列王纪下 12
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
约阿施作犹大王(A)
12 耶户在位第七年，约阿施登基，在耶路撒冷作王四十年。他母亲名叫西比亚，是从别是巴来的。（本节在《马索拉文本》为12:2） 2 在耶何耶大祭司教导他的日子，他就行耶和华看为正的事。 3 只是邱坛没有废去，人民仍在邱坛献祭焚香。
下令重修圣殿(B)
4 约阿施对众祭司说：“所有分别为圣，奉到耶和华殿里的银子，或是各被数点之人的赎价，或是各种的赎价，或是各人随着心意，奉到耶和华殿里的银子， 5 各祭司可向自己熟悉的人收取。他们要修理殿内毁坏的地方，就是一切发现有毁坏的地方。”
6 可是到了约阿施王在位二十三年的时候，祭司还未修好圣殿毁坏的地方。 7 于是约阿施王召了耶何耶大祭司和众祭司来，说：“你们为甚么不修理圣殿毁坏的地方呢？现在不要向你们熟识的人收取银子，却要把所收的交出来，修理圣殿毁坏的地方。” 8 众祭司答应不再从人民收取银子，也不修理圣殿毁坏的地方。
9 耶何耶大祭司搬来了一个箱子，在它的顶上钻了一个孔，把它放在祭坛旁边，在圣殿入口的右边。守门的祭司把奉到耶和华殿所有的银子都投进箱里。 10 他们看见箱内的银子多起来的时候，就叫王的书记和大祭司上来，他们就数点在耶和华殿里所得的银子，装在袋中。 11 他们把所称的银子交在耶和华殿中管理工匠的监工手里，然后他们支付给在耶和华殿作工的木匠和建筑工人， 12 以及泥匠和石匠；又用来购买木材和凿好的石头，来修理耶和华殿里毁坏的地方，以及支付一切修理耶和华殿的开支。 13 但耶和华殿里的银杯、烛剪、碗、号或任何金银器皿，都没有用奉到耶和华殿里的银子来做。 14 他们只把银子交给工匠，用来修理耶和华殿里毁坏的地方。 15 他们没有要求经手把银子转付工匠的人交代帐目，因为他们办事诚实。 16 但是赎愆祭和赎罪祭的银子，他们没有奉入耶和华的殿，这些银子是属于祭司的。
亚兰军攻打犹大(C)
17 那时亚兰王哈薛上来，攻打迦特，把它夺取了。他又决心上来攻打耶路撒冷。 18 犹大王约阿施于是拿出所有的圣物，就是他的祖先犹大王约沙法、约兰和亚哈谢所献的圣物，以及他自己所献的圣物，还有耶和华殿和王宫宝库里所有的金子，送给亚兰王哈薛，哈薛就离开耶路撒冷去了。
约阿施被杀(D)
19 约阿施其余的事迹和他所行的一切，不是都写在犹大列王的年代志上吗？ 20 约阿施的臣仆起来背叛，他们在米罗宫内，他下到悉拉的时候，击杀了他。 21 他的臣仆示米押的儿子约撒甲和朔默的儿子约萨拔击杀他，他就死了。人把他埋葬在大卫城，和他的祖先在一起。他的儿子亚玛谢接续他作王。
2 Kings 12
Common English Bible
12 He[a] became king in Jehu’s seventh year, and he ruled for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beer-sheba. 2 Jehoash always did what was right in the Lord’s eyes, because the priest Jehoiada was his teacher. 3 However, the shrines were not removed. People kept sacrificing and burning incense at them. 4 Jehoash said to the priests, “Collect all the currently available money relating to holy things that is brought to the temple—some is money people pay to redeem persons according to their assessed value. Collect all the money brought to the Lord’s temple that people offer voluntarily.[b] 5 The priests should take the money from their donors and use it to repair the temple wherever such a need for repair is discovered.”
