Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.

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Joash said to the priests, “Collect(A) all the money that is brought as sacred offerings(B) to the temple of the Lord—the money collected in the census,(C) the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily(D) to the temple.

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Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the Lord.

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He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money(A) due annually from all Israel,(B) to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.” But the Levites(C) did not act at once.

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32 In those days the Lord began to reduce(A) the size of Israel. Hazael(B) overpowered the Israelites throughout their territory

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33 east of the Jordan in all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben and Manasseh), from Aroer(A) by the Arnon(B) Gorge through Gilead to Bashan.

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34 As for the other events of Jehu’s reign, all he did, and all his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals(A) of the kings of Israel?

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35 Jehu rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son succeeded him as king.

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36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

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35 Jehu rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son succeeded him as king.

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Jehoahaz King of Israel

13 In the twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years.

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He did evil(A) in the eyes of the Lord by following the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit, and he did not turn away from them.

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But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the temple. Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage done to the temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for repairing the temple.” The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. He placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the Lord. The priests who guarded the entrance(A) put into the chest all the money(B) that was brought to the temple of the Lord. 10 Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal secretary(C) and the high priest came, counted the money that had been brought into the temple of the Lord and put it into bags. 11 When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those who worked on the temple of the Lord—the carpenters and builders, 12 the masons and stonecutters.(D) They purchased timber and blocks of dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the Lord, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.

13 The money brought into the temple was not spent for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other articles of gold(E) or silver for the temple of the Lord; 14 it was paid to the workers, who used it to repair the temple. 15 They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.(F) 16 The money from the guilt offerings(G) and sin offerings[a](H) was not brought into the temple of the Lord; it belonged(I) to the priests.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:16 Or purification offerings

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