Verse 3
2 Kings 12:3
Free Bible Version
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Joash told the priests, “Collect together all the money that is brought as holy offerings to the Lord's Temple, whether the census money, the money from individual vows, or the money brought as a voluntary donation to the Lord's Temple.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוֹאָ֧שׁ הַ/יָּשָׁ֛ר בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה כָּל יָמָ֑י/ו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרָ֔/הוּ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַ/כֹּהֵֽן
English Translation
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days that Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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Chapter 12 Context
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Joash became king in the seventh year of the reign of Jehu, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty ye...
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Even so, the high places were not removed—the people went on sacrificing and presenting burnt offeri...
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Joash told the priests, “Collect together all the money that is brought as holy offerings to the Lor...
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Let each priest receive the money from those who give, and use it to repair whatever damage is disco...
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But by the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, the priests still had not repaired the damage to...
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So King Joash called together Jehoiada and the other priests and asked, “Why haven't you repaired th...
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The priests agreed not to receive any more money from the people, and that they wouldn't carry out t...
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Jehoiada the priest took a large wooden box, cut a hole in its lid, and placed it on the right side...
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Whenever they saw there was a lot of money in the box, the king's secretary and the high priest woul...
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Then they weighed out the money and gave it to the supervisors of the work on the Lord's Temple. The...
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masons, and stonecutters. They also bought the timber and blocks of cut stone needed for the repair...
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However, the money collected for the Lord's Temple was not used for making silver basins, lamp trimm...
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13
Around this time Hazael, king of Aram, went and attacked Gath, and captured it. Then he marched to a...
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So King Joash of Judah took all the holy objects dedicated by his forefathers Jehoshaphat, Jehoram,...
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His officials plotted against him and murdered him at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Sill...
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The officials who attacked and killed him were Jozacar, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shome...
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