1 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years of Jehoiada the priest.3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.4 Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the LORD.5 He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the temple of your God. Do it now." But the Levites did not act at once.6 Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, "Why haven't you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?"7 Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.8 At the king's command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the LORD.9 A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness.10 All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full.11 Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king's officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected a great amount of money.12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the LORD. They hired masons and carpenters to restore the LORD's temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.13 The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it.14 When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the LORD's temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the LORD.15 Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty.16 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.18 They abandoned the temple of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God's anger came on Judah and Jerusalem.19 Although the LORD sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen.20 Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: 'Why do you disobey the LORD's commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.'"21 But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's temple.22 King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah's father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, "May the LORD see this and call you to account."23 At the turn of the year, "the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.24 Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.25 When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad, "son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith "a Moabite woman.27 The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

1 Septem annorum erat Joas cum regnare cpisset, et quadraginta annis regnavit in Jerusalem : nomen matris ejus Sebia de Bersabee. 2 Fecitque quod bonum est coram Domino cunctis diebus Jojad sacerdotis. 3 Accepit autem ei Jojada uxores duas, e quibus genuit filios et filias.4 Post qu placuit Joas ut instauraret domum Domini. 5 Congregavitque sacerdotes et Levitas, et dixit eis : Egredimini ad civitates Juda, et colligite de universo Isral pecuniam ad sartatecta templi Dei vestri per singulos annos, festinatoque hoc facite. Porro Levit egere negligentius. 6 Vocavitque rex Jojadam principem, et dixit ei : Quare tibi non fuit cur, ut cogeres Levitas inferre de Juda et de Jerusalem pecuniam qu constituta est a Moyse servo Domini, ut inferret eam omnis multitudo Isral in tabernaculum testimonii ? 7 Athalia enim impiissima, et filii ejus, destruxerunt domum Dei, et de universis qu sanctificata fuerant in templo Domini, ornaverunt fanum Baalim. 8 Prcepit ergo rex, et fecerunt arcam : posueruntque eam juxta portam domus Domini forinsecus. 9 Et prdicatum est in Juda et Jerusalem ut deferrent singuli pretium Domino, quod constituit Moyses servus Dei super omnem Isral in deserto. 10 Ltatique sunt cuncti principes, et omnis populus, et ingressi contulerunt in arcam Domini, atque miserunt ita ut impleretur. 11 Cumque tempus esset ut deferrent arcam coram rege per manus Levitarum (videbant enim multam pecuniam), ingrediebatur scriba regis, et quem primus sacerdos constituerat, effundebantque pecuniam qu erat in arca, porro arcam reportabant ad locum suum : sicque faciebant per singulos dies. Et congregata est infinita pecunia, 12 quam dederunt rex et Jojada his qui prerant operibus domus Domini : at illi conducebant ex ea csores lapidum, et artifices operum singulorum ut instaurarent domum Domini : fabros quoque ferri et ris, ut quod cadere cperat, fulciretur. 13 Egeruntque hi qui operabantur industrie, et obducebatur parietum cicatrix per manus eorum, ac suscitaverunt domum Domini in statum pristinum, et firmiter eam stare fecerunt. 14 Cumque complessent omnia opera, detulerunt coram rege et Jojada reliquam partem pecuni : de qua facta sunt vasa templi in ministerium, et ad holocausta, phial quoque, et cetera vasa aurea et argentea : offerebantur holocausta in domo Domini jugiter cunctis diebus Jojad. 15 Senuit autem Jojada plenus dierum, et mortuus est cum esset centum triginta annorum : 16 sepelieruntque eum in civitate David cum regibus, eo quod fecisset bonum cum Isral, et cum domo ejus.17 Postquam autem obiit Jojada, ingressi sunt principes Juda, et adoraverunt regem : qui delinitus obsequiis eorum, acquievit eis. 18 Et dereliquerunt templum Domini Dei patrum suorum, servieruntque lucis et sculptilibus : et facta est ira contra Judam et Jerusalem propter hoc peccatum. 19 Mittebatque eis prophetas ut reverterentur ad Dominum, quos protestantes illi audire nolebant. 20 Spiritus itaque Dei induit Zachariam filium Jojad sacerdotem, et stetit in conspectu populi, et dixit eis : Hc dicit Dominus Deus : Quare transgredimini prceptum Domini, quod vobis non proderit, et dereliquistis Dominum ut derelinqueret vos ? 21 Qui congregati adversus eum, miserunt lapides juxta regis imperium in atrio domus Domini. 22 Et non est recordatus Joas rex misericordi quam fecerat Jojada pater illius secum, sed interfecit filium ejus. Qui cum moreretur, ait : Videat Dominus, et requirat. 23 Cumque evolutus esset annus, ascendit contra eum exercitus Syri : venitque in Judam et Jerusalem, et interfecit cunctos principes populi, atque universam prdam miserunt regi in Damascum. 24 Et certe cum permodicus venisset numerus Syrorum, tradidit Dominus in manibus eorum infinitam multitudinem, eo quod dereliquissent Dominum Deum patrum suorum : in Joas quoque ignominiosa exercuere judicia. 25 Et abeuntes dimiserunt eum in languoribus magnis : surrexerunt autem contra eum servi sui in ultionem sanguinis filii Jojad sacerdotis, et occiderunt eum in lectulo suo, et mortuus est : sepelieruntque eum in civitate David, sed non in sepulchris regum. 26 Insidiati vero sunt ei Zabad filius Semaath Ammanitidis, et Jozabad filius Semmarith Moabitidis. 27 Porro filii ejus, ac summa pecuni qu adunata fuerat sub eo, et instauratio domus Dei, scripta sunt diligentius in libro regum : regnavit autem Amasias filius ejus pro eo.