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His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">The Death of Joash<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_chronicles/24.htm#23">2 Chronicles 24:23–27</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem. <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_kings/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>His servants Jozabad<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>Jehoash</i>, a variant of <i>Joash</i> (son of Ahaziah); also in verses 2, 4, 6, 7, and 18; see <a href="../2_kings/11.htm#2">2 Kings 11:2</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew; LXX and Syriac <i>Jozacar</i><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Shomer</i> is a variant of <i>Shimrith</i>; see <a href="../2_chronicles/24.htm#26">2 Chronicles 24:26</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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