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Si Haring Joas ng Juda(A)

24 Pitong taóng gulang si Joas nang siya'y maging hari at apatnapung taon siyang naghari sa Jerusalem. Ang kanyang ina ay si Sibias na taga-Beer-seba. Kalugud-lugod sa paningin ni Yahweh ang lahat ng ginawa niya habang nabubuhay ang paring si Joiada. Ikinuha ni Joiada si Joas ng dalawang asawa at nagkaroon siya sa mga ito ng maraming anak na lalaki at babae.

Hindi nagtagal, ipinasya ni Joas na ipaayos ang mga sira sa Templo ni Yahweh. Kaya ipinatawag niya ang mga pari at ang mga Levita. Iniutos niya sa mga ito: “Libutin ninyo ang mga lunsod ng Juda at pagbayarin ninyo ang mga tao ng buwis para sa taunang pagpapaayos ng Templo ng inyong Diyos. Gawin ninyo ito sa lalong madaling panahon.” Ngunit hindi agad kumilos ang mga Levita. Dahil(B) dito, tinawag ng hari ang pinuno ng mga pari na si Joiada. Sinabi ng hari sa kanya, “Ano ba ang ginagawa mo at hanggang ngayon ay wala pang nalilikom na buwis ang mga Levita mula sa mga taga-Juda at taga-Jerusalem? Ang buwis na iyan ay ipinag-utos sa Israel ni Moises na lingkod ni Yahweh para sa Toldang Tipanan.”

Ang Templo ng Diyos ay pinasok ng mga anak ng masamang babaing si Atalia. Kinuha nila ang lahat ng kayamanan at kasangkapan doon at ginamit pa sa pagsamba kay Baal.

Iniutos ng hari na gumawa ng isang kaban at ilagay ito sa may pasukan ng Templo. At ipinahayag niya sa buong Juda at Jerusalem na dalhin ang kanilang buwis para kay Yahweh gaya nang utos ni Moises noong sila'y nasa ilang. 10 Nagalak ang mga tao at ang kanilang mga pinuno, at naghulog sila ng kani-kanilang buwis sa kaban hanggang sa mapuno ito. 11 Dinadala naman ito ng mga Levita sa mga kagawad ng hari at ang laman nito ay kinukuha ng kalihim ng hari at ng kanang-kamay ng pinakapunong pari. Pagkatapos, ibinabalik uli ang kaban sa may pasukan ng Templo. Ganito ang ginagawa nila araw-araw kaya't nakalikom sila ng malaking halaga.

12 Ang nalilikom nilang salapi ay ipinagkakatiwala naman ng hari at ni Joiada sa mga namamahala sa pagpapagawa ng Templo. Umupa sila ng mga kantero, mga karpintero at mga panday ng bakal at ng tanso upang magkumpuni ng mga sira sa Templo. 13 Nagtrabaho nang mabuti ang mga manggagawa. Ibinalik nila sa dating kalagayan ang Templo ng Diyos at pinatibay pa ito. 14 Ibinalik nila sa hari at kay Joiada ang natirang salapi at ipinagpagawa naman ito ng mga kagamitan sa Templo. Gumawa sila ng kasangkapang gamit sa paglilingkod at handog na susunugin, mga lalagyan ng insenso at iba pang mga sisidlang ginto at pilak. Patuloy silang naghahandog ng mga haing susunugin sa Templo ni Yahweh habang nabubuhay pa si Joiada.

Binago ang mga Patakaran ni Joiada

15 Tumanda si Joiada at umabot sa sandaan at tatlumpung taóng gulang bago siya namatay. 16 Inilibing siya sa libingan ng mga hari sa Lunsod ni David sapagkat naging mabuti siya sa Israel, sa Diyos at sa Templo nito.

