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1. Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother, named Zibiah, was from Beer-sheba.
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1. Joash H3101 was seven H7651 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 , and he reigned H4427 forty H705 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . His mother H517 's name H8034 also was Zibiah H6645 of Beer H4480 H884 -sheba.
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2. Joash did what was pleasing to the LORD as long as Jehoiada the priest lived.
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2. And Joash H3077 did H6213 that which was right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the days H3117 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 .
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3. Jehoiada provided him with two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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3. And Jehoiada H3077 took H5375 for him two H8147 wives H802 ; and he begot H3205 sons H1121 and daughters H1323 .
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4. After some time, Joash decided to restore the LORD'S temple.
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4. And it came to pass H1961 after H310 this H3651 , that Joash H3101 was H1961 minded H5973 H3820 to repair H2318 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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5. He called together the priests and Levites and said to them: "Go out to all the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel that you may repair the house of your God over the years. You must hasten this affair." But the Levites did not hasten.
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5. And he gathered together H6908 H853 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 , and said H559 to them , Go out H3318 unto the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , and gather H6908 of all H4480 H3605 Israel H3478 money H3701 to repair H2388 H853 the house H1004 of your God H430 from H4480 H1767 year H8141 to year H8141 , and see that ye H859 hasten H4116 the matter H1697 . Howbeit the Levites H3881 hastened H4116 it not H3808 .
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6. Then the king summoned Jehoiada, who was in charge, and said to him: "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the LORD, and by the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?"
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6. And the king H4428 called H7121 for Jehoiada H3077 the chief H7218 , and said H559 unto him, Why H4069 hast thou not H3808 required H1875 of H5921 the Levites H3881 to bring in H935 out of Judah H4480 H3063 and out of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 H853 the collection H4864 , according to the commandment of Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 , and of the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 , for the tabernacle H168 of witness H5715 ?
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7. For the wicked Athaliah and her sons had damaged the house of God and had even turned over to the Baals the dedicated resources of the LORD'S temple.
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7. For H3588 the sons H1121 of Athaliah H6271 , that wicked woman H4849 , had broken up H6555 H853 the house H1004 of God H430 ; and also H1571 all H3605 the dedicated things H6944 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 did they bestow H6213 upon Baalim H1168 .
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8. At the king's command, therefore, they made a chest, which they put outside the gate of the LORD'S temple.
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8. And at the king H4428 's commandment H559 they made H6213 a H259 chest H727 , and set H5414 it without H2351 at the gate H8179 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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9. They had it proclaimed throughout Judah and Jerusalem that the tax which Moses, the servant of God, had imposed on Israel in the desert should be brought to the LORD.
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9. And they made H5414 a proclamation H6963 through Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 , to bring in H935 to the LORD H3068 the collection H4864 that Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 laid upon H5921 Israel H3478 in the wilderness H4057 .
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10. All the princes and the people rejoiced; they brought what was asked and cast it into the chest until it was filled.
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10. And all H3605 the princes H8269 and all H3605 the people H5971 rejoiced H8055 , and brought in H935 , and cast H7993 into the chest H727 , until H5704 they had made an end H3615 .
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11. Whenever the chest was brought to the royal officials by the Levites and they saw that it contained much money, the royal scribe and an overseer for the high priest came, emptied the chest, then took it back and returned it to its place. This they did day after day until they had collected a large sum of money.
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11. Now it came to pass H1961 , that at what time H6256 H853 the chest H727 was brought H935 unto H413 the king H4428 's office H6486 by the hand H3027 of the Levites H3881 , and when they saw H7200 that H3588 there was much H7227 money H3701 , the king H4428 's scribe H5608 and the high H7218 priest H3548 's officer H6496 came H935 and emptied H6168 H853 the chest H727 , and took H5375 it , and carried H7725 it to H413 his place H4725 again. Thus H3541 they did H6213 day H3117 by day H3117 , and gathered H622 money H3701 in abundance H7230 .
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12. Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to the workmen in charge of the labor on the LORD'S temple, who hired masons and carpenters to restore the temple, and also iron- and bronze-smiths to repair it.
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12. And the king H4428 and Jehoiada H3077 gave H5414 it to H413 such as did H6213 the work H4399 of the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and hired H1961 H7936 masons H2672 and carpenters H2796 to repair H2318 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and also H1571 such as wrought H2796 iron H1270 and brass H5178 to mend H2388 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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13. The workmen labored, and the task of restoration progressed under their hands. They restored the house of God according to its original form, and reinforced it.
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13. So the workmen H6213 H4399 wrought H6213 , and the work H4399 was perfected H5927 H724 by H3027 them , and they set H5975 H853 the house H1004 of God H430 in H5921 his state H4971 , and strengthened H553 it.
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14. After they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and to Jehoiada, who had it made into utensils for the LORD'S temple, utensils for the service and the holocausts, and basins and other gold and silver utensils. They offered holocausts in the LORD'S temple continually throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada.
