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Joash Influenced by Jehoiada |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:1 |
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Joash was seven years old when he became king,
and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah from
Beersheba. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:2 |
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Joash did what was right in the sight of the
LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:3 |
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Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became
the father of sons and daughters. |
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Faithless
Priests |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:4 |
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Now it came about after this that Joash decided
to restore the house of the LORD. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:5 |
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He gathered the priests and Levites and said
to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel to repair
the house of your God annually, and you shall do the matter quickly." But the
Levites did not act quickly. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:6 |
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So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest
and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah
and from Jerusalem the levy fixed by Moses the servant of the LORD on the congregation
of Israel for the tent of the testimony?" |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:7 |
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For the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken
into the house of God and even used the holy things of the house of the LORD for
the Baals. |
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Temple
Repaired |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:8 |
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So the king commanded, and they made a chest
and set it outside by the gate of the house of the LORD. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:9 |
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They made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem
to bring to the LORD the levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the
wilderness. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:10 |
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All the officers and all the people rejoiced
and brought in their levies and dropped them into the chest until they had finished. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:11 |
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It came about whenever the chest was brought
in to the king's officer by the Levites, and when they saw that there was much
money, then the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer would come, empty
the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected
much money. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:12 |
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The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who
did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and
carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also workers in iron and bronze
to repair the house of the LORD. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:13 |
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So the workmen labored, and the repair work
progressed in their hands, and they restored the house of God according to its
specifications and strengthened it. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:14 |
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When they had finished, they brought the rest
of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and it was made into utensils for the
house of the LORD, utensils for the service and the burnt offering, and pans and
utensils of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of
the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:15 |
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Now when Jehoiada reached a ripe old age he
died; he was one hundred and thirty years old at his death. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:16 |
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They buried him in the city of David among the
kings, because he had done well in Israel and to God and His house. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:17 |
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But after the death of Jehoiada the officials
of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:18 |
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They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God
of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; so wrath came upon Judah
and Jerusalem for this their guilt. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:19 |
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Yet He sent prophets to them to bring them back
to the LORD; though they testified against them, they would not listen. |
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Joash
Murders Son of Jehoiada |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:20 |
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Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the
son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus
God has said, 'Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper?
Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.'" |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:21 |
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So they conspired against him and at the command
of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:22 |
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Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness
which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died
he said, "May the LORD see and avenge!" |
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Aram
Invades and Defeats Judah |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:23 |
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Now it happened at the turn of the year that
the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem,
destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all
their spoil to the king of Damascus. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:24 |
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Indeed the army of the Arameans came with a
small number of men; yet the LORD delivered a very great army into their hands,
because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed
judgment on Joash. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:25 |
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When they had departed from him (for they left
him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of
the son of Jehoiada the priest, and murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they
buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the
kings. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:26 |
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Now these are those who conspired against him:
Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the
Moabitess. |
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| 2 Chronicles 24:27 |
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As to his sons and the many oracles against
him and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the treatise
of the Book of the Kings. Then Amaziah his son became king in his place. |
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