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24 Yoash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned arba’im shanah in Yerushalayim. Shem immo also was Tzivyah of Beer Sheva.

And Yoash did that which was yashar in the eyes of Hashem kol yemei Yehoyada HaKohen.

And Yehoyada took for him nashim shtayim; and he fathered banim and banot.

And it came to pass after this, that Yoash was minded to renovate the Bais Hashem.

And he called together the Kohanim and the Levi’im, and said to them, Go out unto the towns of Yehudah, and collect from Kol Yisroel kesef to repair the Bais Eloheichem annually, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levi’im hastened it not.

And HaMelech called for Yehoyada HaRosh, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levi’im to bring in from Yehudah and from Yerushalayim the mas’at (the tax of) Moshe Eved Hashem and the Kahal L’Yisroel L’Ohel HaEdut?

For the sons of that wicked woman Atalyah had broken in the Beis HaElohim; all the Kadshei Beis Hashem did they bestow upon Ba’alim.

And at the commandment of HaMelech they made aron echad and set it outside at the Sha’ar Beis Hashem.

And they made a proclamation in Yehudah and in Yerushalayim, to bring in to Hashem the mas’at Moshe Eved HaElohim laid upon Yisroel in the midbar.

10 And all the sarim and kol HaAm rejoiced, and brought in, and dropped into the aron, until it was full.

11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the aron was brought unto the Pekuddat HaMelech by the yad of the Levi’im, and when they saw that there was much kesef, the Sofer HaMelech and the official, the Pakid Kohen HaRosh came and emptied the aron, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did yom b’yom, and collected kesef in abundance.

12 And HaMelech and Yehoyada gave it to such as did the work of the Avodas Beis Hashem, and hired masons and carpenters to renovate the Beis Hashem, and also such as wrought barzel and nechoshet to repair the Beis Hashem.

13 So the workmen wrought, and the work in the yad of them was furthered, and they restored the Beis HaElohim to its original form and reinforced it.

14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the kesef before HaMelech and Yehoyada, whereof were made vessels for the Beis Hashem, even keli sharet, and for the olot, and ladles, and vessels of zahav and kesef. And they offered olot in the Beis Hashem continually all the days of Yehoyada.

15 But Yehoyada was old, and was full of yamim when he died: 130 years old was he in his mot.

16 And they buried him in Ir Dovid among the Melachim, because he had done tovah in Yisroel, both toward HaElohim, and His Beis.

17 Now after the mot Yehoyada came the sarim of Yehudah, and paid homage to HaMelech. Then HaMelech paid heed unto them.

18 And they forsook the Beis Hashem Elohei Avoteihem, and served HaAsherim and the atzabim; and ketzef (wrath) came upon Yehudah and Yerushalayim because of their trespass.

19 Yet He sent Nevi’im to them, to bring them back unto Hashem; and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.

20 And the Ruach Elohim came upon Zecharyah ben Yehoyada HaKohen, which stood before HaAm and he said unto them, Thus saith HaElohim, Why transgress ye the mitzvot Hashem, that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have forsook Hashem, He hath also forsaken you.

21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the order of HaMelech in the khatzer of the Beis Hashem.

22 Thus Yoash HaMelech remembered not the chesed which Yehoyada Aviv had done to him, but slaughtered bno. And when he died, he said, May Hashem look upon it, and may He call to account.

23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of Aram came up against him, they invaded Yehudah and Yerushalayim, destroyed all the sarim of the people from among HaAm, sent all their plunder unto Melech Darmasek (Damascus].

24 For the army of Aram came with a small company of men, and Hashem delivered a very great army into their yad, because they had forsaken Hashem Elohei Avoteihem. So they executed shefatim against Yoash.

25 And when they withdrew from him, (for they left him with machaluyim rabbim [many wounds]), his own avadim conspired against him on account of the dahm of the Bnei Yehoyada HaKohen, and slaughtered him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in Ir David, but they buried him not in the Kivrot HaMelachim.

26 And these are they that conspired against him: Zavad ben Shim’at an Ammonit, and Yehozavad ben Shimrit the Moavit.

27 Now concerning his banim, and the rav hamassa concerning him, and the repairing of the Beis HaElohim, hinei, they are written in the Midrash Sefer HaMelachim. And Amatzyah bno reigned in his place.

Si Haring Joas ng Juda(A)

24 Si Joas ay pitong taong gulang nang siya'y nagsimulang maghari, at siya'y naghari sa loob ng apatnapung taon sa Jerusalem. Ang pangalan ng kanyang ina ay Sibia na taga-Beer-seba.

