Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New 
York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

                                   JOASH

2KI 11:1  When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, 
she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.

2KI 11:2  But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of 
Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal 
princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a 
bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.

2KI 11:3  He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the LORD for 
six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

2KI 11:12  Jehoiada brought out the king's son and put the crown on him; he 
presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They 
anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and shouted, "Long live 
the king!"

2KI 11:13  When Athaliah heard the noise made by the guards and the people, 
she went to the people at the temple of the LORD.

2KI 11:14  She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as 
the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and 
all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then 
Athaliah tore her robes and called out, "Treason! Treason!"

2KI 11:15  Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of units of a 
hundred, who were in charge of the troops: "Bring her out between the ranks 
and put to the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest had said, "She 
must not be put to death in the temple of the LORD."

2KI 11:16  So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses 
enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.

2KI 11:17  Jehoiada then made a covenant between the LORD and the king and 
people that they would be the LORD'S people. He also made a covenant 
between the king and the people.

2KI 11:18  All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore 
it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the 
priest of Baal in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest posted 
guards at the temple of the LORD.

2KI 11:19  He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the 
guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king 
down from the temple of the LORD and went into the palace, entering by way 
of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal 
throne,

2KI 11:20  and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, 
because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace.

2KI 11:21  Joash was seven years old when he began to reign.

2KI 12:2  Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years 
Jehoiada the priest instructed him.

2KI 12:4  Joash said to the priests, "Collect all the money that is brought 
as sacred offerings to the temple of the LORD--the money collected in the 
census, the money received from personal vows and the money brought 
voluntarily to the temple.

2KI 12:5  Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, 
and let it be used to repair whatever damage is found in the temple."

2KI 12:6  But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had 
not repaired the temple.

2KI 12:7  Therefore King Joash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other 
priests and asked them, "Why aren't you repairing the damage done to the 
temple? Take no more money from your treasurers, but hand it over for 
repairing the temple."

2KI 12:8  The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money 
from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

2KI 12:9  Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. He 
placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of 
the LORD. The priests who guarded the entrance put into the chest all the 
money that was brought to the temple of the LORD.

2KI 12:10  Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the 
chest, the royal secretary and the high priest came, counted the money that 
had been brought into the temple of the LORD and put it into bags.

2KI 12:11  When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the 
men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those 
who worked on the temple of the LORD--the carpenters and builders,

2KI 12:12  the masons and stonecutters. They purchased timber and dressed 
stone for the repair of the temple of the LORD, and met all the other 
expenses of restoring the temple.

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2KI 12:13  The money brought into the temple was not spent for making 
silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other 
articles of gold or silver for the temple of the LORD;

2KI 12:14  it was paid to the workmen, who used it to repair the temple.

2KI 12:15  They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave 
the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.

2KI 12:16  The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not 
brought into the temple of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

2KI 12:17  About this time Hazael king of Aram went up and attacked Gath 
and captured it. Then he turned to attack Jerusalem.

2KI 12:18  But Joash king of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by 
his fathers--Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah--and the 
gifts he himself had dedicated and all the gold found in the treasuries of 
the temple of the LORD and of the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael 
king of Aram, who then withdrew from Jerusalem.

2KI 12:20  His officials conspired against him and assassinated him at Beth 
Millo, on the road down to Silla.

2KI 12:21  The officials who murdered him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and 
Jehozabad son of Shomer. He died and was buried with his fathers in the 
City of David. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as king.

2CH 22:11  But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash son of 
Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes who were about to 
be murdered and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehosheba, the 
daughter of King Jehoram and wife of the priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah's 
sister, she hid the child from Athaliah so she could not kill him.

2CH 22:12  He remained hidden with them at the temple of God for six years 
while Athaliah ruled the land.

2CH 23:11  Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king's son and put the 
crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed 
him king. They anointed him and shouted, "Long live the king!"

2CH 23:12  When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering 
the king, she went to them at the temple of the LORD.

2CH 23:13  She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at 
the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all 
the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers 
with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her 
robes and shouted, "Treason! Treason!"

2CH 24:1  Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in 
Jerusalem forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah; she was from 
Beersheba.

2CH 24:2  Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years of 
Jehoiada the priest.

2CH 24:4  Some time later Joash decided to restore the temple of the LORD.

2CH 24:5  He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go 
to the towns of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, 
to repair the temple of your God. Do it now." But the Levites did not act 
at once.

2CH 24:6  Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to 
him, "Why haven't you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and 
Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the 
assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?"

2CH 24:7  Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the 
temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.

2CH 24:8  At the king's command, a chest was made and placed outside, at 
the gate of the temple of the LORD.

2CH 24:9  A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they 
should bring to the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God had required 
of Israel in the desert.

2CH 24:10  All the officials and all the people brought their contributions 
gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full.

2CH 24:11  Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the king's 
officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal 
secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the 
chest and carry it back to its place. They did this regularly and collected 
a great amount of money.

2CH 24:12  The king and Jehoiada gave it to the men who carried out the 
work required for the temple of the LORD. They hired masons and carpenters 
to restore the LORD'S temple, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair 
the temple.

2CH 24:13  The men in charge of the work were diligent, and the repairs 
progressed under them. They rebuilt the temple of God according to its 
original design and reinforced it.

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2CH 24:14  When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to 
the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the LORD'S 
temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also 
dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, 
burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the LORD.

2CH 24:17  After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and 
paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

2CH 24:18  They abandoned the temple of the LORD, the God of their fathers, 
and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God's anger 
came upon Judah and Jerusalem.

2CH 24:19  Although the LORD sent prophets to the people to bring them back 
to him, and though they testified against them, they would not listen.

2CH 24:20  Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the 
priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: 'Why 
do you disobey the LORD'S commands? You will not prosper. Because you have 
forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.'"

2CH 24:21  But they plotted against him, and by order of the king they 
stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD'S temple.

2CH 24:22  King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah's father 
Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, "May 
the LORD see this and call you to account."

2CH 24:23  At the turn of the year, the army of Aram marched against Joash; 
it invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. 
They sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.

2CH 24:24  Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD 
delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken 
the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.

2CH 24:25  When the Arameans withdrew, they left Joash severely wounded. 
His officials conspired against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the 
priest, and they killed him in his bed. So he died and was buried in the 
City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2CH 24:26  Those who conspired against him were Zabad, son of Shimeath an 
Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith a Moabite woman.

2CH 24:27  The account of his sons, the many prophecies about him, and the 
record of the restoration of the temple of God are written in the 
annotations on the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son succeeded him as 
king.

MAT 23:35  And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been 
shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah 
son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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