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} and his mother's{H517} name{H8034} was Zibiah,{H6645} of Beer-sheba.{H884}

And Joash{H3101} did{H6213} that which was right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} all the days{H3117} of Jehoiada{H3077} the priest.{H3548}

And Jehoiada{H3077} took{H5375} for him two{H8147} wives;{H802} and he begat{H3205} sons{H1121} and daughters.{H1323}

And it came to pass after{H310} this, that Joash{H3101} was minded{H3820} to restore{H2318} the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

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.

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 tax{H4864} of Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah,{H3068} and of the assembly{H6951} of Israel,{H3478} for the tent{H168} of the testimony?{H5715}

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 Jehovah{H3068} did they bestow{H6213} upon the Baalim.{H1168}

So the king{H4428} commanded,{H559} and they made{H6213} a{H259} chest,{H727} and set{H5414} it without{H2351} at the gate{H8179} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And they made{H5414} a proclamation{H6963} through Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem,{H3389} to bring in{H935} for Jehovah{H3068} the tax{H4864} that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of God{H430} laid upon Israel{H3478} in the wilderness.{H4057}

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}

And it was so, that, at what time{H6256} the chest{H727} was brought{H935} unto the king's{H4428} officers{H6486} by the hand{H3027} of the Levites,{H3881} and when they saw{H7200} that there was much{H7227} money,{H3701} the king's{H4428} scribe{H5608} and the chief{H7218} priest's{H3548} officer{H6496} came{H935} and emptied{H6168} the chest,{H727} and took{H5375} it, and carried{H7725} it to its place{H4725} again.{H7725} Thus they did{H6213} day{H3117} by day,{H3117} and gathered{H622} money{H3701} in abundance.{H7230}

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 Jehovah;{H3068} and they hired{H7936} masons{H2672} and carpenters{H2796} to restore{H2318} the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and also such as wrought{H2796} iron{H1270} and brass{H5178} to repair{H2388} the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

So the workmen{H4399} wrought,{H6213} and the work{H4399} of repairing{H5927} went forward{H724} in their hands,{H3027} and they set{H5975} up the house{H1004} of God{H430} in its state,{H4971} and strengthened{H553} it.

And when they had made{H3615} an end, 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 Jehovah,{H3068} even vessels{H3627} wherewith to minister{H8335} and to offer,{H5927} and spoons,{H3709} and vessels{H3627} of gold{H2091} and silver.{H3701} And they offered{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} in the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} continually{H8548} all the days{H3117} of Jehoiada.{H3077}

But Jehoiada{H3077} waxed old{H2204} and was full{H7646} of days,{H3117} and he died;{H4191} a hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years{H8141} old{H1121} was he when he died.{H4194}

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} and toward God{H430} and his house.{H1004}

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.

And they forsook{H5800} the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} and served{H5647} the Asherim{H842} and the idols:{H6091} and wrath{H7110} came upon Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} for this their guiltiness.{H819}

Yet he sent{H7971} prophets{H5030} to them, to bring them again{H7725} unto Jehovah;{H3068} and they testified{H5749} against them: but they would not give ear.{H238}

And the Spirit{H7307} of God{H430} came{H3847} upon Zechariah{H2148} the son{H1121} of Jehoiada{H3077} the priest;{H3548} and he stood{H5975} above the people,{H5971} and said{H559} unto them, Thus saith{H559} God,{H430} Why transgress{H5674} ye the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah,{H3068} so that ye cannot prosper?{H6743} because ye have forsaken{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} he hath also forsaken{H5800} you.

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 Jehovah.{H3068}

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} Jehovah{H3068} look{H7200} upon it, and require{H1875} it.

And it came to pass at the end{H8622} of the year,{H8141} that the army{H2428} of the Syrians{H758} came 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}

For the army{H2428} of the Syrians{H758} came{H935} with a small{H4705} company of men;{H582} and Jehovah{H3068} delivered{H5414} a very{H3966} great{H7230} host{H2428} into their hand,{H3027} because they had forsaken{H5800} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers.{H1} So they executed{H6213} judgment{H8201} upon Joash.{H3101}

And when they were departed{H3212} for him (for they left{H5800} him very{H7227} sick),{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}

And these are they that conspired{H7194} against him: Zabad{H2066} the son{H1121} of Shimeath{H8100} the Ammonitess,{H5985} and Jehozabad{H3075} the son{H1121} of Shimrith{H8116} the Moabitess.{H4125}

Now concerning his sons,{H1121} and the greatness{H7235} of the burdens{H4853} laid upon him, and the rebuilding{H3247} of the house{H1004} of God,{H430} behold, they are written{H3789} in the commentary{H4097} of the book{H5612} of the kings.{H4428} And Amaziah{H558} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.