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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>2 Kings 12 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_kings/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > 2 Kings 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/11.htm" title="2 Kings 11">◄</a> 2 Kings 12 <a href="../2_kings/13.htm" title="2 Kings 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch12012" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">IX. <span class="ac">Kings of Judah and Israel</span><a id="rfn12012000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12012000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 id="cn12012" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Reign of Joash of Judah.</span> <span id="v12012001" class="ver">1</span>Joash was seven years old when he became king. <span id="v12012002" class="ver">2</span>In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah, from Beer-sheba.</p> <p><span id="v12012003" class="ver">3</span>Joash did what was right in the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s sight as long as he lived, because Jehoiada the priest guided him, <span id="v12012004" class="ver">4</span>though the high places did not disappear; the people continued to sacrifice and to burn incense on the high places.</p> <p><span id="v12012005" class="ver">5</span>Joash said to the priests: “All the funds for sacred purposes that are brought to the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>—the census tax, personal redemption money—and all funds that are freely brought to the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, <span id="v12012006" class="ver">6</span>the priests may take for themselves, each from his own vendor. However, they must make whatever repairs on the temple may prove necessary.” <span id="v12012007" class="ver">7</span>Nevertheless, as late as the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not made needed repairs on the temple. <span id="v12012008" class="ver">8</span>Accordingly, King Joash summoned the priest Jehoiada and the other priests. He asked, “Why do you not repair the temple? You must no longer take funds from your vendors, but you shall turn them over for the repairs.” <span id="v12012009" class="ver">9</span>So the priests agreed that they would neither take funds from the people nor make the repairs on the temple.</p> <p><span id="v12012010" class="ver">10</span>Jehoiada the priest then took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right as one entered the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. The priests who kept the doors would put into it all the silver that was brought to the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. <span id="v12012011" class="ver">11</span><a id="ren12012011-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en12012011-a">a</a> When they noticed that there was a large amount of silver in the chest, the royal scribe would come up with the high priest, and they would gather up and weigh all the silver that was in the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. <span id="v12012012" class="ver">12</span>The amount thus realized they turned over to the workers assigned to the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. They in turn would pay it to the carpenters and builders working in the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, <span id="v12012013" class="ver">13</span>and to the masons and stone cutters, and for the purchase of the wood and hewn stone used in repairing the breaches, and for any other expenses that were necessary to repair the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. <span id="v12012014" class="ver">14</span>None of the valuables brought to the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> were used there to make silver basins, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any gold or silver article. <span id="v12012015" class="ver">15</span>Instead, they were given to the workers, and with them they repaired the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>. <span id="v12012016" class="ver">16</span>Moreover, no reckoning was asked of those who were provided with the funds to give to the workers, because they held positions of trust. <span id="v12012017" class="ver">17</span>The funds from reparation offerings and from purification offerings, however, were not brought to the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>; they belonged to the priests.</p> <p><span id="v12012018" class="ver">18</span>Then Hazael, king of Aram, came up and attacked Gath. When he had taken it, Hazael resolved to go on to attack Jerusalem. <span id="v12012019" class="ver">19</span>Joash,<a id="rfn12012019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12012019-1">*</a> king of Judah, took all the sacred offerings presented by his forebears, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, as well as his own, and all the gold there was in the treasuries of the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> and the king’s house, and sent them to King Hazael of Aram, who then turned away from Jerusalem.</p> <p><span id="v12012020" class="ver">20</span>The rest of the acts of Joash, with all that he did, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. <span id="v12012021" class="ver">21</span>Certain of his officials<a id="rfn12012021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn12012021-1">*</a> entered into a conspiracy and struck Joash down at Beth-millo. <span id="v12012022" class="ver">22</span>Jozacar, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shomer, were the officials who struck and killed him. He was buried with his ancestors in the City of David, and his son Amaziah succeeded him as king.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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