2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was
seven years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned forty years in
Jerusalem. His
mother's name also was
Zibiah of
Beersheba. 2 And
Joash did that which was
right in the
sight of the
LORD all the
days of
Jehoiada the
priest. 3 And
Jehoiada took for him
two wives; and he
begat sons and
daughters. 4 And it came to pass
after this, that
Joash was
minded to
repair the
house of the
LORD. 5 And he gathered
together the
priests and the
Levites, and
said to them, Go
out unto the
cities of
Judah, and
gather of all
Israel money to
repair the
house of your
God from year to
year, and see that ye
hasten the
matter. Howbeit the
Levites hastened it not.
6 And the
king called for
Jehoiada the
chief, and
said unto him, Why hast thou not
required of the
Levites to bring
in out of
Judah and out of
Jerusalem the
collection, according to the commandment of
Moses the
servant of the
LORD, and of the
congregation of
Israel, for the
tabernacle of
witness? 7 For the
sons of
Athaliah, that
wicked woman, had broken
up the
house of
God; and also all the dedicated
things of the
house of the
LORD did they
bestow upon
Baalim. 8 And at the
king's commandment they
made a chest, and
set it
without at the
gate of the
house of the
LORD. 9 And they
made a
proclamation through
Judah and
Jerusalem, to bring
in to the
LORD the
collection that
Moses the
servant of
God laid upon
Israel in the
wilderness. 10 And all the
princes and all the
people rejoiced, and brought
in, and
cast into the
chest, until they had made an
end.
11 Now it came to pass, that at what
time the
chest was
brought unto the
king's office by the
hand of the
Levites, and when they
saw that there was
much money, the
king's scribe and the
high priest's officer came and
emptied the
chest, and
took it, and
carried it to his
place again. Thus they
did day by
day, and
gathered money in
abundance. 12 And the
king and
Jehoiada gave it to such as
did the
work of the
service of the
house of the
LORD, and
hired masons and
carpenters to
repair the
house of the
LORD, and also such as
wrought iron and
brass to
mend the
house of the
LORD. 13 So the
workmen wrought, and the
work was perfected by
them, and they
set the
house of
God in his
state, and
strengthened it.
14 And when they had
finished it, they
brought the
rest of the
money before the
king and
Jehoiada, whereof were
made vessels for the
house of the
LORD, even
vessels to
minister, and to
offer withal, and
spoons, and
vessels of
gold and
silver. And they
offered burnt
offerings in the
house of the
LORD continually all the
days of
Jehoiada. 15 But
Jehoiada waxed
old, and was
full of
days when he
died; an
hundred and
thirty years old was he when he
died. 16 And they
buried him in the
city of
David among the
kings, because he had
done good in
Israel, both toward
God, and toward his
house. 17 Now
after the
death of
Jehoiada came the
princes of
Judah, and made
obeisance to the
king. Then the
king hearkened unto them.
18 And they
left the
house of the
LORD God of their
fathers, and
served groves and
idols: and
wrath came upon
Judah and
Jerusalem for this their
trespass. 19 Yet he
sent prophets to them, to bring them
again unto the
LORD; and they
testified against them: but they would not give
ear.
20 And the
Spirit of
God came upon
Zechariah the
son of
Jehoiada the
priest, which
stood above the
people, and
said unto them, Thus
saith God, Why
transgress ye the
commandments of the
LORD, that ye cannot
prosper? because ye have
forsaken the
LORD, he hath also
forsaken you.
21 And they
conspired against him, and
stoned him with
stones at the
commandment of the
king in the
court of the
house of the
LORD. 22 Thus
Joash the
king remembered not the
kindness which
Jehoiada his
father had
done to him, but
slew his
son. And when he
died, he
said, The
LORD look upon it, and
require it.
23 And it came to pass at the
end of the
year, that the
host of
Syria came
up against him: and they
came to
Judah and
Jerusalem, and
destroyed all the
princes of the
people from among the
people, and
sent all the
spoil of them unto the
king of
Damascus. 24 For the
army of the
Syrians came with a
small company of
men, and the
LORD delivered a
very great host into their
hand, because they had
forsaken the
LORD God of their
fathers. So they
executed judgment against
Joash. 25 And when they were
departed from him, (for they
left him in
great diseases,) his own
servants conspired against him for the
blood of the
sons of
Jehoiada the
priest, and
slew him on his
bed, and he
died: and they
buried him in the
city of
David, but they
buried him not in the
sepulchres of the
kings. 26 And these are they that
conspired against him;
Zabad the
son of
Shimeath an
Ammonitess, and
Jehozabad the
son of
Shimrith a
Moabitess. 27 Now concerning his
sons, and the
greatness of the
burdens laid upon him, and the
repairing of the
house of
God, behold, they are
written in the
story of the
book of the
kings. And
Amaziah his
son reigned in his stead.