2 Chronicles 24 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Joash was seven years old when he became and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
Joash did what was in Yahweh's eyes throughout the lifetime of the priest.
Jehoiada for and he fathered sons and daughters.
After this, Joash decided to Yahweh's
He gathered the priests and and told them, "Go out to the towns of Judah and collect money from all Israel to the temple of your God — do it every year. And hurry up about it." But the didn't hurry.
So the king called for Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, "Why haven't you required the Levites to bring in the from Judah and Jerusalem that Moses, Yahweh's servant, imposed on the of Israel for the of the
Because that woman Athaliah and her sons had broken into God's temple and had even used all the items for Yahweh's temple for the
So the king gave the order, and they made a and placed it outside the gate of Yahweh's temple.
Then they sent out a through Judah and Jerusalem to bring to Yahweh the tax that Moses, God's servant, had imposed on Israel in the wilderness.
All the officials and all the people were They brought their contributions and dropped them into the chest until it was full.
Whenever the chest was brought to the king's officials by the Levites, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king's and the chief priest's officer would come, empty the chest, then pick it up and return it to its place. They did this day after day and collected a huge amount of money.
The king and Jehoiada gave it to those doing the work on Yahweh's temple. They hired and carpenters to restore Yahweh's temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the temple.
The workers got busy and the repair work made progress under their hands. They restored God's temple to its and it.
When they finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used to make equipment for Yahweh's temple — items for the service and for the and also ladles and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered in Yahweh's temple throughout Jehoiada's lifetime.
Jehoiada grew old and of and he died. He was a hundred and thirty old when he died.
They buried him in the of among the kings, because he had done so much good in Israel for God and for his temple.
After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah came and down to the king, and the king listened to them.
They the temple of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, and served the and the idols. And came on Judah and Jerusalem because of this
He sent among them to them to Yahweh. The warned them, but they wouldn't listen.
Then the of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, "This is what says: 'Why are you breaking Yahweh's commands? You won't prosper. Because you have Yahweh, he has you.'"
But they against and to in the of Yahweh's temple, on the king's orders.
King Joash didn't remember the that Zechariah's father Jehoiada had shown him, and he killed Jehoiada's son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, "May Yahweh see this and you to
At the of the the army marched against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and wiped out all the among the people, and they sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus.
Even though the Aramean army came with only a small force, Yahweh a very large army to them, because Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God of their ancestors. So they carried out on Joash.
When they withdrew from him — leaving him badly wounded — his own servants against him because of the of Jehoiada the priest's son, and they killed him on his bed. He died, and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the
Those who conspired against him were Zabad son of Shimeath the woman, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the woman.
As for his sons, the many and the rebuilding of God's temple — all of this is written in the of the of the His son Amaziah became king after