Verse 1

2 Kings 12:1

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

1 In the seventh year of Jehu Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.

Original Language Text

hebrew

בֶּן שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ בְּ/מָלְכֽ/וֹ

English Translation

Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.

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Chapter 12 Context

1 In the seventh year of Jehu Joas began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The name o...

2 And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada the priest taught him. Focus ↗

3 But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the h... Focus ↗

4 And Joas said to the priests: O All the money of the sanctified things, which is brought into the te... Focus ↗

5 Let the priests take it according to their order, and repair the house, wheresoever they shall see a... Focus ↗

6 Now till the three and twentieth year of king Joas, the priests did not make the repairs of the temp... Focus ↗

7 And king Joas called Joiada the high priest and the priests, saying to them: Why do you not repair t... Focus ↗

8 And the priests were forbidden to take any more money of the people, and to make the repairs of the... Focus ↗

9 And Joiada the high priest took a chest and bored a hole in the top, and set it by the altar at the... Focus ↗

10 And when they saw that there was very much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest... Focus ↗

11 And they gave it out by number and measure into the hands of them that were over the builders of the... Focus ↗

12 And made the repairs: and to them that cut stones, and to buy timber, and stones, to be hewed, that... Focus ↗

13 But there were not made of the same money for the temple of the Lord, bowls, or fleshhooks, or cense... Focus ↗

14 For it was given to them that did the work, that the temple of the Lord might be repaired. Focus ↗

15 And they reckoned not with the men that received the money to distribute it to the workmen, but they... Focus ↗

16 But the money for trespass, and the money for sine, they brought not into the temple of the Lord, be... Focus ↗

17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Geth, and took it and set his face to go up to... Focus ↗

18 Wherefore Joas king of Juda took all the sanctified things, which Josaphat, and Joram, and Ochozias... Focus ↗

19 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words... Focus ↗

20 And his servants arose, and conspired among themselves, and slew Joas in the house of Mello in the d... Focus ↗

21 For Josachar the son of Semaath, and Jozabad the son of Somer his servant struck him, and he died: a... Focus ↗

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