2 Chronicles 24

1 son: aged seven year Joash in/on/with to reign he and forty year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Zibiah from Beersheba Beersheba

Joash was seven when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

2 and to make: do Joash [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD all day Jehoiada [the] priest

Joash did what was right in the Lord's sight during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

3 and to lift: marry to/for him Jehoiada woman: wife two and to beget son: child and daughter

Jehoiada arranged for him to marry two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

4 and to be after so to be with heart Joash to/for to renew [obj] house: temple LORD

Some time later, Joash decided to repair the Lord's Temple.

5 and to gather [obj] [the] priest and [the] Levi and to say to/for them to come out: come to/for city Judah and to gather from all Israel silver: money to/for to strengthen: strengthen [obj] house: temple God your from sufficiency year in/on/with year and you(m. p.) to hasten to/for word: thing and not to hasten [the] Levi

He summoned the priests and Levites and told them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the yearly dues from everyone in Israel to repair the Temple of your God. Do it right away.” But the Levites did not go right away.

6 and to call: call to [the] king to/for Jehoiada [the] head: leader and to say to/for him why? not to seek upon [the] Levi to/for to come (in): bring from Judah and from Jerusalem [obj] tribute Moses servant/slave LORD and [the] assembly to/for Israel to/for tent [the] testimony

So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you ordered the Levites to collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax that Moses, the Lord's servant, and the assembly of Israel imposed to maintain the Tent of the Law?”

7 for Athaliah [the] wickedness son: child her to break through [obj] house: temple [the] God and also all holiness house: temple LORD to make to/for Baal

(The supporters of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into God's Temple and had stolen the holy objects of the Lord's Temple and used them to worship the Baals.)

8 and to say [the] king and to make ark one and to give: put him in/on/with gate house: temple LORD outside [to]

The king ordered a collection chest to be made and placed outside the entrance to the Lord's Temple.

9 and to give: make voice: message in/on/with Judah and in/on/with Jerusalem to/for to come (in): bring to/for LORD tribute Moses servant/slave [the] God upon Israel in/on/with wilderness

A decree was proclaimed throughout Judea and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, the Lord's servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness.

10 and to rejoice all [the] ruler and all [the] people and to come (in): bring and to throw to/for ark till to/for to end: finish

All the leaders and all the people were glad to do so and brought their taxes. They dropped them in the chest until it was full.

11 and to be in/on/with time to come (in): bring [obj] [the] ark to(wards) punishment [the] king in/on/with hand: by [the] Levi and like/as to see: see they for many [the] silver: money and to come (in): come secretary [the] king and overseer priest [the] head: leader and to uncover [obj] [the] ark and to lift: raise him and to return: return him to(wards) place his thus to make: do to/for day: daily in/on/with day: daily and to gather silver: money to/for abundance

Every so often the Levites took the chest to the king's officials. When they saw that it contained a large amount of money, the king's secretary and the chief officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest. Then they would carry it back to its place. They did this every day and collected a great deal of money.

12 and to give: give him [the] king and Jehoiada to(wards) to make: do work service: ministry house: temple LORD and to be to hire to hew and artificer to/for to renew house: temple LORD and also to/for artificer iron and bronze to/for to strengthen: strengthen [obj] house: temple LORD

Then the king and Jehoiada would allocate the money of those supervising the work on the Lord's Temple to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the Lord's Temple and craftsmen in iron and bronze to repair the Lord's Temple.

13 and to make: do to make: do [the] work and to ascend: rise health to/for work in/on/with hand their and to stand: stand [obj] house: temple [the] God upon tally his and to strengthen him

The men doing the repairs worked hard and made good progress. They restored God's Temple to its original condition and strengthened it.

14 and like/as to end: finish they to come (in): bring to/for face: before [the] king and Jehoiada [obj] remnant [the] silver: money and to make him article/utensil to/for house: temple LORD article/utensil ministry and to ascend: offer up and palm: dish and article/utensil gold and silver: money and to be to ascend: offer up burnt offering in/on/with house: temple LORD continually all day Jehoiada

When they finished, they returned the money that was left to the king and Jehoiada, and with it utensils were made for the Lord's Temple, both for the worship services and for the burnt offerings, also bowls for incense and vessels of gold and silver. Burnt offerings were regularly offered in the Lord's Temple regularly throughout Jehoiada's lifetime.

