1 Tinha Joás sete anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e quarenta anos reinou em Jerusalém; e era o nome da sua mãe Zíbia, de Berseba.

2 E fez Joás o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, todos os dias do sacerdote Joiada.

3 E tomou-lhe Joiada duas mulheres, e gerou filhos e filhas.

4 E, depois disto, Joás resolveu renovar a casa do Senhor.

5 Reuniu, pois, os sacerdotes e os levitas, e disse-lhes: Saí pelas cidades de Judá, e levantai dinheiro de todo o Israel para reparar a casa do vosso Deus de ano em ano; e vós, apressai este negócio. Porém os levitas não se apressaram.

6 E o rei chamou a Joiada, o chefe, e disse-lhe: Por que não requereste dos levitas, que trouxessem de Judá e de Jerusalém o tributo que Moisés, servo do Senhor, ordenou à congregação de Israel, para a tenda do testemunho?

7 Porque, sendo Atalia ímpia, seus filhos arruinaram a casa de Deus, e até todas as coisas sagradas da casa do Senhor empregaram em Baalins.

8 E o rei, pois, deu ordem e fizeram um cofre, e o puseram fora, à porta da casa do Senhor.

9 E publicou-se em Judá e em Jerusalém que trouxessem ao Senhor o tributo de Moisés, o servo de Deus, ordenado a Israel no deserto.

10 Então todos os príncipes e todo o povo se alegraram, e o trouxeram e o lançaram no cofre, até que ficou cheio.

11 E sucedia que, quando levavam o cofre pelas mãos dos levitas, segundo o mandado do rei, e vendo-se que já havia muito dinheiro, vinha o escrivão do rei, e o oficial do sumo sacerdote, e esvaziavam o cofre, e tomavam-no e levavam-no de novo ao seu lugar; assim faziam de dia em dia, e ajuntaram dinheiro em abundância.

12 O qual o rei e Joiada davam aos que tinham o encargo da obra do serviço da casa do Senhor; e contrataram pedreiros e carpinteiros, para renovarem a casa do Senhor; como também ferreiros e serralheiros, para repararem a casa do Senhor.

13 E os que tinham o encargo da obra faziam com que o trabalho de reparação fosse crescendo pelas suas mãos; e restauraram a casa de Deus no seu estado, e a fortaleceram.

14 E, depois de acabarem, trouxeram ao rei e a Joiada o resto do dinheiro, e dele fizeram utensílios para a casa do Senhor, objetos para ministrar e oferecer, colheres, vasos de ouro e de prata. E continuamente sacrificaram holocaustos na casa do Senhor, todos os dias de Joiada.

15 E envelheceu Joiada, e morreu farto de dias; era da idade de cento e trinta anos quando morreu.

16 E o sepultaram na cidade de Davi com os reis; porque tinha feito bem em Israel, e para com Deus e a sua casa.

17 Porém, depois da morte de Joiada vieram os príncipes de Judá e prostraram-se perante o rei; e o rei os ouviu.

18 E deixaram a casa do Senhor Deus de seus pais, e serviram às imagens do bosque e aos ídolos. Então, por causa desta sua culpa, veio grande ira sobre Judá e Jerusalém.

19 Porém enviou profetas entre eles, para os reconduzir ao Senhor, os quais protestaram contra eles; mas eles não deram ouvidos.

20 E o Espírito de Deus revestiu a Zacarias, filho do sacerdote Joiada, o qual se pôs em pé acima do povo, e lhes disse: Assim diz Deus: Por que transgredis os mandamentos do Senhor, de modo que não possais prosperar? Porque deixastes ao Senhor, também ele vos deixará.

21 E eles conspiraram contra ele, e o apedrejaram por mandado do rei, no pátio da casa do Senhor.

22 Assim o rei Joás não se lembrou da beneficência que Joiada, pai de Zacarias, lhe fizera; porém matou-lhe o filho, o qual, morrendo, disse: O Senhor o verá, e o requererá.

23 E sucedeu que, decorrido um ano, o exército da Síria subiu contra ele; e vieram a Judá e a Jerusalém, e destruíram dentre o povo a todos os seus príncipes; e enviaram todo o seu despojo ao rei de Damasco.

24 Porque ainda que o exército dos sírios viera com poucos homens, contudo o Senhor entregou na sua mão um exército mui numeroso, porquanto deixaram ao Senhor Deus de seus pais. Assim executaram juízos contra Joás.

25 E, quando os sírios se retiraram, deixaram-no gravemente ferido; então seus servos conspiraram contra ele por causa do sangue do filho do sacerdote Joiada, e o feriram na sua cama, e morreu; e o sepultaram na cidade de Davi, porém não nos sepulcros dos reis.

26 Estes, pois, foram os que conspiraram contra ele; Zabade, filho de Simeate, a amonita, e Jeozabade, filho de Sinrite, a moabita.

27 E, quanto a seus filhos, e à grandeza do cargo que se lhe impôs, e à restauração da casa de Deus, eis que estão escritos no livro da história dos reis; e Amazias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.

1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. 8 And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. 9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. 13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and 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 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.