1 I n the seventh year of Jehu, Joash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba.

In the seventh year of Jehu reigned hath Jehoash, and forty years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother Zibiah of Beer-Sheba,

2 J oash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

and Jehoash doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days in which Jehoiada the priest directed him,

3 Y et the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

only, the high places have not turned aside, still are the people sacrificing and making perfume in high places.

4 A nd Joash said to the priests, All the current money brought into the house of the Lord to provide the dedicated things, also the money assessed on all those bound by vows, also all the money that it comes into any man’s heart voluntarily to bring into the house of the Lord,

And Jehoash saith unto the priests, `All the money of the sanctified things that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, the money of him who is passing over, each the money of his valuation, all the money that it goeth up on the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah,

5 L et the priests solicit and receive such contributions, every man from his acquaintance, and let them repair the Lord’s house wherever any such need may be found.

do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all where there is found a breach.'

6 B ut in the twenty-third year of King Joash’s reign the priests had not made the needed repairs on the Lord’s house.

And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house,

7 T hen King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, Why are you not repairing the house? Do not take any more money from your acquaintances, but turn it all over for the repair of the house.

and king Jehoash calleth to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and saith unto them, `Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? and now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but for the breach of the house give it.'

8 A nd the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.

And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,

9 T hen Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord; and the priests who guarded the door put in the chest all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.

and Jehoiada the priest taketh a chest, and pierceth a hole in its lid, and putteth it near the altar, on the right side, as one cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and the priests keeping the threshold have put there all the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah.

10 A nd whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord and tied it up in bags.

And it cometh to pass, at their seeing that the money abundant in the chest, that there goeth up a scribe of the king, and of the high priest, and they bind up, and count the money that is found the house of Jehovah,

11 T hen they gave the money, when it was weighed, into the hands of those who were doing the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord

and have given the weighed money into the hands of those doing the work, those inspecting the house of Jehovah, and they bring it out to those working in the wood, and to builders who are working in the house of Jehovah,

12 A nd to the masons and stonecutters, and to buy timber and hewn stone for making the repairs on the house of the Lord, and for all that was outlay for repairing the house.

and to those the wall, and to hewers of stone, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the breach of the house of Jehovah, and for all that goeth out on the house, to strengthen it.

13 H owever, there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.

Only, there is not made for the house of Jehovah basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessel of gold, and vessel of silver, out of the money that is brought into the house of Jehovah;

14 B ut they gave that to the workmen, and repaired with it the house of the Lord.

for to those doing the work they give it, and they have strengthened with it the house of Jehovah,

15 M oreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they delivered the money to be paid to the workmen, for they dealt faithfully.

and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing.

16 T he money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; it was the priests’.

The money of a trespass-offering, and the money of sin-offerings is not brought in to the house of Jehovah -- for the priests it is.

17 T hen Hazael king of Syria went up, fought against Gath, and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

Then go up doth Hazael king of Aram, and fighteth against Gath, and captureth it, and Hazael setteth his face to go up against Jerusalem;

18 A nd Joash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his, kings of Judah, had dedicated and his own hallowed things and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria; and Hazael went away from Jerusalem.

and Jehoash king of Judah taketh all the sanctified things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, and all the gold that is found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the house of the king, and sendeth to Hazael king of Aram, and he goeth up from off Jerusalem.

19 T he rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

And the rest of the matters of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20 H is servants arose and made a conspiracy and slew Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

And his servants rise, and make a conspiracy, and smite Joash in the house of Millo, that is going down to Silla:

21 I t was Jozachar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, who smote him so that he died. They buried with his fathers in the City of David. Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

yea, Jozachar son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad son of Shemer, his servants, have smitten him, and he dieth, and they bury him with his fathers in the city of David, and reign doth Amaziah his son, in his stead.