2 Kings 12

Jehoash Reigns in Judah

1 In the seventh year of Jehu, a Jehoash 1 became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days in which b Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But c the 2 high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Jehoash Repairs the Temple

4 And Jehoash said to the priests, d "All the money of the dedicated gifts that are brought into the house of the LORD - each man's e census 3 money, each man's f assessment money 4 - and all the money that 5 a man g purposes in his heart to bring into the house of the LORD, 5 "let the priests take it themselves, each from his constituency; and let them repair the 6 damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found." 6 Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, h that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple. 7 i So King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, "Why have you not repaired the damages of the temple? Now therefore, do not take more money from your constituency, but deliver it for repairing the damages of the temple." 8 And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.

9 Then Jehoiada the priest took j a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who 7 kept the door put k there all the money brought into the house of the LORD. 10 So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's l scribe 8 and the high priest came up and 9 put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD. 11 Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they 10 paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the LORD, 12 and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to m repair the damage of the house of the LORD, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple. 13 However n there were not made for the house of the LORD basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the LORD. 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the LORD with it. 15 Moreover o they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully. 16 p The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD. q It belonged to the priests.

17 r Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then s Hazael set his face to 11 go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah t took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and in the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.

The Death of Joash

19 Now the rest of the acts of 12 Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And u his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of 13 the Millo, which goes down to Silla. 21 For 14 Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of 15 Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then v Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

  1. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:1
    Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 11:4
    In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds - of the bodyguards and the escorts - and brought them into the house of the LORD to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 15:14
    But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa's heart was loyal to the LORD all his days.
    1 Kings 22:43
    And he walked in all the ways of his father Asa. He did not turn aside from them, doing what was right in the eyes of the LORD. Nevertheless the high places were not taken away, for the people offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
    2 Kings 14:4
    However the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
    2 Kings 15:35
    However the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 22:4
    Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 30:13 - 16
    This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:2 - 28
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When a man consecrates by a vow certain persons to the LORD, according to your valuation.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 35:5
    Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze.
    1 Chronicles 29:3 - 9
    Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver:
  8. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:5
    Then 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 do it quickly." However the Levites did not do it quickly.
  9. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:6
    So the king called Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD and of the assembly of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
  10. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 23:1
    In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.
    2 Chronicles 24:8
    Then at the king's command they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD.
  11. Cross References
    Mark 12:41
    Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much.
    Luke 21:1
    And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.
  12. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:17
    Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe.
    2 Kings 19:2
    Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
    2 Kings 22:3
    Now it came to pass, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the scribe, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the house of the LORD, saying:
    2 Kings 22:4
    Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money which has been brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people.
    2 Kings 22:12
    Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 22:5
    And let them deliver it into the hand of those doing the work, who are the overseers in the house of the LORD; let them give it to those who are in the house of the LORD doing the work, to repair the damages of the house -
    2 Kings 22:6
    To carpenters and builders and masons - and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
  14. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:14
    When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; they made from it articles for the house of the LORD, articles for serving and offering, spoons and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 22:7
    "However there need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully."
    1 Corinthians 4:2
    Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.
    2 Corinthians 8:20
    Avoiding this: that anyone should blame us in this lavish gift which is administered by us -
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:15
    If a person commits a trespass, and sins unintentionally in regard to the holy things of the LORD, then he shall bring to the LORD as his trespass offering a ram without blemish from the flocks, with your valuation in shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, as a trespass offering.
    Leviticus 5:18
    And he shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, with your valuation, as a trespass offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him regarding his ignorance in which he erred and did not know it, and it shall be forgiven him.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 7:7
    The trespass offering is like the sin offering; there is one law for them both: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.
    Numbers 18:9
    This shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons.
  18. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:12
    And Hazael said, "Why is my lord weeping?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.
  19. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:23
    So it happened in the spring of the year that the army of Syria came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the leaders of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.
  20. Cross References
    1 Kings 15:18
    Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to BenHadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying.
    2 Kings 16:8
    And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent it as a present to the king of Assyria.
    2 Kings 18:15
    So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.
    2 Kings 18:16
    At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
  21. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:5
    Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king.
    2 Chronicles 24:25
    And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons 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.
  22. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 24:27
    Now concerning his sons, and the many oracles about him, and the repairing of the house of God, indeed they are written in the annals of the book of the kings. Then Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
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