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II Chronicles
Chapter 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.
{Joash
is a Believer}
2
And Joash did that which was right
in
the sight of Jehovah/God
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 Jehovah/God.
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 'Elohiym/Godhead
from
year to year,
and
see that you hasten the matter.
Howbeit
the Levites hastened it not.
6
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief,
and
said unto him,
Why
have you 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 Jehovah/God,
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 'Elohiym/Godhead
and
also all the dedicated things of the house
of
Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God.
9
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem,
to
bring in to Jehovah/God the collection
that
Moses the servant of 'Elohiym/Godhead
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 Jehovah/God,
and
hired masons and carpenters
to
repair the house of Jehovah/God,
and
also such as wrought iron and brass
to
mend the house of Jehovah/God.
13
So the workmen wrought,
and
the work was perfected by them,
and
they set the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead
in
Hs 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 Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God
continually
all the days of Jehoiada.
15
But Jehoiada grew/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 'Elohiym/Godhead, 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 Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
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 Jehovah/God;
and
they testified against them . . .
but
they would not give ear.
{See
Hebrews 11:37 also}
20
And the spirit of 'Elohiym/Godhead
came
upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest,
who
stood above the people, and said unto them,
Thus
says 'Elohiym/Godhead,
Why
do you transgress the commandments of Jehovah/God,
that
You cannot prosper?
{meaning they have gone away from Bible teaching}
Because
you have forsaken Jehovah/God,
He
has 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 Jehovah/God.
{Note:
Zechariah was stoned to death in the courthouse of the temple of
Jehovah/God. This event is mentioned in Matthew and alluded to in
Hebrews 11:37.}
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,
Jehovah/God
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
Jehovah/God delivered
a
very great army/host into their hand,
because
they had forsaken Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
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 sepulchers of the kings.
26
And these are those who 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 'Elohiym/Godhead,
behold,
they are written in the story of the book of the kings.
And
Amaziah his son reigned in his place/stead.
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