2 Chronicles 24

1 Joash was seven years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba [city].

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

2 Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.

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

3 Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.

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

4 Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.

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

5 He summoned the priests and other descendants of Levi and said to them, “Go to the towns in Judah and collect from the people the tax money that they are required to pay each year, and use that money to pay for repairing the temple. Do it immediately.” But the descendants of Levi did not do it immediately.

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

6 So the king summoned Jehoiada and said to him, “Why have you not required the descendants of Levi to bring to Jerusalem from various places in Judah the annual/yearly tax that Moses said that the people of Judah must pay, for taking care of the Sacred Tent?”

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

7 [The temple needed to be repaired] because the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had entered into the temple [and had wrecked some of the things], and had also used some of the sacred items that were in it for [the worship of] Baal.

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

8 So, obeying what the king commanded, the descendants of Levi made a chest and placed it outside the temple, at one of the entrances.

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

9 Then the king sent letters everywhere in Judah, requesting everyone to bring their tax money to the temple, like Moses had required the Israeli people to do [when they were] in the desert.

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

10 All the officials and the other people [agreed, and they] brought their contributions gladly. They put the money into the chest until it was full.

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

11 Whenever the descendants of Levi brought the chest to the king’s officials, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king’s secretary and the assistant to the [Supreme] Priest would take all the money from the chest, and then put the chest back in its place. They did this frequently, and they collected a huge amount of money.

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

12 The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were supervising the work of repairing the temple. Those men hired stoneworkers and carpenters to repair the temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair things in the temple [that were broken].

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

13 The men who did the repair work worked hard, and the work of repairing the temple progressed. They rebuilt the temple so that it was like it was originally, and they even made it stronger.

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

14 When they had finished the repair work, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the money that they had not used for the repairs. That money was used to make things to use for offering the sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar], and to make bowls and other gold and silver things for the temple. As long as Joash lived, the people continually brought to the temple sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar.

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

15 Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.

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

16 He was buried where the kings had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [He was buried there] because of the good things that he had done in Judah for God and for God’s temple.

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

17 After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.

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

18 So they and the other people stopped worshiping at the temple, and they started worshiping the poles dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah and other idols. Because of their doing those sinful things, God was very angry with the people of Jerusalem and [with the people in other places in] Judah.

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

19 Although Yahweh sent prophets to persuade them to return to him, and although the prophets told them about the evil things that they had done, the people would not pay attention.

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

20 Then God’s Spirit came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. He stood up front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you disobeying what I, Yahweh, have commanded? You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you.’”

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

21 But the people planned to kill Zechariah. And the king joined them in doing it. The people killed Zechariah by throwing stones at him in the temple courtyard.

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

22 King Joash had forgotten about how Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been kind to him. That’s why he gave orders for the people to kill Jehoiada’s son Zechariah, who said as he was dying, “I hope that Yahweh will see [what you are doing to me] and punish [you for doing it].”

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

23 Near the end of that year (OR, early in the following year), the army of Syria marched to attack [the army of] Joash. They invaded Judah and attacked Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They [seized many valuable things and] sent them to their king in Damascus, [their capital city.]

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

24 The army of Syria [that came to Judah] was very small, but Yahweh allowed them to defeat the large army of Judah, because he was punishing Joash and the other people of Judah for having abandoned him, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.

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

25 Before the battle ended, Joash was severely wounded. Then his officials decided to kill him for murdering Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. They killed him while he was in his bed. He was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but they did not bury him in the place where the other kings had been buried.

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

26 Those who conspired to kill him were Zabad the son of Shimeath, who was a woman from the Ammon [people-group], and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, who was a woman from the Moab [people-group].

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

27 An account of the things that were done by the sons of Joash and the many prophecies about Joash and what he did to repair the temple are written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings [of Judah and Israel]’. Then after Joash died, Amaziah his son became the king.

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