2 Chronicles 24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Judah’s King Joash
24 Joash(A) was seven years old when he became king and reigned 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba. 2 Throughout the time of Jehoiada the priest, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.(B) 3 Jehoiada acquired two wives for him, and he was the father of sons and daughters.
Repairing the Temple
4 Afterward,(C) Joash took it to heart to renovate(D) the Lord’s temple. 5 So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel to repair the temple of your God as needed year by year,(E) and do it quickly.”
However, the Levites did not hurry. 6 So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the Lord’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent(F) of the testimony? 7 For the sons of that wicked Athaliah broke into the Lord’s temple and even used the sacred things of the Lord’s temple for the Baals.”
8 At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. 9 Then a proclamation(G) was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that the tax God’s servant Moses imposed on Israel in the wilderness be brought to the Lord. 10 All the leaders and all the people rejoiced, brought the tax, and put it in the chest until it was full. 11 Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers, and when they saw that there was a large amount of money, the king’s secretary and the high priest’s deputy came and emptied the chest, picked it up, and returned it to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance. 12 Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those in charge of the labor on the Lord’s temple, who were hiring stonecutters and carpenters to renovate the Lord’s temple, also blacksmiths and coppersmiths to repair the Lord’s temple.(H)
13 The workmen did their work, and through them the repairs progressed. They restored God’s temple to its specifications and reinforced it. 14 When they finished, they presented the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, who made articles for the Lord’s temple with it—articles for ministry and for making burnt offerings, and ladles[a] and articles of gold and silver. They regularly offered burnt offerings in the Lord’s temple throughout Jehoiada’s life.
Joash’s Apostasy
15 Jehoiada died when he was old and full of days; he was 130 years old at his death. 16 He was buried in the city of David with the kings(I) because he had done what was good in Israel with respect to God and His temple.
17 However, after Jehoiada died, the rulers of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them, 18 and they abandoned the temple of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors and served the Asherah poles and the idols.(J) So there was wrath(K) against Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19 Nevertheless, He sent them prophets(L) to bring them back to the Lord; they admonished them, but the people would not listen.(M)
20 The Spirit of God took control of[b](N) Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the Lord’s commands and you do not prosper?(O) Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has abandoned you.’”(P) 21 But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.(Q) 22 King Joash didn’t remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him, but killed his son. While he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and demand(R) an account.”
Aramean Invasion of Judah
23 At the turn of the year, an Aramean army went to war against Joash.(S) They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people among them and sent all the plunder to the king of Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the Lord handed over(T) a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned(U) Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.
Joash Assassinated
25 When(V) the Arameans saw that Joash had many wounds, they left him. His servants conspired against him, and killed him on his bed, because he had shed the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.(W)
26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad, son of the Ammonite woman Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of the Moabite woman Shimrith.[c](X) 27 Concerning his sons, the many oracles about him, and the restoration(Y) of the Lord’s temple, they are recorded in the Writing(Z) of the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah became king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 24:14 Or dishes, or spoons; lit palms
- 2 Chronicles 24:20 Lit God clothed Himself with; Jdg 6:34; 1Ch 12:18
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 = Shomer in 2Kg 12:21
历代志下 24
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
约阿施做王
24 约阿施登基的时候年七岁，在耶路撒冷做王四十年。他母亲名叫西比亚，是别是巴人。 2 祭司耶何耶大在世的时候，约阿施行耶和华眼中看为正的事。 3 耶何耶大为他娶了两个妻，并且生儿养女。
重修圣殿
4 此后约阿施有意重修耶和华的殿， 5 便召聚众祭司和利未人，吩咐他们说：“你们要往犹大各城去，使以色列众人捐纳银子，每年可以修理你们神的殿。你们要急速办理这事。”只是利未人不急速办理。 6 王召了大祭司耶何耶大来，对他说：“从前耶和华的仆人摩西为法柜的帐幕与以色列会众所定的捐项，你为何不叫利未人照这例，从犹大和耶路撒冷带来做殿的费用呢？” 7 因为那恶妇亚她利雅的众子曾拆毁神的殿，又用耶和华殿中分别为圣的物供奉巴力。
8 于是王下令，众人做了一柜，放在耶和华殿的门外。 9 又通告犹大和耶路撒冷的百姓，要将神仆人摩西在旷野所吩咐以色列人的捐项，给耶和华送来。 10 众首领和百姓都欢欢喜喜地将银子送来，投入柜中，直到捐完。 11 利未人见银子多了，就把柜抬到王所派的司事面前，王的书记和大祭司的属员来将柜倒空，仍放在原处。日日都是这样，积蓄的银子甚多。 12 王与耶何耶大将银子交给耶和华殿里办事的人，他们就雇了石匠、木匠重修耶和华的殿，又雇了铁匠、铜匠修理耶和华的殿。 13 工人操作，渐渐修成，将神殿修造得与从前一样，而且甚是坚固。 14 工程完了，他们就把其余的银子拿到王与耶何耶大面前，用以制造耶和华殿供奉所用的器皿和调羹并金银的器皿。耶何耶大在世的时候，众人常在耶和华殿里献燔祭。
耶何耶大寿终
15 耶何耶大年纪老迈，日子满足而死，死的时候年一百三十岁。 16 葬在大卫城列王的坟墓里，因为他在以色列人中行善，又侍奉神，修理神的殿。
王与民离弃耶和华
17 耶何耶大死后，犹大的众首领来朝拜王，王就听从他们。 18 他们离弃耶和华他们列祖神的殿，去侍奉亚舍拉和偶像。因他们这罪，就有愤怒临到犹大和耶路撒冷。 19 但神仍遣先知到他们那里，引导他们归向耶和华。这先知警戒他们，他们却不肯听。
撒迦利亚责民见杀
20 那时，神的灵感动祭司耶何耶大的儿子撒迦利亚，他就站在上面对民说：“神如此说：你们为何干犯耶和华的诫命，以致不得亨通呢？因为你们离弃耶和华，所以他也离弃你们。” 21 众民同心谋害撒迦利亚，就照王的吩咐，在耶和华殿的院内用石头打死他。 22 这样，约阿施王不想念撒迦利亚的父亲耶何耶大向自己所施的恩，杀了他的儿子。撒迦利亚临死的时候说：“愿耶和华鉴察申冤！”
23 满了一年，亚兰的军兵上来攻击约阿施，来到犹大和耶路撒冷，杀了民中的众首领，将所掠的财货送到大马士革王那里。 24 亚兰的军兵虽来了一小队，耶和华却将大队的军兵交在他们手里，是因犹大人离弃耶和华他们列祖的神，所以借亚兰人惩罚约阿施。
