1 septem annorum erat Ioas cum regnare coepisset
et quadraginta annis regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Sebia de Bersabee
2 fecitque quod bonum est coram Domino
cunctis diebus Ioiadae sacerdotis
3 accepit autem ei Ioiadae
uxores duas
e quibus genuit filios et filias
4 post quae placuit Ioas ut instauraret domum Domini
5 congregavitque sacerdotes et Levitas et dixit eis
egredimini ad civitates Iuda
et colligite de universo Israhel pecuniam
ad sarta tecta templi Dei vestri per singulos annos
festinatoque hoc facite
porro Levitae egere neglegentius
6 vocavitque rex Ioiadae principem et
dixit ei
quare non tibi fuit curae ut cogeres
Levitas
inferre de Iuda et de Hierusalem pecuniam
quae constituta est a Mose servo Domini
ut inferret eam omnis multitudo Israhel in tabernaculum testimonii
7 Otholia enim impiissima et filii eius destruxerunt domum
Domini
et de universis quae sanctificata fuerant templo Domini
ornaverunt fanum Baalim
8 praecepit ergo rex et fecerunt arcam
posueruntque eam iuxta portam domus Domini forinsecus
9 et praedicatum est in Iuda et Hierusalem
ut deferrent singuli pretium Domino
quod constituit Moses servus Dei
super omnem Israhel in deserto
10 laetatique sunt cuncti principes et omnis populus
et ingressi contulerunt in arcam Domini
atque miserunt ita ut impleretur
11 cumque tempus esset
ut deferrent arcam coram rege per manus Levitarum
videbant enim multam pecuniam
ingrediebatur scriba regis
et quem primus sacerdos constituerat
effundebantque pecuniam quae erat in arca
porro arcam reportabant ad locum suum
sicque faciebant per singulos dies
et congregata est infinita pecunia
12 quam dederunt rex et Ioiada
his qui praeerant operibus domus Domini
at illi conducebant ex ea caesores lapidum
et artifices operum singulorum
ut instaurarent domum Domini
fabros quoque ferri et aeris ut quod cadere coeperat fulciretur
13 egeruntque hii qui operabantur industrie
et obducebatur parietum cicatrix per manus eorum
ac suscitaverunt domum Domini in statum pristinum
et firme eam stare fecerunt
14 cumque conplessent omnia opera
detulerunt coram rege et Ioiadae reliquam partem pecuniae
de qua facta sunt vasa templi in ministerium et ad holocausta
fialae quoque et cetera vasa aurea et argentea
et offerebantur holocausta in domo Domini
iugiter cunctis diebus Ioiadae
15 senuit autem Ioiadae plenus dierum et mortuus est
cum centum triginta esset annorum
16 sepelieruntque eum in civitate David cum regibus
eo quod fecisset bonum cum Israhel et cum domo eius
17 postquam autem obiit Ioiada
ingressi sunt principes Iuda et adoraverunt regem
qui delinitus obsequiis eorum adquievit eis
18 et dereliquerunt templum Domini Dei patrum suorum
servieruntque lucis et sculptilibus
et facta est ira contra Iudam et Hierusalem propter hoc peccatum
19 mittebatque eis prophetas ut reverterentur ad Dominum
quos protestantes illi audire nolebant
20 spiritus itaque Dei induit Zacchariam filium Ioiadae sacerdotem
et stetit in conspectu populi et dixit eis
haec dicit Dominus
quare transgredimini praeceptum Domini quod vobis non proderit
et dereliquistis Dominum ut derelinqueret vos
21 qui congregati adversus eum miserunt lapides
iuxta regis imperium in atrio domus Domini
22 et non est recordatus Ioas rex misericordiae
quam fecerat Ioiadae pater illius secum
sed interfecit filium eius
qui cum moreretur ait videat Dominus et requirat
23 cumque evolutus esset annus ascendit contra eum exercitus Syriae
venitque in Iudam et Hierusalem
et interfecit cunctos principes populi
atque universam praedam miserunt regi Damascum
24 et certe cum permodicus venisset numerus Syrorum
tradidit Dominus manibus eorum infinitam multitudinem
eo quod reliquissent Dominum Deum patrum suorum
in Ioas quoque ignominiosa exercuere iudicia
25 et abeuntes dimiserunt eum in languoribus magnis
surrexerunt autem contra eum servi sui
in ultionem sanguinis filii Ioiadae sacerdotis
et occiderunt eum in lectulo suo et mortuus est
sepelieruntque eum in civitate David
sed non in sepulchris regum
26 insidiati vero sunt ei Zabath filius Semath Ammanitidis
et Iozabath filius Semarith Moabitidis
27 porro filii eius ac summa pecuniae quae adunata fuerat sub eo
et instauratio domus Dei
scripta sunt diligentius in libro regum
regnavitque Amasias filius eius pro eo
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 Beer-sheba. 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.