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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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"><title>2 Kings 12 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../topmenuchap/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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">King Joash of Judah</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="2CH 24:1-16">2 Chronicles 24.1-16</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v12_12_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.1" class="v12_12_1">1</span>In the seventh year of the reign of King Jehu of Israel, Joash became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from the city of Beersheba. </span><span class="v12_12_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.2" class="v12_12_2">2</span>Throughout his life he did what pleased the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. </span><span class="v12_12_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.3" class="v12_12_3">3</span>However, the pagan places of worship were not destroyed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_12_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.4" class="v12_12_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.12.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Joash called the priests and ordered them to save up the money paid in connection with the sacrifices in the Temple, both the dues paid for the regular sacrifices and the money given as freewill gifts. </span><span class="v12_12_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.5" class="v12_12_5">5</span>Each priest was to be responsible for the money brought by those he served, and the money was to be used to repair the Temple, as needed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_12_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.6" class="v12_12_6">6</span>But by the twenty-third year of Joash's reign the priests still had not made any repairs in the Temple. </span><span class="v12_12_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.7" class="v12_12_7">7</span>So he called in Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren't you repairing the Temple? From now on you are not to keep the money you receive; you must hand it over, so that the repairs can be made.” </span><span class="v12_12_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.8" class="v12_12_8">8</span>The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_12_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.9" class="v12_12_9">9</span>Then Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in the lid, and placed the box by the altar, on the right side as one enters the Temple. The priests on duty at the entrance put in the box all the money given by the worshipers. </span><span class="v12_12_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.10" class="v12_12_10">10</span>Whenever there was a large amount of money in the box, the royal secretary and the High Priest would come, melt down the silver, and weigh it.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.12.10!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v12_12_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.11" class="v12_12_11">11</span>After recording the exact amount, they would hand the silver over to the men in charge of the work in the Temple, and these would pay the carpenters, the builders, </span><span class="v12_12_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.12" class="v12_12_12">12</span>the masons, and the stone cutters, buy the timber and the stones used in the repairs, and pay all other necessary expenses. </span><span class="v12_12_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.13" class="v12_12_13">13</span>None of the money, however, was used to pay for making silver cups, bowls, trumpets, or tools for tending the lamps, or any other article of silver or of gold. </span><span class="v12_12_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.14" class="v12_12_14">14</span>It was all used to pay the workers and to buy the materials used in the repairs. </span><span class="v12_12_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.15" class="v12_12_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.12.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The men in charge of the work were thoroughly honest, so there was no need to require them to account for the funds. </span><span class="v12_12_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.16" class="v12_12_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Kgs.12.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The money given for the repayment offerings and for the offerings for sin was not deposited in the box; it belonged to the priests.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_12_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.17" class="v12_12_17">17</span>At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked the city of Gath and conquered it; then he decided to attack Jerusalem. </span><span class="v12_12_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.18" class="v12_12_18">18</span>King Joash of Judah took all the offerings that his predecessors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah had dedicated to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, added to them his own offerings and all the gold in the treasuries of the Temple and the palace, and sent them all as a gift to King Hazael, who then led his army away from Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_12_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.19" class="v12_12_19">19</span>Everything else that King Joash did is recorded in <span class="bk">The History of the Kings of Judah</span>.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v12_12_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Kgs.12.20-2Kgs.12.21" class="v12_12_20">20-21</span>King Joash's officials plotted against him, and two of them, Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, killed him at the house built on the land that was filled in on the east side of Jerusalem, on the road that goes down to Silla. Joash was buried in the royal tombs in David's City, and his son Amaziah succeeded him as king.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.10: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">melt down the silver, and weigh it; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">count the money, and tie it up in bags.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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