2 Kings 12 ISV NLT Parallel

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1 ascending to the throne in the seventh year of the reign of Jehu and then reigning for 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah from Beer-sheba.

1 Joash began to rule over Judah in the seventh year of King Jehu’s reign in Israel. He reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba.

2Jehoash did what the LORD considered to be right during the entire time when Jehoiada the priest was instructing him,

2All his life Joash did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

3except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.

3Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.

4Jehoash spoke to the priests about all of the proceeds of the consecrated gifts that were being brought into the LORD's Temple, cash from every man who was traveling through the area, cash obtained by personal assessment, and all the cash that came through voluntary gifts into the LORD's Temple:

4One day King Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as a sacred offering to the LORD’s Temple, whether it is a regular assessment, a payment of vows, or a voluntary gift.

5"Let the priests get support for themselves from their own donors, and let them repair the Temple wherever a leak in need of repair is discovered."

5Let the priests take some of that money to pay for whatever repairs are needed at the Temple.”

6But 23 years into the reign of king Jehoash, the priests still had not repaired the leaks in the Temple.

6But by the twenty-third year of Joash’s reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.

7So king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, along with other priests, and asked them, "Why haven't you fixed the leaks in the Temple? Stop receiving donations from your acquaintances for repairing the leaks in the Temple."

7So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven’t you repaired the Temple? Don’t use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.”

8So the priests agreed to receive no more cash from the people, but they didn't repair the leaks in the Temple, either.

8So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.

9So Jehoiada the priest grabbed a chest, bored an opening in its lid, and placed it next to the altar, on the right side as one enters the LORD's Temple. The priests who tended the entryway put all the money that was brought into the LORD's Temple into the chest.

9Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side of the altar at the entrance of the Temple of the LORD. The priests guarding the entrance put all of the people’s contributions into the chest.

10As a result, whenever they noticed that there was a lot of money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest went forward, put the money in bags, counted the money that had been given over to the LORD's Temple,

10Whenever the chest became full, the court secretary and the high priest counted the money that had been brought to the LORD’s Temple and put it into bags.

11and disbursed the cash directly into the hands of those who did the work and who were in charge of the oversight of the LORD's Temple. They paid it to the carpenters and builders who worked on the LORD's Temple,

11Then they gave the money to the construction supervisors, who used it to pay the people working on the LORD’s Temple—the carpenters, the builders,

12to masons and stonecutters, and for procurement of timber and quarried stone for making repairs to the LORD's Temple, and for all outlays needed for repairs of the Temple.

12the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD’s Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple’s restoration.

13But no provision was included for the LORD's Temple from the money that was brought into the LORD's Temple for silver basins, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels made of gold or silver,

13The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the LORD.

14because that money had been allocated to the workmen who were repairing the LORD's Temple.

14It was paid to the workmen, who used it for the Temple repairs.

15Furthermore, they required no accounting from the men into whose hand they had paid the money to do the work, because the workers acted in good faith.

15No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest and trustworthy men.

16The money from the guilt offerings and from the sin offerings was not brought into the LORD's Temple, because it was allocated to the priests.

16However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the LORD’s Temple. It was given to the priests for their own use. The End of Joash’s Reign

17Later, King Hazael of Aram invaded and attacked Gath, captured it, and then set out to approach Jerusalem.

17About this time King Hazael of Aram went to war against Gath and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

18So King Jehoash of Judah took all of the sacred things that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, along with his own dedicated things, and all the gold that could be located within the treasure vaults of the LORD's Temple and in the king's palace, and paid off King Hazael of Aram. Then Hazael left Jerusalem.

18King Joash collected all the sacred objects that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the previous kings of Judah, had dedicated, along with what he himself had dedicated. He sent them all to Hazael, along with all the gold in the treasuries of the LORD’s Temple and the royal palace. So Hazael called off his attack on Jerusalem.

19Now the rest of the Joash's activities—everything he did—are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?

19The rest of the events in Joash’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.

20His servants rose up in rebellion, formed a conspiracy, and assassinated Joash in the palace at the terrace ramparts while he was on his way down to Silla.

20Joash’s officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.

21Shimeath's son Jozacar and Shomer's son Jehozabad, his servants, attacked him and he died. They buried him alongside his ancestors in the City of David, and his son Amaziah became king to replace him.

21The assassins were Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer—both trusted advisers. Joash was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Amaziah became the next king.

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