Verse 19

2 Kings 12:19

New Living Translation

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּקַּ֞ח יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֵ֣ת כָּל הַ/קֳּדָשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁר הִקְדִּ֣ישׁוּ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט וִ/יהוֹרָם֩ וַ/אֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ אֲבֹתָ֜י/ו מַלְכֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וְ/אֶת קֳדָשָׁ֔י/ו וְ/אֵ֣ת כָּל הַ/זָּהָ֗ב הַ/נִּמְצָ֛א בְּ/אֹצְר֥וֹת בֵּית יְהוָ֖ה וּ/בֵ֣ית הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֗ח לַֽ/חֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם וַ/יַּ֖עַל מֵ/עַ֥ל יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

English Translation

And King Jehoash of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his ancestors, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king's house, and he sent to Hazael, king of Aram, and went up from Jerusalem.

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Chapter 12 Context

1 Joash began to rule over Judah in the seventh year of King Jehu’s reign in Israel. He reigned in Jer... Focus ↗

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

3 Yet even so, he did not destroy the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burne... Focus ↗

4 One day King Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as a sacred offering to the L... Focus ↗

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

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

7 So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven’t you repaired th... Focus ↗

8 So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let othe... Focus ↗

9 Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side... Focus ↗

10 Whenever the chest became full, the court secretary and the high priest counted the money that had b... Focus ↗

11 Then they gave the money to the construction supervisors, who used it to pay the people working on t... Focus ↗

12 the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone... Focus ↗

13 The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpet... Focus ↗

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

15 No accounting of this money was required from the construction supervisors, because they were honest... Focus ↗

16 However, the money that was contributed for guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into t... Focus ↗

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

18 King Joash collected all the sacred objects that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the previous kin... Focus ↗

19 The rest of the events in Joash’s reign and everything he did are recorded in <i>The Book of the His...

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

21 The assassins were Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer — both trusted advisers. Joas... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 12 (21 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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