2 Chronicles 24
English Standard Version
Joash Repairs the Temple
24 (A)Joash[a] was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 (B)And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
4 After this Joash (C)decided to (D)restore the house of the Lord. 5 And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of (E)Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. 6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem (F)the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the congregation of Israel for (G)the tent of testimony?” 7 For (H)the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also used all (I)the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Baals.
8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 And (J)proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord (K)the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.[b] 11 And whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king's secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord. 13 So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it (L)were made utensils for the house of the Lord, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord regularly all the days of Jehoiada.
15 But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them. 18 And they abandoned the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served (M)the Asherim and the idols. And (N)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19 (O)Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. (P)These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.
Joash's Treachery
20 (Q)Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah (R)the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, (S)‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? (T)Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But (U)they conspired against him, (V)and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see (W)and avenge!”[c]
Joash Assassinated
23 At the end of the year (X)the army of the Syrians came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, (Y)the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, (Z)because Judah[d] had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they (AA)executed judgment on Joash.
25 When they had departed from him, leaving him (AB)severely wounded, (AC)his servants conspired against him because of the blood of (AD)the son[e] of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, (AE)but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite. 27 Accounts of his sons and of the many oracles against him and of (AF)the rebuilding[f] of the house of God are written in the (AG)Story[g] of the Book of the Kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 24:1 Spelled Jehoash in 2 Kings 12:1
- 2 Chronicles 24:10 Or until it was full
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Or and require it
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Hebrew they
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew sons
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Hebrew founding
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Or Exposition
2 Chronicles 24
New American Standard Bible
Young Joash Influenced by Jehoiada
24 (A)Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah from Beersheba. 2 (B)Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters.
Faithless Priests
4 Now it came about after this that Joash [a]decided (C)to restore the house of the Lord. 5 He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all (D)Israel to [b]repair the house of your God annually, and you shall [c]do the work quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. 6 So the king summoned Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem (E)the [d]contribution of Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the congregation of Israel, (F)for the tent of the testimony?” 7 For (G)the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God, and even [e]used the holy things of the house of the Lord for the Baals.
Temple Repaired
8 So the king commanded, and (H)they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 (I)And they made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord (J)the [f]contribution commanded by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. 10 All the officers and all the people rejoiced, and they brought in their contribution and [g]dropped it into the chest until they had finished. 11 It happened that whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officer by the Levites, and (K)they saw that the money was substantial, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come and empty the chest, and pick it up and return it to its place. They did this daily and collected a large amount of money. 12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord. 13 So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they [h]restored the house of God according to its [i]specifications and strengthened it. 14 When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and it was made into utensils for the house of the Lord, utensils for the service and the burnt offerings, and pans and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually, all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Now Jehoiada [j]reached a good old age and he died; he was 130 years old at his death. 16 And they buried him (L)in the city of David with the kings, because he had done well in (M)Israel and [k]for God and His house.
17 But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them. 18 And they abandoned (N)the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and (O)served the [l]Asherim and the idols; so (P)wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs. 19 Yet (Q)He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.
Joash Murders Son of Jehoiada
20 (R)Then the Spirit of God [m]covered Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest like clothing; and he stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God has said, ‘(S)Why do you break the commandments of the Lord and do not prosper? (T)Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has also abandoned you.’” 21 So (U)they conspired against him, and at the command of the king they stoned him [n]to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 So Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as Zechariah died he said, “May (V)the Lord see and [o]avenge!”
Aram Invades and Defeats Judah
23 Now it happened at the turn of the year that (W)the army of the Arameans came up against Joash; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoils to the king of Damascus. 24 Indeed, the army of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet (X)the Lord handed a very great army over to them, (Y)because [p]Judah and Joash had abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
25 (Z)When they left him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [q]son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Now these are the men who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27 As to his sons and the many pronouncements against him and (AA)the [r]rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the [s](AB)treatise of the Book of the Kings. Then his son Amaziah became king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 24:4 Lit was with a heart
- 2 Chronicles 24:5 Lit strengthen
- 2 Chronicles 24:5 Lit hasten to the thing
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 Or mandatory offering
- 2 Chronicles 24:7 Lit made
- 2 Chronicles 24:9 Or mandatory offering
- 2 Chronicles 24:10 Lit threw
- 2 Chronicles 24:13 Lit set up
- 2 Chronicles 24:13 Lit measurement
- 2 Chronicles 24:15 Lit became old and satisfied with days
- 2 Chronicles 24:16 Lit with
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)
- 2 Chronicles 24:20 Lit clothed
- 2 Chronicles 24:21 Lit with stones
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Lit seek; or require
- 2 Chronicles 24:24 Lit they
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 As in some ancient versions; MT sons
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Lit founding
- 2 Chronicles 24:27 Heb midrash
2 Crónicas 24
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Joás, rey de Judá(A)(B)
24 Joás tenía siete años cuando ascendió al trono, y reinó en Jerusalén cuarenta años. Su madre era Sibia, oriunda de Berseba. 2 Mientras el sacerdote Joyadá vivió, Joás hizo lo que agradaba al Señor. 3 Joyadá eligió dos esposas para Joás, y con ellas Joás tuvo hijos e hijas.
