2 Chronicles 24:4

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After this, Joash decided to restore the house of the Lord.

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  • 2 Chr 24:5-8
    4 verses
    81%

    5 He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect from all Israel money to repair the house of your God annually. Hurry and do this task." But the Levites did not act quickly.

    6 So the king summoned Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?"

    7 For the wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into the house of God and had even used all the holy things of the Lord's house for the worship of the Baals.

    8 At the king's order, they made a chest and placed it outside at the gate of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 12:4-8
    5 verses
    78%

    4 However, the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

    5 Joash said to the priests, 'All the money dedicated as holy gifts brought to the temple of the LORD—that is, the census money, the assessed value for individuals, and all the money that anyone approaches with a willing heart to bring to the temple of the LORD—

    6 let the priests receive it each from their acquaintances, and they shall use it to repair any damage found in the temple.'

    7 But by the twenty-third year of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.

    8 So King Joash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, 'Why are you not repairing the damage to the temple? Therefore, do not take money from your donors anymore but give it directly for the temple’s repairs.'

  • 2 Chr 24:11-14
    4 verses
    78%

    11 Whenever the chest was brought to the king's steward by the Levites, and they saw there was a large amount of money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came, emptied the chest, and returned it to its place. They did this day after day and collected a great amount of money.

    12 The king and Jehoiada gave the money to those who carried out the work of the Lord's temple. They hired stonemasons and carpenters to restore the temple and craftsmen to work with iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord.

    13 The workers diligently carried out their tasks, and the restoration of the temple made steady progress under their hands. They rebuilt the house of God according to its original design and strengthened it.

    14 When the work was completed, they brought the remaining silver before the king and Jehoiada, and they used it to make utensils for the house of the Lord, including tools for service, bowls, and other articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord throughout the days of Jehoiada.

  • 2 Chr 24:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah from Beersheba.

    2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

    3 Jehoiada arranged for Joash to marry two wives, and he fathered sons and daughters.

  • 2 Chr 34:8
    74%

    8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, to cleanse the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city governor, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to restore the house of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Chr 29:3
    73%

    3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.

  • 2 Kgs 14:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like his ancestor David. He followed the example of his father Joash instead.

    4 However, the high places were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

  • 2 Chr 24:27
    73%

    27 The account of his sons, the many pronouncements against him, and the restoration of the house of God are written in the commentary of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah succeeded him as king.

  • 2 Kgs 22:3-6
    4 verses
    71%

    3 In the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, the king sent Shaphan, son of Azaliah and grandson of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

    4 “Go to Hilkiah the high priest, so that he may count the silver brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

    5 Let it be given to the hands of the workmen who are appointed over the house of the LORD, and they shall use it to pay the workers engaged in the repairs of the house—

    6 the carpenters, builders, and masons. It shall also be used to buy timber and quarried stone for repairing the house.

  • 2 Kgs 12:14
    71%

    14 However, no silver basins, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any gold or silver vessels were made from the money brought to the temple of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 24:21-24
    4 verses
    71%

    21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord.

    22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'

    23 At the turn of the year, the Aramean army came up against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, and they destroyed all the leaders of the people, sending all the plunder to the king of Damascus.

    24 Though the Aramean army had come with only a small force of men, the Lord delivered into their hands a very large army because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment against Joash.

  • 2 Kgs 12:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18 At that time, Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

    19 But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred items that had been dedicated by his forefathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, along with his own sacred gifts and all the gold found in the treasuries of the temple of the LORD and the royal palace—and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    71%

    19 Now set your heart and soul to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 34:10
    71%

    10 They gave it into the hands of the supervisors of the work being done on the house of the LORD, who then gave it to the workmen repairing and restoring the temple.

  • 2 Kgs 12:2
    71%

    2 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, and she was from Beersheba.

  • 2 Chr 25:23
    70%

    23 Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a section four hundred cubits long.

  • Hag 1:8
    70%

    8 Go up into the mountains, bring down timber, and build the house, so that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 14:22
    70%

    22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king rested with his ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 24:17
    69%

    17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to their advice.

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    69%

    7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 12:12
    69%

    12 They would give the prepared money to the workers appointed to oversee the repairs to the temple of the LORD. They used it to pay the carpenters and builders working on the temple of the LORD,

  • 2 Kgs 13:25
    69%

    25 Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recaptured from Ben-Hadad son of Hazael the towns he had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Three times Jehoash defeated him, and so he recovered the towns of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 13:10
    69%

    10 In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and he reigned for sixteen years.

  • 2 Kgs 14:13
    69%

    13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then he went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits long.

  • 1 Chr 22:2
    69%

    2 David commanded the gathering of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:17
    68%

    17 Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 31:11
    68%

    11 Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    68%

    5 Judah and Israel lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 2 Kgs 13:12
    68%

    12 As for the rest of the events of Jehoash's reign, all that he did, and his might, including how he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

  • 2 Chr 22:11
    68%

    11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king and the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death. She placed him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so she could not kill him.