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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" /><title>2 Chronicles 24 ESV</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_chronicles/24.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_chronicles/24-1.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">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 2 Chronicles 24</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_chronicles/23.htm" title="2 Chronicles 23">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 24 <a href="../2_chronicles/25.htm" title="2 Chronicles 25">►</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">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/2_chronicles/24.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Joash Repairs the Temple</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Joash<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Spelled Jehoash in 2 Kings 12:1">a</a></sup></span> was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> all the days of Jehoiada the priest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>After this Joash decided to restore the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for the Baals.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or until it was full">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king’s secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> regularly all the days of Jehoiada.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And they abandoned the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.</p> <p class="heading">Joash’s Treachery</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you break the commandments of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he has forsaken you.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> see and avenge!”<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or and require it">c</a></sup></span></p> <p class="heading">Joash Assassinated</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew they">d</a></sup></span> had forsaken the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew sons">e</a></sup></span> of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of the rebuilding<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew founding">f</a></sup></span> of the house of God are written in the Story<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Exposition">g</a></sup></span> of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Spelled <i>Jehoash</i> in 2 Kings 12:1<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>until it was full</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">22</span> Or <i>and require it</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> Hebrew <i>they</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew <i>sons</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Hebrew <i>founding</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Or <i>Exposition</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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