4 Algún tiempo después, Joás decidió reparar el templo del Señor. 5 Reunió a los sacerdotes y a los levitas, y les dijo: «Id por las ciudades de Judá y recoged dinero de todos los israelitas, para reparar cada año el templo de vuestro Dios. Hacedlo inmediatamente».
Sin embargo, los levitas fueron negligentes. 6 Entonces el rey llamó al sumo sacerdote Joyadá y le dijo: «¿Por qué no has presionado a los levitas para que vayan y recojan en Judá y en Jerusalén la contribución que Moisés, siervo del Señor, y la asamblea de Israel impusieron para la Tienda del pacto?»
7 Resulta que la malvada Atalía y sus hijos habían destrozado el templo de Dios, y hasta habían ofrecido a los baales los objetos sagrados del templo del Señor. 8 Por eso el rey ordenó que se hiciera un cofre y se colocara fuera, junto a la puerta del templo del Señor. 9 Luego mandó que se pregonara por Judá y Jerusalén que trajeran al Señor la contribución que Moisés, siervo de Dios, había ordenado a Israel en el desierto.
10 Todos los jefes y todo el pueblo llevaron alegremente sus contribuciones, y las depositaron en el cofre hasta llenarlo. 11 Los levitas llevaban el cofre a los funcionarios del rey, para que lo examinaran. Cuando veían que había mucho dinero, se presentaban el secretario real y un oficial nombrado por el sumo sacerdote y, después de vaciar el cofre, volvían a colocarlo en su lugar. Esto lo hacían todos los días, y así recogieron mucho dinero. 12 El rey y Joyadá entregaban el dinero a los que supervisaban la restauración del templo del Señor, y estos contrataban canteros, carpinteros y expertos en el manejo del hierro y del bronce, para repararlo.
13 Los supervisores de la restauración trabajaron diligentemente hasta terminar la obra. Repararon el templo de Dios y lo dejaron en buen estado y conforme al diseño original. 14 Cuando terminaron, le llevaron al rey y a Joyadá el dinero que sobró, y estos lo utilizaron para hacer utensilios para el templo del Señor: utensilios para el culto y para los holocaustos, y cucharones y vasos de oro y de plata.
Todos los días, mientras Joyadá vivió, se ofrecieron holocaustos en el templo del Señor. 15 Pero Joyadá envejeció, y murió muy anciano. Cuando murió, tenía ciento treinta años. 16 Fue sepultado junto con los reyes en la Ciudad de David, porque había servido bien a Israel y a Dios y su templo.
Depravación de Joás
17 Después de que Joyadá murió, los jefes de Judá se presentaron ante el rey para rendirle homenaje, y él escuchó sus consejos. 18 Abandonaron el templo del Señor, Dios de sus antepasados, y adoraron las imágenes de Aserá y de los ídolos. Debido a este pecado, la ira de Dios cayó sobre Judá y Jerusalén. 19 El Señor les envió profetas para que los exhortaran a volver a él, pero no les hicieron caso.
20 El Espíritu de Dios vino sobre Zacarías, hijo del sacerdote Joyadá, y este, presentándose ante el pueblo, declaró: «Así dice Dios el Señor: ¿Por qué desobedecéis mis mandamientos? De ese modo no prosperaréis. Como me habéis abandonado, yo también os abandonaré».
21-22 Pero ellos conspiraron contra Zacarías hijo de Joyadá y, por orden del rey, lo mataron a pedradas en el atrio del templo del Señor. Así fue como el rey Joás no tomó en cuenta la bondad de Joyadá y mató a Zacarías, quien al morir dijo: «¡Que el Señor vea esto y te juzgue!»
23 Al cabo de un año, las tropas sirias marcharon contra Joás, invadieron Judá y Jerusalén y, después de matar a los jefes del pueblo, enviaron todo el botín al rey de Damasco. 24 Aunque el ejército sirio era pequeño, el Señor permitió que derrotara a un ejército muy numeroso, porque los habitantes de Judá habían abandonado al Señor, Dios de sus antepasados. De esta manera, Joás recibió el castigo que merecía.
25 Cuando los sirios se retiraron, dejando a Joás gravemente herido, sus siervos conspiraron contra él y lo mataron en su propia cama, vengando así la muerte del hijo del sacerdote Joyadá. Luego lo sepultaron en la Ciudad de David, pero no en el panteón de los reyes. 26 Los que conspiraron contra Joás fueron Zabad, hijo de Simat el amonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrit el moabita.
27 Todo lo relacionado con los hijos de Joás, con las muchas profecías en su contra y con la restauración del templo de Dios, está escrito en el comentario sobre el libro de los reyes. Su hijo Amasías le sucedió en el trono.
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