At gumawa si Joas ng matuwid sa paningin ng Panginoon sa lahat ng mga araw ng paring si Jehoiada.

Si Jehoiada ay kumuha para sa kanya ng dalawang asawang babae, at siya'y nagkaroon ng mga anak na lalaki at mga babae.

Pagkatapos nito, ipinasiya ni Joas na kumpunihin ang bahay ng Panginoon.

At kanyang tinipon ang mga pari at ang mga Levita, at sinabi sa kanila, “Pumunta kayo sa mga lunsod ng Juda, at lumikom kayo mula sa buong Israel ng salapi upang kumpunihin ang bahay ng inyong Diyos taun-taon, at sikapin ninyo na mapabilis ang bagay na ito.” Subalit hindi ito minadali ng mga Levita.

Kaya't(B) ipinatawag ng hari si Jehoiada na pinuno, at sinabi sa kanya, “Bakit hindi mo inatasan ang mga Levita na dalhin mula sa Juda at Jerusalem ang buwis na iniatang ni Moises, na lingkod ng Panginoon, sa kapulungan ng Israel para sa tolda ng patotoo?”

Sapagkat pinasok ng mga anak ni Atalia, ang masamang babaing iyon, ang bahay ng Diyos, at ginamit din nila ang lahat ng mga itinalagang bagay sa bahay ng Panginoon para sa mga Baal.

Kaya't nag-utos ang hari, at sila'y gumawa ng isang kaban, at inilagay ito sa labas ng pintuan ng bahay ng Panginoon.

Isang pahayag ang ginawa sa buong Juda at Jerusalem na dalhin para sa Panginoon ang buwis na iniatang ni Moises, na tao ng Diyos sa Israel sa ilang.

10 Lahat ng mga pinuno at ang buong bayan ay nagalak at dinala ang kanilang buwis at inihulog ito sa kaban, hanggang sa sila'y makatapos.

11 Tuwing dadalhin ng mga Levita ang kaban sa mga pinuno ng hari, kapag kanilang nakita na maraming salapi sa loob nito, ang kalihim ng hari at ang pinuno ng punong pari ay darating at aalisan ng laman ang kaban at kukunin at ibabalik ito sa kanyang kinaroroonan. Ganito ang kanilang ginagawa araw-araw, at nakalikom sila ng maraming salapi.

12 Ito ay ibinigay ng hari at ni Jehoiada sa nangangasiwa ng gawain sa bahay ng Panginoon. Sila'y umupa ng mga kantero at mga karpintero upang kumpunihin ang bahay ng Panginoon, gayundin ng mga manggagawa sa bakal at tanso upang kumpunihin ang bahay ng Panginoon.

13 Kaya't nagtrabaho ang mga kasali sa paggawa at ang pagkukumpuni ay nagpatuloy sa kanilang mga kamay, at kanilang ibinalik ang bahay ng Diyos sa kanyang nararapat na kalagayan at pinatibay ito.

14 Nang kanilang matapos, kanilang dinala ang nalabing salapi sa harapan ng hari at ni Jehoiada, at sa pamamagitan nito ay gumawa ng mga sisidlan para sa bahay ng Panginoon, maging para sa paglilingkod at para sa mga handog na sinusunog, ng mga sandok para sa kamanyang, at mga sisidlang ginto at pilak. At sila'y patuloy na nag-alay ng mga handog na sinusunog sa bahay ng Panginoon sa lahat ng mga araw ni Jehoiada.

Binago ang mga Patakaran ni Jehoiada

15 Ngunit si Jehoiada ay tumanda at napuspos ng mga araw at siya'y namatay. Siya'y isandaan at tatlumpung taon nang siya'y mamatay.

16 Kanilang inilibing siya sa lunsod ni David kasama ng mga hari, sapagkat siya'y gumawa ng mabuti sa Israel, sa Diyos at sa kanyang sambahayan.

17 Pagkamatay ni Jehoiada, dumating ang mga pinuno ng Juda at nagbigay-galang sa hari, at nakinig sa kanila ang hari.

18 Kanilang pinabayaan ang bahay ng Panginoon, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno, at naglingkod sa mga sagradong poste[a] at sa mga diyus-diyosan. At ang poot ay dumating sa Juda at Jerusalem dahil sa pagkakasala nilang ito.

19 Gayunma'y nagsugo siya ng mga propeta sa kanila upang ibalik sila sa Panginoon; ang mga ito'y sumaksi laban sa kanila ngunit ayaw nilang makinig.