15 and be old Jehoiada and to satisfy day and to die son: aged hundred and thirty year in/on/with death his

Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130, having lived a full life.

16 and to bury him in/on/with city David with [the] king for to make: do welfare in/on/with Israel and with [the] God and house: home his

He was buried with the kings in the City of David, for all the good he had done in Israel for God and his Temple.

17 and after death Jehoiada to come (in): come ruler Judah and to bow to/for king then to hear: hear [the] king to(wards) them

But after the death of Jehoiada, the leaders of Judah came to swear their loyalty to the king, and he listened to their advice.

18 and to leave: forsake [obj] house: temple LORD God father their and to serve [obj] [the] Asherah and [obj] [the] idol and to be wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem in/on/with guiltiness their this

They abandoned the Temple of the Lord, the God of their forefathers, and worshiped Asherah poles and idols. Judah and Jerusalem were punished because of their sin.

19 and to send: depart in/on/with them prophet to/for to return: return them to(wards) LORD and to testify in/on/with them and not to listen

The Lord sent prophets to bring the people back to him and to warn them; but they refused to listen.

20 and spirit God to clothe [obj] Zechariah son: child Jehoiada [the] priest and to stand: stand from upon to/for people and to say to/for them thus to say [the] God to/for what? you(m. p.) to pass: trespass [obj] commandment LORD and not to prosper for to leave: forsake [obj] LORD and to leave: forsake [obj] you

Then the Spirit of God came to Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and told them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you break the Lord's commandments so that you cannot be successful? Since you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.’”

21 and to conspire upon him and to stone him stone in/on/with commandment [the] king in/on/with court house: temple LORD

Then the leaders hatched a plot to kill Zechariah, and on the orders of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's Temple.

22 and not to remember Joash [the] king [the] kindness which to make: do Jehoiada father his with him and to kill [obj] son: child his and like/as to die he to say to see: see LORD and to seek

King Joash showed he had forgotten all about the loyalty and love shown to him by Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, by killing his son. As he died, Zechariah cried out, “May the Lord see what you've done and pay you back!”

23 and to be to/for circuit [the] year to ascend: rise upon him strength: soldiers Syria and to come (in): come to(wards) Judah and Jerusalem and to ruin [obj] all ruler [the] people from people and all spoil their to send: depart to/for king Damascus

At the end of the year, the Aramean army came to attack Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the people's leaders, and sent all their plunder back to the king of Damascus.

24 for in/on/with little human to come (in): come strength: soldiers Syria and LORD to give: give in/on/with hand: power their strength: soldiers to/for abundance much for to leave: forsake [obj] LORD God father their and with Joash to make: do judgment

Even though the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the Lord gave them the victory over a very large army, because Judah had abandoned the Lord, the God of their forefathers. In this way they punished Joash.

25 and in/on/with to go: went they from him for to leave: forsake [obj] him (in/on/with suffering *Qk) many to conspire upon him servant/slave his in/on/with blood son: child Jehoiada [the] priest and to kill him upon bed his and to die and to bury him in/on/with city David and not to bury him in/on/with grave [the] king

When the Arameans departed, they left Joash badly wounded. But then his own officers plotted against him for murdering the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him in his bed. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the cemetery of the kings.

26 and these [the] to conspire upon him Zabad son: child Shimeath [the] Ammon and Jehozabad son: child Shimrith [the] Moabite

Those who plotted against him were Zabad, son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.

27 and son: child his (to multiply *QK) [the] oracle upon him and to found house: temple [the] God look! they to write upon story scroll: book [the] king and to reign Amaziah son: child his underneath: instead him

The story of the sons of Joash, as well as the many prophecies about him and about the restoration of God's Temple, are recorded in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings. His son Amaziah took over as king.