2 Kings 12 (NET)

2 Kings 12:1¹(12:2) In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:2²Jehoash did what the Lord approved all his days when Jehoiada the priest taught him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:3³But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:4⁴Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord ’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord ’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:5⁵The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:6⁶By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:7⁷So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:8⁸The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:9⁹Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of the Lord ’s temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord ’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:10¹⁰When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord ’s temple and bagged it up.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:11¹¹They would then hand over the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord ’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord ’s temple,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:12¹²as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord ’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:13¹³The silver brought to the Lord ’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:14¹⁴It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord ’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:15¹⁵They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:16¹⁶(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord ’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:17¹⁷At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:18¹⁸King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord ’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:19¹⁹The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:20²⁰His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 12:21²¹His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s