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Síðari Kroníkubók 24
Icelandic Bible
Síðari Kroníkubók 24
Icelandic Bible
24 Jóas var sjö vetra gamall, þá er hann varð konungur, og fjörutíu ár ríkti hann í Jerúsalem. Móðir hans hét Sibja og var frá Beerseba.
2 Jóas gjörði það, sem rétt var í augum Drottins, meðan Jójada prestur lifði.
3 Og Jójada tók tvær konur honum til handa, og hann gat sonu og dætur.
4 Síðan ásetti Jóas sér að reisa við musteri Drottins.
5 Stefndi hann þá saman prestunum og levítunum og sagði við þá: "Farið um Júdaborgir og safnið fé úr öllum Ísrael til þess að gjöra við musteri Guðs yðar, og skuluð þér vinda bráðan bug að erindi þessu." En levítarnir fóru að engu ótt.
6 Þá kallaði konungur Jójada æðsta prest og sagði við hann: "Hvers vegna hefir þú eigi annast um að levítarnir heimti inn úr Júda og Jerúsalem skatta þá, er Móse, þjónn Drottins, lagði á Ísraelssöfnuð til lögmálstjaldsins?"
7 Því að illkvendið Atalía og synir hennar hafa brotist inn í musteri Guðs og þar á ofan eytt öllum helgigjöfum musteris Drottins í Baalana.
8 Síðan gjörðu menn kistu að boði konungs og settu hana fyrir utan hliðið á musteri Drottins.
9 Var þá kunngjört í Júda og Jerúsalem, að færa skyldi Drottni skatt þann, er Móse, þjónn Guðs, hafði lagt á Ísrael í eyðimörkinni.
10 Fögnuðu þá allir höfuðsmennirnir og allur lýðurinn og komu með skattinn og lögðu í kistuna, uns hún var full.
11 Og í hvert sinn, er hann lét levítana fara með kistuna til umsjónarmanns konungs, þegar þeir sáu að féð var mikið orðið, þá kom kanslari konungs og umboðsmaður æðsta prestsins. Tæmdu þeir kistuna og fóru síðan aftur með hana á sinn stað. Gjörðu þeir svo dag eftir dag og söfnuðu ógrynni fjár.
12 Og konungur og Jójada fengu það verkstjórunum, er stóðu fyrir vinnunni við musteri Drottins, en þeir leigðu steinhöggvara og trésmiði til þess að reisa við musteri Drottins, svo og járnsmiði og eirsmiði til þess að gjöra við musteri Drottins.
13 Og verkstjórarnir unnu, svo að viðgjörðinni miðaði áfram hjá þeim, og færðu þeir musteri Guðs aftur í gott lag eftir ákveðnu máli og gengu vel frá því.
14 Og er þeir höfðu lokið því, færðu þeir konungi og Jójada afganginn af fénu, og voru af því gjörð áhöld fyrir hús Drottins _ áhöld til guðsþjónustu og fórnfæringa, skálar og gull- og silfuráhöld. Brennifórnir voru færðar í musteri Drottins alla ævi Jójada.
15 En Jójada varð gamall og saddur lífdaga, og hann dó. Var hann hundrað og þrjátíu ára gamall, er hann dó.
16 Og hann var grafinn í Davíðsborg hjá konungunum, því að hann hafði breytt vel í Ísrael, svo og gagnvart Guði og musteri hans.
17 En eftir andlát Jójada komu höfuðsmenn Júda og lutu konungi, og hlýddi þá konungur á þá.
18 Og þeir yfirgáfu musteri Drottins, Guðs feðra sinna, og þjónuðu asérunum og líkneskjunum. Kom þá reiði yfir Júda og Jerúsalem fyrir þessa sök þeirra.
19 Og hann sendi spámenn meðal þeirra, til þess að snúa þeim aftur til Drottins. Þeir áminntu þá, en þeir gáfu því engan gaum.
20 En andi Guðs hreif Sakaría, son Jójada prests, svo að hann gekk fyrir lýðinn og mælti til þeirra: "Svo segir Guð: Hvers vegna rjúfið þér boðorð Drottins og sviptið yður allri hamingju? Sakir þess að þér hafið yfirgefið Drottin, þá yfirgefur hann yður."
21 Þá sórust þeir saman gegn honum og lömdu hann grjóti að boði konungs í forgarði musteris Drottins.
22 Og Jóas konungur minntist eigi ástar þeirrar, er Jójada faðir hans hafði sýnt honum, heldur lét drepa son hans. En hann mælti í andarslitrunum: "Drottinn sér það og mun hegna!"
23 Þá er ár var liðið, fór her Sýrlendinga í móti honum. En er þeir komu til Júda og Jerúsalem, drápu þeir alla þjóðhöfðingja meðal lýðsins, og sendu allt herfangið til konungsins í Damaskus.
24 Þótt her Sýrlendinga væri fámennur, er þeir komu, gaf Drottinn samt afar mikinn her á vald þeirra, af því að þeir höfðu yfirgefið Drottin, Guð feðra sinna, og yfir Jóas létu þeir ganga refsidóma.
25 En er þeir héldu burt frá honum _ þeir létu hann eftir fársjúkan _, þá gjörðu þjónar hans samsæri gegn honum vegna blóðsakarinnar á syni Jójada prests og drápu hann í rekkju hans. Lét hann þannig líf sitt, og var hann grafinn í Davíðsborg, en eigi var hann grafinn í konungagröfunum.
26 Þessir voru þeir, er samsæri gjörðu gegn honum: Sabad, sonur Símeatar hinnar ammónsku, og Jósabad, sonur Simrítar hinnar móabítísku.
27 En um sonu hans og upphæð skatts þess, er á hann var lagður, og byggingu Guðs musteris, er ritað í Skýringum konungabókarinnar. Og Amasía sonur hans tók ríki eftir hann.
2 Chronicles 24
New International Version
2 Chronicles 24
New International Version
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. 2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord(C) all the years of Jehoiada the priest. 3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
4 Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the Lord. 5 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.
6 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)
7 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.
8 At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the Lord. 9 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
- 2 Chronicles 24:23 Probably in the spring
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Jozabad
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 A variant of Shomer
2 Chronicles 24
King James Version
2 Chronicles 24
King James Version
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.
2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord.
5 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.
6 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?
7 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.
8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.
9 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.
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