25 亚兰人离开约阿施的时候，他患重病，臣仆背叛他，要报祭司耶何耶大儿子流血之仇，杀他在床上，葬他在大卫城，只是不葬在列王的坟墓里。 26 背叛他的是亚扪妇人示米押的儿子撒拔和摩押妇人示米利的儿子约萨拔。 27 至于他的众子和他所受的警戒，并他重修神殿的事，都写在列王的传上。他儿子亚玛谢接续他做王。
2 Chronicles 24
Evangelical Heritage Version
Joash Repairs the Temple
24 Joash[a] was seven years old when he became king, and he ruled as king in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba.
2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Jehoiada obtained two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
4 After this, it was on Joash’s heart to restore the House of the Lord, 5 so he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel for the repairs to the house of your God. Do this annually. Get started immediately.”
The Levites, however, did not act on it quickly, 6 so the king summoned Jehoiada, the head of the project,[b] and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax which Moses, the servant of the Lord, established with the congregation of Israel for the Tent of Testimony?”[c]
7 (Because Athaliah was wicked, her sons had broken into the House of God and used all the dedicated things of the House of the Lord for the Baals.)
8 The king gave a command that a chest was to be made and set outside the gate of the House of the Lord.[d] 9 A proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that the tax imposed upon Israel in the wilderness by Moses, the servant of God, should be brought to the Lord. 10 All the officials and all the people rejoiced. They brought the money and dropped it into the chest until it was full.
11 From time to time the chest was delivered from the custody of the Levites to the king’s administrators. Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of silver in it, the secretary of the king and the administrator of the head priest came and emptied the chest. Then they would take the chest and return it to its place. They did this regularly and collected a large amount of silver.
12 The king and Jehoiada gave the silver to those carrying out the work on the House of the Lord. They hired stonemasons and carpenters to restore the House of the Lord, and also craftsmen who worked with iron and bronze to repair the House of the Lord.
13 The laborers carrying out the project worked hard, and the work of restoration moved forward because of the diligent work of their hands. They restored the House of God to its proper condition and strengthened it.
14 When they finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and to Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the House of the Lord, utensils for use in the service and for the burnt offerings, such as small dishes[e] and gold and silver vessels. So they offered burnt offerings in the House of the Lord continually, throughout all the days of Jehoiada.
Joash Turns Away From the Lord
15 Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old at his death.
16 They buried him in the City of David with the kings, because he had done good things for Israel in connection with God and his house.
17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king began to listen to them. 18 They abandoned the House of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and the idols. Wrath fell upon Judah and Jerusalem because of their guilt.
19 God sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. The prophets testified against them, but they did not listen.
20 The Spirit of God came upon[f] Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood in front of the people and said to them, “This is what God says. Why do you disobey the commandments of the Lord? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.”
21 But they conspired against him, and by the command of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the House of the Lord.
22 Thus King Joash did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, his mentor,[g] had shown to him. Instead, he killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, “The Lord will see and avenge.”
The End of Joash
23 At the end of the year, the army of Aram marched out against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem. They slaughtered all the officials from among the people, and they sent all their spoils to the king of Damascus. 24 Although the army of Aram had come with only a few men, the Lord delivered a very great army into their hand because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. So the Arameans carried out judgment against Joash.
25 When they withdrew, leaving behind Joash, who was severely wounded, his own officials conspired against him because of the blood of the sons[h] of Jehoiada the priest. They violently attacked him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad son of Shimath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.[i]
27 The accounts about his sons, about the many prophetic warnings against him, and about the restoration of the House of God are recorded in the notes in the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah ruled as king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 24:1 In 2 Kings he is often called Jehoash.
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 Or the head priest
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 Apparently based on Exodus 30:13
- 2 Chronicles 24:8 The parallel in 2 Kings 12:9 says that the chest was near the altar.
- 2 Chronicles 24:14 Or ladles
- 2 Chronicles 24:20 Literally clothed
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Literally father
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 Some of the ancient versions read the singular son.
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 The forms of these names vary from those in 2 Kings 12:21, and 2 Chronicles 24 specifies that the parents named are their mothers, not their fathers as is usually the case.
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