6 But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests still hadn’t repaired the temple. 7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests together. “Why haven’t you repaired the temple?” he asked them. “Stop taking money from your donors; instead, give it directly for temple repairs.” 8 The priests agreed that they wouldn’t take any more money from the people nor be responsible for temple repairs. 9 Then the priest Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in its lid, and placed it beside the altar, to the right as one enters the Lord’s temple. The priests who stood watch at the door put all the money brought to the Lord’s temple in the box. 10 As soon as they saw that a large amount of money was in the box, the royal scribe and the high priest would come, count the money that was in the temple, and put it in a bag. 11 They would then hand over the money that had been counted[c] to those who supervised the work on the temple. These supervisors then paid money to those who worked on the Lord’s temple: carpenters, builders, 12 masons, and stonecutters. The money was used to purchase wood and quarried stone to repair the Lord’s temple and for every other cost involved in repairing it. 13 But the money that was brought to the Lord’s temple was not used to make silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any gold or silver object for the Lord’s temple. 14 Instead, it was given directly to those who did the repair work; they used it to repair the Lord’s temple. 15 There was no need to check on those who received the money and paid the workers, because they acted honestly. 16 Now as for the money for compensation and purification offerings, it wasn’t brought to the Lord’s temple. It belonged to the priests.
17 About this same time, Aram’s King Hazael came up, attacked Gath, and captured it. Next Hazael decided to march against Jerusalem. 18 Judah’s King Jehoash took all the holy objects that had been dedicated by his ancestors—Judah’s kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah—along with the holy objects he himself had dedicated, as well as all the gold in the treasure rooms of the Lord’s temple and the palace, and he sent them to Aram’s King Hazael. Hazael then pulled back from Jerusalem.
19 The rest of Jehoash’s[d] deeds and all that he accomplished, aren’t they written in the official records of Judah’s kings? 20 Jehoash’s officials plotted a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo on the road that goes down to Silla. 21 It was Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his officials, who struck him so that he died. He was buried with his ancestors in David’s City. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 12:1 12:2 in Heb
- 2 Kings 12:4 Heb uncertain
- 2 Kings 12:11 Heb uncertain
- 2 Kings 12:19 Heb Joash (also in 12:20); the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoash or short Joash form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron.
2 Kings 12
New King James Version
Jehoash Repairs the Temple(A)
12 In the seventh year of Jehu, (B)Jehoash[a] became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days in which (C)Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 But (D)the [b]high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, (E)“All the money of the dedicated gifts that are brought into the house of the Lord—each man’s (F)census[c] money, each man’s (G)assessment money—and all the money that [d]a man (H)purposes in his heart to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 let the priests take it themselves, each from his constituency; and let them repair the [e]damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found.”
6 Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (I)that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple. 7 (J)So King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages of the temple? Now therefore, do not take more money from your constituency, but deliver it for repairing the damages of the temple.” 8 And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took (K)a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who [f]kept the door put (L)there all the money brought into the house of the Lord. 10 So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s (M)scribe[g] and the high priest came up and [h]put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they [i]paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord, 12 and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to (N)repair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple. 13 However (O)there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the Lord. 14 But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the Lord with it. 15 Moreover (P)they did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully. 16 (Q)The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. (R)It belonged to the priests.
Hazael Threatens Jerusalem
17 (S)Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then (T)Hazael set his face to [j]go up to Jerusalem. 18 And Jehoash king of Judah (U)took all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.
Death of Joash(V)
19 Now the rest of the acts of [k]Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And (W)his servants arose and formed a conspiracy, and killed Joash in the house of [l]the Millo, which goes down to Silla. 21 For [m]Jozachar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of [n]Shomer, his servants, struck him. So he died, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then (X)Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 12:1 Joash, 2 Kin. 11:2ff.
- 2 Kings 12:3 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Kings 12:4 Lit. the money coming over
- 2 Kings 12:4 any man’s heart prompts him to bring
- 2 Kings 12:5 Lit. breaches
- 2 Kings 12:9 guarded at the door
- 2 Kings 12:10 secretary
- 2 Kings 12:10 tied it up
- 2 Kings 12:11 Lit. weighed
- 2 Kings 12:17 Advance upon
- 2 Kings 12:19 Jehoash, vv. 1–18
- 2 Kings 12:20 Lit. The Landfill
- 2 Kings 12:21 Zabad, 2 Chr. 24:26
- 2 Kings 12:21 Shimrith, 2 Chr. 24:26
2 Kings 12
King James Version
12 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord,
12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:
14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
16 The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: it was the priests'.
17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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