<vn='1'><sn="3101">Joash</s> was <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. His <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> also was <sn="6645">Zibiah</s> of <sn="4480 884">Beer</s> -sheba. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="3077">Joash</s><sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s><sn="5375">took</s> for him <sn="8147">two</s><sn="802">wives</s>; and he <sn="3205">begot</s><sn="1121">sons</s> and <sn="1323">daughters</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s>, that <sn="3101">Joash</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973 3820">minded</s> to <sn="2318">repair</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And he gathered <sn="6908">together</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> to them, Go <sn="3318">out</s> unto the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="6908">gather</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="3701">money</s> to <sn="2388">repair</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of your <sn="430">God</s><sn="4480 1767">from</s><sn="8141">year</s> to <sn="8141">year</s>, and see that <sn="859">ye</s><sn="4116">hasten</s> the <sn="1697">matter</s>. Howbeit the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="4116">hastened</s> it <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7121">called</s> for <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="7218">chief</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4069">Why</s> hast thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1875">required</s><sn="5921">of</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> to bring <sn="935">in</s> out of <sn="4480 3063">Judah</s> and out of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4864">collection</s>, according to the commandment of <sn="4872">Moses</s> the <sn="5650">servant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and of the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, for the <sn="168">tabernacle</s> of <sn="5715">witness</s>? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6271">Athaliah</s>, that wicked <sn="4849">woman</s>, had broken <sn="6555">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>; and <sn="1571">also</s><sn="3605">all</s> the dedicated <sn="6944">things</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> did they <sn="6213">bestow</s> upon <sn="1168">Baalim</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And at the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="559">commandment</s> they <sn="6213">made</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="727">chest</s>, and <sn="5414">set</s> it <sn="2351">without</s> at the <sn="8179">gate</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And they <sn="5414">made</s> a <sn="6963">proclamation</s> through <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, to bring <sn="935">in</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s> the <sn="4864">collection</s> that <sn="4872">Moses</s> the <sn="5650">servant</s> of <sn="430">God</s> laid <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="8055">rejoiced</s>, and brought <sn="935">in</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s> into the <sn="727">chest</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> they had made an <sn="3615">end</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that at what <sn="6256">time</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">chest</s> was <sn="935">brought</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="6486">office</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and when they <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> there was <sn="7227">much</s><sn="3701">money</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="5608">scribe</s> and the <sn="7218">high</s><sn="3548">priest</s> 's <sn="6496">officer</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="6168">emptied</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">chest</s>, and <sn="5375">took</s> it, and <sn="7725">carried</s> it <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="4725">place</s> again. <sn="3541">Thus</s> they <sn="6213">did</s><sn="3117">day</s> by <sn="3117">day</s>, and <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="3701">money</s> in <sn="7230">abundance</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s><sn="5414">gave</s> it <sn="413">to</s> such as <sn="6213">did</s> the <sn="4399">work</s> of the <sn="5656">service</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1961 7936">hired</s><sn="2672">masons</s> and <sn="2796">carpenters</s> to <sn="2318">repair</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1571">also</s> such as <sn="2796">wrought</s><sn="1270">iron</s> and <sn="5178">brass</s> to <sn="2388">mend</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>So the <sn="6213 4399">workmen</s><sn="6213">wrought</s>, and the <sn="4399">work</s> was <sn="5927 724">perfected</s><sn="3027">by</s> them, and they <sn="5975">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="5921">in</s> his <sn="4971">state</s>, and <sn="553">strengthened</s> it. </v>
<vn='14'>And when they had <sn="3615">finished</s> it, they <sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7605">rest</s> of the <sn="3701">money</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s>, whereof were <sn="6213">made</s><sn="3627">vessels</s> for the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even <sn="3627">vessels</s> to <sn="8335">minister</s>, and to <sn="5927">offer</s> withal, and <sn="3709">spoons</s>, and <sn="3627">vessels</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> and <sn="3701">silver</s>. And they <sn="1961 5927">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8548">continually</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>But <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> waxed <sn="2204">old</s>, and was <sn="7646">full</s> of <sn="3117">days</s> when he <sn="4191">died</s>; a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> was he when he <sn="4194">died</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="5973">among</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> he had <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2896">good</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, both <sn="5973">toward</s><sn="430">God</s>, and toward his <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Now <sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4194">death</s> of <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s><sn="935">came</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and made <sn="7812">obeisance</s> to the <sn="4428">king</s>. <sn="227">Then</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="413">unto</s> them. </v>
<vn='18'>And they <sn="5800">left</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="842">groves</s> and <sn="6091">idols</s>: and <sn="7110">wrath</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> for <sn="2063">this</s> their <sn="819">trespass</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>Yet he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5030">prophets</s> to them, to bring them <sn="7725">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and they <sn="5749">testified</s> against them: but they would <sn="3808">not</s> give <sn="238">ear</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of <sn="430">God</s> came <sn="3847">upon</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2148">Zechariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, which <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="4480 5921">above</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s><sn="430">God</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s><sn="5674">transgress</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4687">commandments</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, that ye <sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="6743">prosper</s>? <sn="3588">because</s> ye have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, he hath also <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> you. </v>
<vn='21'>And they <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> him, and <sn="7275">stoned</s> him with <sn="68">stones</s> at the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> in the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Thus <sn="3101">Joash</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2142">remembered</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> his <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="6213">done</s><sn="5973">to</s> him, but <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="1121">son</s>. And when he <sn="4191">died</s>, he <sn="559">said</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> look <sn="7200">upon</s> it, and <sn="1875">require</s> it. </v>
<vn='23'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> at the <sn="8622">end</s> of the <sn="8141">year</s>, that the <sn="2428">host</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s> came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> him: and they <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="7843">destroyed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> from among the <sn="4480 5971">people</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7998">spoil</s> of them unto the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="1834">Damascus</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="2428">army</s> of the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="935">came</s> with a small <sn="4705">company</s> of <sn="376">men</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="7230">great</s><sn="2428">host</s> into their <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they had <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>. So they <sn="6213">executed</s><sn="8201">judgment</s><sn="854">against</s><sn="3101">Joash</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And when they were <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480">from</s> him, ( <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="5800">left</s> him in <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4251">diseases</s>,) his own <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> him for the <sn="1818">blood</s> of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3077">Jehoiada</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s> him <sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="4296">bed</s>, and he <sn="4191">died</s>: and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, but they <sn="6912">buried</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="6913">sepulchers</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="428">these</s> are they that <sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> him; <sn="2066">Zabad</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8100">Shimeath</s> an <sn="5984">Ammonitess</s>, and <sn="3075">Jehozabad</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8116">Shimrith</s> a <sn="4125">Moabitess</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Now concerning his <sn="1121">sons</s>, and the <sn="7230">greatness</s> of the <sn="4853">burdens</s> laid <sn="5921">upon</s> him, and the <sn="3247">repairing</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="4097">story</s> of the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s>. And <sn="558">Amaziah</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>