Jehoash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada.

1 ¶ In the seventhº yearº of Jehuº Jehoashº began to reign;ºª and fortyº yearsº reignedºª he in Jerusalem.º And his mother'sº nameº [was] Zibiahº of Beersheba.º² 2 And Jehoashº didºª [that which was] rightº in the sightº of the LORDº all² his daysº wherein² Jehoiadaº the priestº instructedºª him. 3 But² the high placesº were not² taken away:ºª the peopleº still² sacrificedºª and burnt incenseºª in the high places.º

He giveth order for the repair of the Temple.

4 ¶ And Jehoashº saidºª to² the priests,º All² the moneyº of the dedicated thingsº that² is broughtºª into the houseº of the LORD,º [even] the moneyº of every one¹ that passethºª [the account], the moneyº that every manº is set at,º [and] all² the moneyº that² comethºª into² any man'sº heartº to bringºª into the houseº of the LORD,º 5 Let the priestsº takeºª [it] to them, every manº of²² his acquaintance:º and let them² repairºª² the breachesº of the house,º wheresoever²²² any breachº shall be found.ºª 6 But it was² [so, that] in the threeº¹ and twentiethº yearº of kingº Jehoashº the priestsº had not² repairedºª² the breachesº of the house.º 7 Then kingº Jehoashº calledºª for Jehoiadaº the priest,º and the [other] priests,º and saidºª unto² them, Why² repairºª ye not²² the breachesº of the house?º now² therefore receiveºª no² [more] moneyº of²² your acquaintance,º but² deliverºª it for the breachesº of the house.º 8 And the priestsº consentedºª to receiveºª noº [more] moneyº of²² the people,º neitherº to repairºª² the breachesº of the house.º 9 But Jehoiadaº the priestº tookºª aº chest,º and boredºª a holeº in the lidº of it, and setºª it besideº the altar,º on the right sideº as oneº comethºª into the houseº of the LORD:º and the priestsº that keptºª the doorº putºª therein²² all² the moneyº [that was] broughtºª into the houseº of the LORD.º 10 And it was² [so], when they sawºª that² [there was] muchº moneyº in the chest,º that the king'sº scribeºª and the highº priestº came up,ºª and they put up in bags,ºª and toldºª² the moneyº that was foundºª in the houseº of the LORD.º 11 And they gaveºª² the money,º being told,ºª into² the handsº of them that didºª the work,º that had the oversightºªªª of the houseº of the LORD:º and they laid it outºª to the carpentersºº and builders,ºª that wroughtºª upon the houseº of the LORD,º 12 And to masons,ºª and hewersºª of stone,º and to buyºª timberº and hewedº stoneº to repairºª² the breachesº of the houseº of the LORD,º and for all² that² was laid outºª for² the houseº to repairº [it]. 13 Howbeit² there were not² madeºª for the houseº of the LORDº bowlsº of silver,º snuffers,º basons,º trumpets,º any² vesselsº of gold,º or vesselsº of silver,º of² the moneyº [that was] broughtºª into the houseº of the LORD:º 14 But² they gaveºª that to the workmen,ººª and repairedºª therewith² the houseº of the LORD.º 15 Moreover they reckonedºª not² with² the men,¹² into² whose² handº they deliveredºª² the moneyº to be bestowedºª on workmen:º² for² they² dealtºª faithfully.º 16 The trespassº moneyº and sinº moneyº was not² broughtºª into the houseº of the LORD:º it was² the priests'.º

Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallowed treasures.

17 ¶ Then² Hazaelº kingº of Syriaº went up,ºª and foughtºª against² Gath,º and tookºª it: and Hazaelº setºª his faceº to go upºª to² Jerusalem.º 18 And Jehoashº kingº of Judahº tookºª² all² the hallowed thingsº that² Jehoshaphat,º and Jehoram,º and Ahaziah,º his fathers,º kingsº of Judah,º had dedicated,ºª and his own hallowed things,º and all² the goldº [that was] foundºª in the treasuresº of the houseº of the LORD,º and in the king'sº house,º and sentºª [it] to Hazaelº kingº of Syria:º and he went awayºª from²² Jerusalem.º

Jehoash being slain by his servants, Amaziah succeedeth him.

19 ¶ And the restº of the actsº of Joash,º and all² that² he did,ºª [are] they² not² writtenºª in² the bookº of the chroniclesºº of the kingsº of Judah?º 20 And his servantsº arose,ºª and madeºª a conspiracy,º and slewºª² Joashº in the houseº of Millo,ºª¹ which goeth downºª to Silla.º 21 For Jozacharº the sonº of Shimeath,º and Jehozabadº the sonº of Shomer,º his servants,º smoteºª him, and he died;ºª and they buriedºª him with² his fathersº in the cityº of David:º and Amaziahº his sonº reignedºª in his stead.²