20 At(C) nilukuban ng Espiritu ng Diyos si Zacarias na anak ng paring si Jehoiada; at siya'y tumayo sa itaas ng bayan, at sinabi sa kanila, “Ganito ang sabi ng Diyos, ‘Bakit kayo'y lumalabag sa mga utos ng Panginoon, kaya't kayo'y hindi maaaring umunlad? Sapagkat inyong pinabayaan ang Panginoon, pinabayaan din niya kayo.’”

21 Ngunit sila'y nagsabwatan laban sa kanya, at sa utos ng hari ay pinagbabato siya sa bulwagan ng bahay ng Panginoon.

22 Sa ganito ay hindi naalala ng haring si Joas ang kagandahang-loob na ipinakita sa kanya ni Jehoiada na ama ni Zacarias,[b] sa halip ay pinatay ang kanyang anak. Nang siya'y naghihingalo, kanyang sinabi, “Nawa'y tumingin at maghiganti ang Panginoon!”

Ang Katapusan ng Paghahari ni Joas

23 Sa pagtatapos ng taon, ang hukbo ng mga taga-Siria ay dumating laban kay Joas. Sila'y dumating sa Juda at Jerusalem at nilipol ang lahat ng mga pinuno ng bayan na kasama nila, at ipinadala ang lahat ng kanilang samsam sa hari ng Damasco.

24 Bagaman ang hukbo ng mga taga-Siria ay dumating na may iilang tauhan, ibinigay ng Panginoon ang isang napakalaking hukbo sa kanilang kamay, sapagkat kanilang tinalikuran ang Panginoon, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno. Sa gayo'y ginawaran nila ng hatol si Joas.

25 Nang sila'y umalis, na iniwan siyang lubhang sugatan, ang kanyang mga lingkod ay nagsabwatan laban sa kanya dahil sa dugo ng mga anak[c] ni Jehoiada na pari, at pinatay siya sa kanyang higaan. Gayon siya namatay at kanilang inilibing siya sa lunsod ni David, ngunit siya'y hindi nila inilibing sa mga libingan ng mga hari.

26 Ang mga nagsabwatan laban sa kanya ay si Zabad na anak ni Shimeat na babaing Ammonita, at si Jehozabad na anak ni Simrit na babaing Moabita.

27 Ang tungkol sa kanyang mga anak, at ang maraming mga pahayag laban sa kanya, at ang muling pagtatayo ng bahay ng Diyos ay nakasulat sa Kasaysayan ng Aklat ng mga Hari. At si Amasias na kanyang anak ay nagharing kapalit niya.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Cronica 24:18 Sa Hebreo ay Ashera .
  2. 2 Cronica 24:22 Sa Hebreo ay ama niya .
  3. 2 Cronica 24:25 Sa ibang mga kasulatan ay anak .

Joash Repairs the Temple(A)(B)

24 Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord(C) all the years of Jehoiada the priest. Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.

Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the Lord. He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money(D) due annually from all Israel,(E) to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.” But the Levites(F) did not act at once.

Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the Lord and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?”(G)

Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.

At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the Lord. A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness. 10 All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly,(H) dropping them into the chest until it was full. 11 Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king’s officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected a great amount of money. 12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who carried out the work required for the temple of the Lord. They hired(I) masons and carpenters to restore the Lord’s temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.

13 The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its original design and reinforced it. 14 When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the Lord’s temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the Lord.

15 Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty. 16 He was buried with the kings in the City of David, because of the good he had done in Israel for God and his temple.

The Wickedness of Joash

17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. 18 They abandoned(J) the temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols.(K) Because of their guilt, God’s anger(L) came on Judah and Jerusalem. 19 Although the Lord sent prophets to the people to bring them back to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen.(M)

20 Then the Spirit(N) of God came on Zechariah(O) son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you disobey the Lord’s commands? You will not prosper.(P) Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken(Q) you.’”

21 But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they stoned(R) him to death(S) in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.(T) 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, “May the Lord see this and call you to account.”(U)

23 At the turn of the year,[a] the army of Aram marched against Joash; it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people.(V) They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus. 24 Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men,(W) the Lord delivered into their hands a much larger army.(X) Because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash. 25 When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried(Y) in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad,[b] son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith[c](Z) a Moabite woman.(AA) 27 The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:23 Probably in the spring
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Jozabad
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Shomer

24 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.

And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.

And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.

And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.

And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.

13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

14 And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.

15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the Lord; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.

21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.

22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it.

23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

27 Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.