17 Pagkamatay ni Joiada, ang mga pinuno ng Juda ay nagbigay-galang sa hari at sila na ang pinapakinggan ng hari. 18 At pinabayaan nila ang Templo ni Yahweh na Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno. Sa halip, sumamba sila sa mga Ashera at sa mga diyus-diyosan. Dahil dito, nagalit ang Diyos at pinarusahan ang mga taga-Juda at ang mga taga-Jerusalem. 19 Gayunma'y nagsugo si Yahweh ng mga propeta upang ang mga tao'y magbalik-loob sa kanya. Ngunit hindi sila nakinig sa mga ito. 20 Dahil(C) dito, lumukob ang Espiritu[a] ng Diyos kay Zacarias na anak ng paring si Joiada. Tumayo siya sa harap ng bayan. Sinabi niya, “Ito ang sinabi ng Diyos: ‘Bakit ninyo nilalabag ang mga utos ni Yahweh? Bakit ninyo ipinapahamak ang inyong mga sarili. Sapagkat itinakwil ninyo siya, itinakwil din niya kayo!’” 21 Ngunit nagsabwatan ang mga tao laban sa kanya. At sa utos ng hari, binato nila si Zacarias hanggang sa mamatay. Naganap ito sa bulwagan ng Templo ni Yahweh. 22 Kinalimutan ni Haring Joas ang kagandahang-loob sa kanya ni Joiada na ama ni Zacarias. Bago namatay si Zacarias, ganito ang kanyang sinabi, “Makita sana ni Yahweh ang ginagawa ninyong ito at parusahan niya kayo!”

Ang Wakas ng Paghahari ni Joas

23 Nang patapos na ang taóng iyon, si Joas ay sinalakay ng hukbo ng Siria. Pinasok ng mga ito ang Juda at Jerusalem at pinatay ang mga pinuno ng bayan. Lahat ng sinamsam nila'y ipinadala sa hari sa Damasco. 24 Maliit man ang hukbo ng Siria ay nagtagumpay sila laban sa malaking hukbo ng Juda sapagkat itinakwil nito si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng kanilang mga ninuno. Sa ganitong paraan pinarusahan si Joas.

25 Iniwan ng hukbong Siria si Joas na may malubhang sugat. Ngunit pagkaalis nila, nagkaisa ang mga lingkod ng hari na ipaghiganti ang pagkamatay ng anak ng paring si Joiada. Kaya pinatay nila si Joas sa kanyang higaan. Siya'y inilibing nila sa Lunsod ni David ngunit hindi sa libingan ng mga hari. 26 Ang mga kasama sa pagpatay sa kanya ay si Sabad na anak ni Simeat na isang Ammonita at si Jehosabad na anak ni Simrit na isang Moabita. 27 Ang mga kasaysayan tungkol sa kanyang mga anak, mga propesiya laban sa kanya at ang kanyang muling pagtatayo sa Templo ay nakasulat sa Paliwanag sa Aklat ng mga Hari. Pumalit sa kanya bilang hari ang anak niyang si Amazias.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Cronica 24:20 Espiritu: o kaya'y kapangyarihan .

Joash Repairs the Temple

24 Jo′ash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Zib′iah of Beer-sheba. And Jo′ash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoi′ada the priest. Jehoi′ada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

After this Jo′ash decided to restore the house of the Lord. And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter.” But the Levites did not hasten it. So the king summoned Jehoi′ada the chief, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, on[a] the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?” For the sons of Athali′ah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God; and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Ba′als.

So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord. And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon 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. 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 Jehoi′ada 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 Jehoi′ada, and with it 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 continually all the days of Jehoi′ada.

Apostasy of Joash

15 But Jehoi′ada grew old and full of days, and died; he was a hundred and thirty 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 Jehoi′ada the princes of Judah came and did obeisance to the king; then the king harkened to them. 18 And they forsook the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Ashe′rim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. 19 Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; these testified against them, but they would not give heed.

20 Then the Spirit of God took possession of[b] Zechari′ah the son of Jehoi′ada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Jo′ash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoi′ada, Zechari′ah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”

Death of Joash

23 At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Jo′ash. 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, the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Jo′ash.

25 When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son[c] of Jehoi′ada the priest, and slew 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 Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shim′e-ath the Ammonitess, and Jeho′zabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27 Accounts of his sons, and of the many oracles against him, and of the rebuilding[d] of the house of God are written in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings. And Amazi′ah his son reigned in his stead.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:6 Compare Vg: Heb and
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:20 Heb clothed itself with
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:25 Gk Vg: Heb sons
  4. 2 Chronicles 24:27 Heb founding

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