1Joash[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's name[H8034] also was Zibiah[H6645] of Beersheba[H884].
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And Joash[H3101]did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] all the days[H3117] of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548].
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And Jehoiada[H3077]took[H5375] for him two[H8147]wives[H802]; and he begat[H3205]sons[H1121] and daughters[H1323].
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And it came to pass after[H310] this, that Joash[H3101] was minded[H3820] to repair[H2318] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And he gathered together[H6908] 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 Israel[H3478]money[H3701] to repair[H2388] the house[H1004] of your God[H430]from[H1767]year[H8141] to year[H8141], and see that ye hasten[H4116] the matter[H1697]. Howbeit the Levites[H3881]hastened[H4116] it not.
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And the king[H4428]called[H7121] for Jehoiada[H3077] the chief[H7218], and said[H559] unto him, Why hast thou not required[H1875] of the Levites[H3881] to bring in[H935] out of Judah[H3063] and out of Jerusalem[H3389] 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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For the sons[H1121] of Athaliah[H6271], that wicked[H4849] woman, had broken up[H6555] the house[H1004] of God[H430]; and also all the dedicated things[H6944] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] did they bestow[H6213] upon Baalim[H1168].
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And at the king'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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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 Israel[H3478]in[H935] the wilderness[H4057].
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And all the princes[H8269] and all the people[H5971]rejoiced[H8055], and brought in[H935], and cast[H7993] into the chest[H727], until they had made an end[H3615].
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Now it came[H935] to pass, that at what time[H6256] the chest[H727] was brought[H935] unto the king's office[H6486] by the hand[H3027] of the Levites[H3881], and when they saw[H7200] that there was much[H7227]money[H3701], the king's scribe[H5608] and the high[H7218] priest's officer[H6496]came[H935] and emptied[H6168] the chest[H727], and took[H5375] it, and carried[H7725] it to his place[H4725]again[H7725]. Thus they did[H6213]day[H3117] by day[H3117], and gathered[H622]money[H3701] in abundance[H7230].
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And the king[H4428] and Jehoiada[H3077]gave[H5414] it to such as did[H6213] the work[H4399] of the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and hired[H7936]masons[H2672] and carpenters[H2796] to repair[H2318] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and also such as wrought[H2796]iron[H1270] and brass[H5178] to mend[H2388] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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So the workmen[H4399]wrought[H6213], and the work[H4399]was[H5927]perfected[H724] by them[H3027], and they set[H5975] the house[H1004] of God[H430] in his state[H4971], and strengthened[H553] it.
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And when they had finished[H3615] it, they brought[H935] 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[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]continually[H8548] all the days[H3117] of Jehoiada[H3077].
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But Jehoiada[H3077] waxed old[H2204], and was full[H7646] of days[H3117] when he died[H4191]; an hundred[H3967] and thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] was he when he died[H4194].
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And they buried[H6912] him in the city[H5892] of David[H1732] among the kings[H4428], because he had done[H6213]good[H2896] in Israel[H3478], both toward God[H430], and toward his house[H1004].
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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 the king[H4428]hearkened[H8085] unto them.
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And they left[H5800] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of their fathers[H1], and served[H5647]groves[H842] and idols[H6091]: and wrath[H7110] came upon Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389] for this their trespass[H819].
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Yet he sent[H7971]prophets[H5030] to them, to bring them again[H7725] unto the LORD[H3068]; and they testified[H5749] against them: but they would not give ear[H238].
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And the Spirit[H7307] of God[H430]came[H3847] upon Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548], which stood[H5975] above the people[H5971], and said[H559] unto them, Thus saith[H559]God[H430], Why transgress[H5674] ye the commandments[H4687] of the LORD[H3068], that ye cannot prosper?[H6743] because ye have forsaken[H5800] the LORD[H3068], he hath also forsaken[H5800] you.
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And they conspired[H7194] against 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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Thus Joash[H3101] the king[H4428]remembered[H2142] not the kindness[H2617] which Jehoiada[H3077] his father[H1] had done[H6213] to him, but slew[H2026] his son[H1121]. And when he died[H4194], he said[H559], The LORD[H3068]look[H7200] upon it, and require[H1875] it.
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And it came[H935] to pass at the end[H8622] of the year[H8141], that the host[H2428] of Syria[H758]came[H935]up[H5927] against him: and they came[H935] to Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], and destroyed[H7843] all the princes[H8269] of the people[H5971] from among the people[H5971], and sent[H7971] all the spoil[H7998] of them unto the king[H4428] of Damascus[H1834].
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For the army[H2428] of the Syrians[H758]came[H935] with a small[H4705] company of men[H582], and the LORD[H3068]delivered[H5414] a very[H3966]great[H7230]host[H2428] into their hand[H3027], because they had forsaken[H5800] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of their fathers[H1]. So they executed[H6213]judgment[H8201] against Joash[H3101].
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And when they were departed[H3212] from him,(for they left[H5800] him in great[H7227]diseases[H4251],) his own servants[H5650]conspired[H7194] against him for the blood[H1818] of the sons[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548], and slew[H2026] him on 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 in the sepulchres[H6913] of the kings[H4428].
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And these are they that conspired[H7194] against him; Zabad[H2066] the son[H1121] of Shimeath[H8100] an Ammonitess[H5985], and Jehozabad[H3075] the son[H1121] of Shimrith[H8116] a Moabitess[H4125].
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Now concerning his sons[H1121], and the greatness[H7235] of the burdens[H4853] laid upon him, and the repairing[H3247] of the house[H1004] of God[H430], behold, they are written[H3789] in the story[H4097] of the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428]. And Amaziah[H558] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.