Chapter 12

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign;¹ and forty years reigned¹ he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Zibiah of Beersheba.

And Jehoash did⁴ [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed⁵² him.

But the high places were not taken away:¹ the people still sacrificed¹⁸ and burnt incense¹⁸ in the high places.

And Jehoash said⁴ to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into⁹³ the house of the LORD, [even] the money of every one that passeth⁶ [the account], the money that every man is set at, [and] all the money that cometh⁴ into any man's heart to bring⁵³ into the house of the LORD,

Let the priests take⁴ [it] to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair¹⁷ the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.¹¹

But it was [so, that] in the three ⁸¹⁴¹ and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired¹⁴ the breaches of the house.

Then king Jehoash called⁴ for Jehoiada the priest, and the [other] priests, and said⁴ unto them, Why repair¹⁸ ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive⁴ no [more] money of your acquaintance, but deliver⁴ it for the breaches of the house.

And the priests consented¹¹ to receive² no [more] money of the people, neither to repair¹⁵ the breaches of the house.

But Jehoiada the priest took⁴ a chest, and bored⁴ a hole in the lid of it, and set⁴ it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh² into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept⁶ the door put¹ therein all the money [that was] brought into⁹⁴ the house of the LORD.

And it was [so], when they saw² that [there was] much money in the chest, that the king's scribe⁶ and the high priest came up,⁴ and they put up in bags,⁴ and told⁴ the money that was found¹² in the house of the LORD.

And they gave¹ the money, being told,³⁰ into the hands of them that did⁶ the work, that had the oversight^{94 6485 7} of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out⁵⁵ to the carpenters ⁶⁰⁸⁶ and builders,⁶ that wrought⁶ upon the house of the LORD,

And to masons,⁶ and hewers⁶ of stone, and to buy² timber and hewed stone to repair¹⁵ the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out⁴ for the house to repair [it].

Howbeit there were not made¹¹ for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money [that was] brought into⁹⁴ the house of the LORD:

But they gave⁴ that to the workmen, ^{6213 6} and repaired¹⁴ therewith the house of the LORD.

Moreover they reckoned¹⁷ not with the men, into whose hand they delivered⁴ the money to be bestowed² on workmen:^{6 4399} for they dealt⁶ faithfully.

The trespass money and sin money was not brought into⁹³ the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.

Then Hazael king of Syria went up,⁴ and fought¹¹ against Gath, and took⁴ it: and Hazael set⁴ his face to go up² to Jerusalem.

And Jehoash king of Judah took⁴ all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated,⁵² and his own hallowed things, and all the gold [that was] found¹² in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent⁴ [it] to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away⁴ from Jerusalem.

And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did,¹ [are] they not written⁷ in the book of the chronicles ³¹¹⁷ of the kings of Judah?

And his servants arose,⁴ and made⁴ a conspiracy, and slew⁵⁵ Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down⁶ to Silla.

For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote⁵² him, and he died;⁴ and they buried⁴ him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned⁴ in his stead.