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Ang Paghari ni Joas sa Juda

(2 Cro. 24:1-16)

12 Nahimong hari sa Juda si Joas sa ikapito nga tuig sa paghari ni Jehu sa Israel. Sa Jerusalem siya nagpuyo, ug naghari siya sulod sa 40 ka tuig. Ang iyang inahan mao si Zibia nga taga-Beersheba. Gihimo niya ang maayo atubangan sa Ginoo sa tibuok niyang kinabuhi, kay gitudloan siya ni Jehoyada nga pari. Apan wala niya ipaguba ang mga simbahanan diha sa habog nga mga dapit, busa nagpadayon ang mga tawo sa paghalad sa mga halad ug sa pagsunog sa mga insenso didto.

Miingon si Joas sa mga pari, “Tigoma ninyo ang tanang kuwarta nga gihalad diha sa templo sa Ginoo: ang kuwarta nga nakolekta sa pag-ihap, ang kuwarta nga bayad sa panaad, ug ang kuwarta nga halad nga kinabubut-on. Gamita ninyo kini sa pagpaayo sa templo.”

Apan hangtod sa ika-23 nga tuig sa paghari ni Joas, wala gihapon mapaayo sa mga pari ang templo. Busa gipatawag ni Haring Joas si Jehoyada ug ang uban pang mga pari ug gipangutana, “Nganong wala pa ninyo napaayo ang templo? Sukad karon ayaw na ninyo gamita ang kuwarta alang sa inyong kaugalingong mga kinahanglanon. Kinahanglan nga gamiton na kini alang sa pagpaayo sa templo.” Miuyon ang mga pari niini ug miuyon usab sila nga dili na sila ang mangolekta sa kuwarta gikan sa mga tawo ug dili na usab sila ang magpaayo sa templo.

Unya nagkuha si Jehoyada ug kahon ug gibangagan niya ang taklob niini. Gibutang niya kini sa kilid sa halaran, dapit sa tuo inigsulod sa templo sa Ginoo. Kon may mohatag ug kuwarta sa templo, ang mga pari nga nagabantay sa pultahan mao ang mosulod niini sa kahon. 10 Kon daghan na ang kuwarta sa kahon, moadto didto ang sekretaryo sa hari ug ang pangulong pari ug ihapon nila kini, ug unya isulod sa bag. 11-12 Pagkahuman, ihatag nila kini sa mga tawo nga nagadumala sa pag-ayo sa templo, nga mohatag usab niini ngadto sa mga trabahante sa templo sa Ginoo ingon nga suholan—sa mga panday, sa mga mason, ug sa uban pang mga trabahante nga nagaayo sa templo ug sa mga paril niini. Gigamit usab ang ubang kuwarta sa pagpamalit ug mga kahoy ug mga bato nga tiniltilan nga kinahanglanon sa pagpaayo sa templo, ug sa pagbayad sa uban pang mga galastohan nga may kalabotan sa pag-ayo niini.

13 Ang kuwarta nga gihatag ngadto sa templo wala gayod gamita sa paghimo ug mga kopa nga plata, mga pangputol sa pabilo sa suga, mga yahong, mga trumpeta, o bisan unsa nga gamit nga hinimo sa bulawan o plata alang sa templo sa Ginoo. 14 Gihatag kini ngadto sa mga nagatrabaho sa templo ug gigamit nila kini sa pagpaayo sa templo. 15 Wala na pangitai ug lista sa mga gasto ang mga tawo nga nagadumala sa pagpaayo kay kasaligan man sila. 16 Ang kuwarta nga gihatag isip halad nga bayad sa sala ug mga halad aron mahimong hinlo ang tawo, wala dad-a ngadto sa templo sa Ginoo kay alang kadto sa mga pari.

17 Niadtong higayona, si Hazael nga hari sa Aram misulong sa Gat ug nailog niya kini. Unya nakahukom siya nga sulongon usab ang Jerusalem. 18 Gitigom ni Joas nga hari sa Juda ang tanang mga butang nga gihalad ngadto sa Ginoo sa iyang mga katigulangan nga sila si Jehoshafat, Jehoram, ug Ahazia, nga kanhing mga hari sa Juda, uban sa iya usab nga gipanghalad, apil na ang tanang bulawan nga atua sa mga bodega sa templo sa Ginoo ug sa palasyo. Gipadala niya kining tanan kang Hazael. Busa wala na modayon ug sulong si Hazael sa Jerusalem.

19 Ang uban pang sugilanon mahitungod sa paghari ni Joas, ug ang tanan niyang gihimo, nahisulat sa libro sa mga sugilanon bahin sa mga hari sa Juda. 20 Sa kaulahian nagplano ug daotan batok kaniya ang iyang mga opisyal, ug gipatay nila siya sa Bet Millo, sa dalan paingon sa Silla. 21 Ang mga opisyal nga mipatay kaniya mao sila si Jozacar[a] nga anak ni Shimeat ug si Jehozabad nga anak ni Shomer. Gilubong siya sa lubnganan sa iyang mga katigulangan sa Lungsod ni David. Ug si Amazia nga iyang anak mao ang mipuli kaniya ingon nga hari.

Footnotes

  1. 12:21 Jozacar: Mao kini sa Septuagint ug sa Syriac; apan sa Hebreo, Jozabad.

12 In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash[a] began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Nevertheless, (A)the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.

Jehoash Repairs the Temple

Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things (B)that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money for which each man is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and (C)the money that a man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord, let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.” But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house. Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.” So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.

Then Jehoiada the priest took (D)a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord. And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted (E)the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord, 12 and (F)to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house. 13 (G)But there were not made for the house of the Lord (H)basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, 14 for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord with it. 15 And (I)they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly. 16 The money from (J)the guilt offerings and the money from the (K)sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; (L)it belonged to the priests.

17 At that time (M)Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath and took it. But when Hazael set his face (N)to go up against Jerusalem, 18 Jehoash king of Judah (O)took all the sacred gifts that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah his fathers, the kings of Judah, had dedicated, (P)and his own sacred gifts, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and sent these to Hazael king of Syria. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem.

The Death of Joash

19 Now 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 (Q)His servants arose and made a conspiracy (R)and struck down Joash in the house of (S)Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla. 21 It was (T)Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of (U)Shomer, his servants, who struck him down, so that he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, (V)and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:1 Jehoash is an alternate spelling of Joash (son of Ahaziah) as in 11:2; also verses 2, 4, 6, 7, 18

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. Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days in which (C)Jehoiada the priest instructed him. But (D)the [b]high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

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, 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.”

Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (I)that the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple. (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.” And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.

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

  1. 2 Kings 12:1 Joash, 2 Kin. 11:2ff.
  2. 2 Kings 12:3 Places for pagan worship
  3. 2 Kings 12:4 Lit. the money coming over
  4. 2 Kings 12:4 any man’s heart prompts him to bring
  5. 2 Kings 12:5 Lit. breaches
  6. 2 Kings 12:9 guarded at the door
  7. 2 Kings 12:10 secretary
  8. 2 Kings 12:10 tied it up
  9. 2 Kings 12:11 Lit. weighed
  10. 2 Kings 12:17 Advance upon
  11. 2 Kings 12:19 Jehoash, vv. 1–18
  12. 2 Kings 12:20 Lit. The Landfill
  13. 2 Kings 12:21 Zabad, 2 Chr. 24:26
  14. 2 Kings 12:21 Shimrith, 2 Chr. 24:26