT And Jehoiada the priest took one box, and he pierced a hole in its door, and he gave it beside the altar, on the right hand. When a person came{ to} the house of Yahweh, and the priests, the ones guarding the threshold, gave into there all the silver that was 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 GLT And it happened, when they saw that the silver{ was} abundant in the box, and the scribe of the king and the great priest went up, and they bound{ it}, and they numbered the silver that was found{ in} 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 GLT And they gave the silver that was counted to the hands of the people doing the work, the ones inspecting the house of Yahweh. And they brought it out to the craftsmen of the 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 GLT and to the people building the wall and to the hewers of the stone, and to acquire wood and hewed stones 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 GLT However,{ in} the house of Yahweh, bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets— all the instruments of gold or instruments of silver were not made from the silver that was 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 GLT because they gave it to the people doing 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 GLT And they did not audit the men who they gave the silver into their hand to give to the people doing the work, for they were acting with trustworthiness. BSB BSB: No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
16 GLT { The} silver of{ the} guilt offering and the silver for the sin offerings were not brought{ into} the house of Yahweh— they belonged 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.
18 GLT And Joash the king of Judah took all 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 that was 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 away from 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 GLT But the rest of the words of Joash, and all that he did— are they not written on the scroll of the words 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 GLT And his servants got up, and they conspired a conspiracy, and they struck Joash{ in} Beth- Millo, the going down{ 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 GLT 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 became king 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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