In the seventhyearof JehuJehoashbegan to reign; and fortyyearsreignedhe in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiahof Beer-sheba. And Jehoashdid that which was rightin the sightof the LORDallhis dayswhereinJehoiadathe priestinstructedhim. Butthe high placeswere nottaken away: the peoplestillsacrificedand burnt incensein the high places. And Jehoashsaidtothe priests, Allthe moneyof the dedicated thingsthatis broughtinto the houseof the LORD, even the moneyof every one that passeth the account , the moneythat every manis set at, and allthe moneythatcomethintoany man's heartto bringinto the houseof the LORD, Let the prieststake it to them, every manofhis acquaintance: and let themrepairthe breachesof the house, wheresoeverany breachshall be found. But it was so, that in the threeand twentiethyearof kingJehoashthe priestshad notrepairedthe breachesof the house. Then kingJehoashcalledfor Jehoiadathe priest, and the other priests, and saiduntothem, Whyrepairye notthe breachesof the house? nowtherefore receiveno more moneyofyour acquaintance, butdeliverit for the breachesof the house. And the priestsconsentedto receiveno more moneyofthe people, neitherto repairthe breachesof the house. But Jehoiadathe priesttookachest, and boreda holein the lidof it, and setit besidethe altar, on the right sideas onecomethinto the houseof the LORD: and the prieststhat keptthe doorputthereinallthe money that was broughtinto the houseof the LORD. And it was so , when they sawthat there was muchmoneyin the chest, that the king's scribeand the highpriestcame up, and they put up in bags, and toldthe moneythat was foundin the houseof the LORD. And they gavethe money, being told, intothe handsof them that didthe work, that had the oversightof the houseof the LORD: and they laid it outto the carpentersand builders, that wroughtupon the houseof the LORD, And to masons, and hewersof stone, and to buytimberand hewedstoneto repairthe breachesof the houseof the LORD, and for allthatwas laid outforthe houseto repair it . Howbeitthere were notmadefor the houseof the LORDbowlsof silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, anyvesselsof gold, or vesselsof silver, ofthe money that was broughtinto the houseof the LORD: Butthey gavethat to the workmen, and repairedtherewith the houseof the LORD. Moreover they reckonednotwiththe men, intowhosehandthey deliveredthe moneyto be bestowedon workmen: fortheydealtfaithfully. The trespassmoneyand sinmoneywas notbroughtinto the houseof the LORD: it wasthe priests. ThenHazaelkingof Syriawent up, and foughtagainstGath, and tookit: and Hazaelsethis faceto go uptoJerusalem. And Jehoashkingof Judahtookallthe hallowed thingsthatJehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kingsof Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and allthe gold that was foundin the treasuresof the houseof the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazaelkingof Syria: and he went awayfromJerusalem. And the restof the actsof Joash, and allthathe did, are theynotwritteninthe bookof the chroniclesof the kingsof Judah? And his servantsarose, and madea conspiracy, and slewJoashin the houseof Millo, which goeth downto Silla. For Jozacharthe sonof Shimeath, and Jehozabadthe sonof Shomer, his servants, smotehim, and he died; and they buriedhim withhis fathersin the cityof David: and Amaziahhis sonreignedin his stead.