2 Kings 12
English Standard Version
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. 2 And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 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
4 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, 5 let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.” 6 But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had made no repairs on the house. 7 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.” 8 So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.
9 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
- 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
2 Kings 12
New American Standard Bible
Jehoash (Joash) Reigns over Judah
12 In the seventh year of Jehu, [a](A)Jehoash became king, and he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba. 2 Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all his days that Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 Only (B)the high places did not end; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
The Temple to Be Repaired
4 Then Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the sacred offerings (C)which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, both (D)the money of each man’s assessment and all the money [b]which anyone’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord, 5 the priests are to take it for themselves, each from his [c]acquaintance; and they shall repair [d]damage to the house wherever [e]any damage is found.”
6 But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, (E)the priests had not repaired any damage to the house. 7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, “Why do you not repair damage to the house? Now then, you are not to take any more money from your [f]acquaintances, but give it up for the damage to the house.” 8 The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they [g]repair damage to the house.
9 Instead, (F)Jehoiada the priest [h]took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into 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 When they saw that there was a great amount of money in the chest, (G)the king’s scribe and the high priest went up and tied it up in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 And they handed the money which was assessed over to 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 the builders who worked on the house of the Lord; 12 and (H)to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to the house of the Lord, and for everything that [j]was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 However (I)there were not made for the house of the Lord (J)silver cups, shears, bowls, trumpets, any receptacles of gold, or receptacles of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the Lord; 14 for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the Lord. 15 Moreover, (K)they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, because they acted faithfully. 16 The (L)money from the guilt offerings and (M)the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; (N)it belonged to the priests.
17 Then (O)Hazael the king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and (P)Hazael [k]was intent on going up against Jerusalem. 18 So (Q)Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred offerings that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had consecrated, and (R)his own sacred offerings, and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he withdrew from Jerusalem.
Joash (Jehoash) Succeeded by Amaziah in Judah
19 Now as for the rest of the acts of Joash and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 20 And (S)his servants rose up and formed a conspiracy; and they (T)struck and killed Joash at (U)the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla. 21 For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of (V)Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and his son (W)Amaziah became king in his place.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 12:1 Jehoash is another spelling of Joash in Heb
- 2 Kings 12:4 Lit which it comes into...to bring
- 2 Kings 12:5 Or perhaps assessor
- 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
- 2 Kings 12:5 Lit a breach, and so through v 12
- 2 Kings 12:7 See note 1 v 5
- 2 Kings 12:8 I.e., do or oversee repairs themselves
- 2 Kings 12:9 I.e., at the king’s command; see 2 Chr 24:8
- 2 Kings 12:11 Lit brought
- 2 Kings 12:12 Lit went out
- 2 Kings 12:17 Lit set his face to go
2 Re 12
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Restauro del tempio
12 (A)Il settimo anno di Ieu, Ioas cominciò a regnare, e regnò quarant’anni a Gerusalemme. Sua madre si chiamava Sibia da Beer-Sceba.
2 Ioas fece ciò che è giusto agli occhi del Signore per tutto il tempo in cui fu consigliato dal sacerdote Ieoiada. 3 Tuttavia, gli alti luoghi non scomparvero; il popolo continuava a offrire sacrifici e incenso sugli alti luoghi.
4 Ioas disse ai sacerdoti: «Tutto il denaro consacrato che sarà portato alla casa del Signore, vale a dire il denaro versato da ogni Israelita censito, il denaro che paga per il suo riscatto personale secondo la stima fatta dal sacerdote, tutto il denaro che qualunque persona decida di portare alla casa del Signore, 5 i sacerdoti lo ricevano, ognuno dalle mani dei suoi conoscenti, e se ne servano per fare i restauri alla casa, dovunque si troverà qualcosa da restaurare». 6 Ma fino al ventitreesimo anno del re Ioas i sacerdoti non avevano ancora eseguito i restauri alla casa. 7 Allora il re Ioas chiamò il sacerdote Ieoiada e gli altri sacerdoti e disse loro: «Perché non restaurate quel che c’è da restaurare nella casa? Da ora in poi dunque non ricevete più denaro dalle mani dei vostri conoscenti, ma lasciatelo per i restauri della casa». 8 I sacerdoti acconsentirono a non ricevere più denaro dalle mani del popolo e a non aver più l’incarico dei restauri della casa.
9 Il sacerdote Ieoiada prese una cassa, le fece un buco nel coperchio e la collocò presso l’altare, a destra, entrando nella casa del Signore; e i sacerdoti che custodivano la soglia vi mettevano tutto il denaro che era portato alla casa del Signore. 10 Quando vedevano che c’era molto denaro nella cassa, il segretario del re e il sommo sacerdote salivano a chiudere in sacchetti e a contare il denaro che si trovava nella casa del Signore. 11 Poi consegnavano il denaro così pesato nelle mani dei funzionari preposti ai lavori della casa del Signore, i quali pagavano i falegnami e i costruttori che lavoravano alla casa del Signore, 12 i muratori e gli scalpellini; compravano il legname e le pietre da tagliare per restaurare la casa del Signore e provvedevano a tutte le spese relative ai restauri della casa. 13 Ma con il denaro portato alla casa del Signore non si fecero, per la casa del Signore, né coppe d’argento, né smoccolatoi, né bacinelle, né trombe, né alcun altro utensile d’oro o d’argento; 14 il denaro si dava a quelli che facevano l’opera, ed essi lo impiegavano a restaurare la casa del Signore. 15 E non si chiedeva alcun resoconto a quelli nelle cui mani si consegnava il denaro per pagare chi eseguiva il lavoro; perché agivano con fedeltà. 16 Il denaro dei sacrifici per la colpa e quello dei sacrifici per il peccato non si portava nella casa del Signore; era per i sacerdoti.
Tributo pagato ad Azael, re di Siria. Morte di Ioas
17 (B)In quel tempo Azael, re di Siria, salì a combattere contro Gat e la conquistò; poi si dispose a salire contro Gerusalemme. 18 Allora Ioas, re di Giuda, prese tutte le cose sacre che i suoi padri Giosafat, Ioram e Acazia, re di Giuda, avevano consacrate, quelle che aveva consacrate egli stesso e tutto l’oro che si trovava nei tesori della casa del Signore e del palazzo del re, e mandò ogni cosa ad Azael, re di Siria, il quale si ritirò da Gerusalemme.
19 Il rimanente delle azioni di Ioas e tutto quello che fece si trova scritto nel libro delle Cronache dei re di Giuda.
20 I servitori di Ioas si rivoltarono, fecero una congiura e lo colpirono nella casa di Millo, sulla discesa di Silla. 21 Iozacar, figlio di Simeat, e Iozabad, figlio di Somer, suoi servitori, lo colpirono ed egli morì e fu sepolto con i suoi padri nella città di Davide; e Amasia, suo figlio, regnò al suo posto.
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