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In the seventh[H7651]year[H8141] of Jehu[H3058]Jehoash[H3060] began to reign[H4427]; and forty[H705]years[H8141]reigned[H4427] he in Jerusalem[H3389]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Zibiah[H6645] of Beersheba[H884].
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And Jehoash[H3060]did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] all his days[H3117] wherein Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548]instructed[H3384] him.
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But the high places[H1116] were not taken away[H5493]: the people[H5971] still sacrificed[H2076] and burnt incense[H6999] in the high places[H1116].
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And Jehoash[H3060]said[H559] to the priests[H3548], All the money[H3701] of the dedicated things[H6944] that is brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], even the money[H3701] of every one[H376] that passeth[H5674] the account, the money[H3701] that every man[H5315] is set at[H6187], and all the money[H3701] that cometh[H5927] into any man[H5315]'s heart[H3820] to bring[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068],
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Let the priests[H3548]take[H3947] it to them, every man[H376] of his acquaintance[H4378]: and let them repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004], wheresoever any breach[H919] shall be found[H4672].
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But it was so, that in the three[H7969] and twentieth[H6242]year[H8141] of king[H4428]Jehoash[H3060] the priests[H3548] had not repaired[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004].
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Then king[H4428]Jehoash[H3060]called[H7121] for Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548], and the other priests[H3548], and said[H559] unto them, Why repair[H2388] ye not the breaches[H919] of the house?[H1004] now therefore receive[H3947] no more money[H3701] of your acquaintance[H4378], but deliver[H5414] it for the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004].
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And the priests[H3548]consented[H225] to receive[H3947]no[H1115] more money[H3701] of the people[H5971], neither[H1115] to repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004].
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But Jehoiada[H3077] the priest[H3548]took[H3947]a[H259]chest[H727], and bored[H5344]a[H259]hole[H2356] in the lid[H1817] of it, and set[H5414] it beside[H681] the altar[H4196], on the right side[H3225] as one[H376]cometh[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: and the priests[H3548] that kept[H8104] the door[H5592]put[H5414] therein all the money[H3701] that was brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And it was so, when they saw[H7200] that there was much[H7227]money[H3701] in the chest[H727], that the king's scribe[H5608] and the high[H1419]priest[H3548] came up[H5927], and they put up[H5927] in bags[H6696], and told[H4487] the money[H3701] that was found[H4672] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And they gave[H5414] the money[H3701], being told[H8505], into the hands[H3027] of them that did[H6213] the work[H4399], that had the oversight[H6485] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: and they laid it out[H3318] to the carpenters[H2796] and builders[H1129], that wrought[H6213] upon the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068],
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And to masons[H1443], and hewers[H2672] of stone[H68], and to buy[H7069]timber[H6086] and hewed[H4274]stone[H68] to repair[H2388] the breaches[H919] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and for all that was laid out[H3318] for the house[H1004] to repair[H2394] it.
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Howbeit there were not made[H6213] for the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]bowls[H5592] of silver[H3701], snuffers[H4212], basons[H4219], trumpets[H2689], any vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091], or vessels[H3627] of silver[H3701], of the money[H3701] that was brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]:
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But they gave[H5414] that to the workmen[H4399], and repaired[H2388] therewith the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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Moreover they reckoned[H2803] not with the men[H582], into whose hand[H3027] they delivered[H5414] the money[H3701] to be bestowed[H5414] on workmen[H4399]: for they dealt[H6213]faithfully[H530].
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The trespass[H817]money[H3701] and sin[H2403]money[H3701] was not brought[H935] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: it was the priests[H3548]'.
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Then Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758] went up[H5927], and fought[H3898] against Gath[H1661], and took[H3920] it: and Hazael[H2371]set[H7760] his face[H6440] to go up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389].
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And Jehoash[H3060]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]took[H3947] all the hallowed things[H6944] that Jehoshaphat[H3092], and Jehoram[H3088], and Ahaziah[H274], his fathers[H1], kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], had dedicated[H6942], and his own hallowed things[H6944], and all the gold[H2091] that was found[H4672] in the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and in the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and sent[H7971] it to Hazael[H2371]king[H4428] of Syria[H758]: and he went away[H5927] from Jerusalem[H3389].
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And the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Joash[H3101], and all that he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah?[H3063]
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And his servants[H5650]arose[H6965], and made[H7194] a conspiracy[H7195], and slew[H5221]Joash[H3101] in the house[H1004] of Millo[H4407], which goeth down[H3381] to Silla[H5538].
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For Jozachar[H3108] the son[H1121] of Shimeath[H8100], and Jehozabad[H3075] the son[H1121] of Shomer[H7763], his servants[H5650], smote[H5221] him, and he died[H4191]; and they buried[H6912] him with his fathers[H1] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732]: and Amaziah[H558] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.