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14. And when they had finished H3615 it , they brought H935 H853 the rest H7605 of the money H3701 before H6440 the king H4428 and Jehoiada H3077 , whereof were made H6213 vessels H3627 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , even vessels H3627 to minister H8335 , and to offer H5927 withal , and spoons H3709 , and vessels H3627 of gold H2091 and silver H3701 . And they offered H1961 H5927 burnt offerings H5930 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 continually H8548 all H3605 the days H3117 of Jehoiada H3077 .
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15. Jehoiada lived to a ripe old age; he was a hundred and thirty years old when he died.
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15. But Jehoiada H3077 waxed old H2204 , and was full H7646 of days H3117 when he died H4191 ; a hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 was he when he died H4194 .
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16. He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had done good in Israel, in particular with respect to God and his temple.
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16. And they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732 among H5973 the kings H4428 , because H3588 he had done H6213 good H2896 in Israel H3478 , both toward H5973 God H430 , and toward his house H1004 .
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17. After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and the king then listened to them.
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17. Now after H310 the death H4194 of Jehoiada H3077 came H935 the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 , and made obeisance H7812 to the king H4428 . Then H227 the king H4428 hearkened H8085 unto H413 them.
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18. They forsook the temple of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and began to serve the sacred poles and the idols; and because of this crime of theirs, wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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18. And they left H5800 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers H1 , and served H5647 H853 groves H842 and idols H6091 : and wrath H7110 came H1961 upon H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 for this H2063 their trespass H819 .
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19. Although prophets were sent to them to convert them to the LORD, the people would not listen to their warnings.
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19. Yet he sent H7971 prophets H5030 to them , to bring them again H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 ; and they testified H5749 against them : but they would not H3808 give ear H238 .
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20. Then the spirit of God possessed Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He took his stand above the people and said to them: "God says, 'Why are you transgressing the LORD'S commands, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have abandoned the LORD, he has abandoned you.'"
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20. And the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came upon H3847 H853 Zechariah H2148 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 , which stood H5975 above H4480 H5921 the people H5971 , and said H559 unto them, Thus H3541 saith H559 God H430 , Why H4100 transgress H5674 ye H859 H853 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 , that ye cannot H3808 prosper H6743 ? because H3588 ye have forsaken H5800 the LORD H3068 , he hath also forsaken H5800 H853 you.
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21. But they conspired against him, and at the king's order they stoned him to death in the court of the LORD'S temple.
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21. And they conspired H7194 against H5921 him , and stoned H7275 him with stones H68 at the commandment H4687 of the king H4428 in the court H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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22. Thus King Joash was unmindful of the devotion shown him by Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, and slew his son. And as he was dying, he said, "May the LORD see and avenge."
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22. Thus Joash H3101 the king H4428 remembered H2142 not H3808 the kindness H2617 which H834 Jehoiada H3077 his father H1 had done H6213 to H5973 him , but slew H2026 H853 his son H1121 . And when he died H4191 , he said H559 , The LORD H3068 look upon H7200 it , and require H1875 it .
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23. At the turn of the year a force of Arameans came up against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, did away with all the princes of the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.
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23. And it came to pass H1961 at the end H8622 of the year H8141 , that the host H2428 of Syria H758 came up H5927 against H5921 him : and they came H935 to H413 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 , and destroyed H7843 H853 all H3605 the princes H8269 of the people H5971 from among the people H4480 H5971 , and sent H7971 all H3605 the spoil H7998 of them unto the king H4428 of Damascus H1834 .
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24. Though the Aramean force came with few men, the LORD surrendered a very large force into their power, because Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers. So punishment was meted out to Joash.
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24. For H3588 the army H2428 of the Syrians H758 came H935 with a small company H4705 of men H376 , and the LORD H3068 delivered H5414 a very H3966 great H7230 host H2428 into their hand H3027 , because H3588 they had forsaken H5800 H853 the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers H1 . So they executed H6213 judgment H8201 against H854 Joash H3101 .
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25. After the Arameans had departed from him, leaving him in grievous suffering, his servants conspired against him because of the murder of the son of Jehoiada the priest. They killed him on his sickbed. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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25. And when they were departed H1980 from H4480 him, ( for H3588 they left H5800 him in great H7227 diseases H4251 ,) his own servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him for the blood H1818 of the sons H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 , and slew H2026 him on H5921 his bed H4296 , and he died H4191 : and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732 , but they buried H6912 him not H3808 in the sepulchers H6913 of the kings H4428 .
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26. These conspired against him: Zabad, son of Shimeath from Ammon, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith from Moab.
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26. And these H428 are they that conspired H7194 against H5921 him; Zabad H2066 the son H1121 of Shimeath H8100 an Ammonitess H5984 , and Jehozabad H3075 the son H1121 of Shimrith H8116 a Moabitess H4125 .
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27. Of his sons, and the great tribute imposed on him, and of his rebuilding of the house of God, there is a written account in the midrash of the book of the kings. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.
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27. Now concerning his sons H1121 , and the greatness H7230 of the burdens H4853 laid upon H5921 him , and the repairing H3247 of the house H1004 of God H430 , behold H2009 , they are written H3789 in H5921 the story H4097 of the book H5612 of the kings H4428 . And Amaziah H558 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead H8478 .
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