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Tinha Joás sete anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e quarenta anos reinou em Jerusalém; e era o nome da sua mãe Zíbia, de Berseba. 
E fez Joás o que era reto aos olhos do Senhor, todos os dias do sacerdote Joiada. 
E tomou-lhe Joiada duas mulheres, e gerou filhos e filhas. 
E, depois disto, Joás resolveu renovar a casa do Senhor. 
Reuniu, pois, os sacerdotes e os levitas, e disse-lhes: Saí pelas cidades de Judá, e levantai dinheiro de todo o Israel para reparar a casa do vosso Deus de ano em ano; e vós, apressai este negócio. Porém os levitas não se apressaram. 
E o rei chamou a Joiada, o chefe, e disse-lhe: Por que não requereste dos levitas, que trouxessem de Judá e de Jerusalém o tributo que Moisés, servo do Senhor, ordenou à congregação de Israel, para a tenda do testemunho? 
Porque, sendo Atalia ímpia, seus filhos arruinaram a casa de Deus, e até todas as coisas sagradas da casa do Senhor empregaram em Baalins. 
E o rei, pois, deu ordem e fizeram um cofre, e o puseram fora, à porta da casa do Senhor. 
E publicou-se em Judá e em Jerusalém que trouxessem ao Senhor o tributo de Moisés, o servo de Deus, ordenado a Israel no deserto. 
Então todos os príncipes e todo o povo se alegraram, e o trouxeram e o lançaram no cofre, até que ficou cheio. 
E sucedia que, quando levavam o cofre pelas mãos dos levitas, segundo o mandado do rei, e vendo-se que já havia muito dinheiro, vinha o escrivão do rei, e o oficial do sumo sacerdote, e esvaziavam o cofre, e tomavam-no e levavam-no de novo ao seu lugar; assim faziam de dia em dia, e ajuntaram dinheiro em abundância. 
O qual o rei e Joiada davam aos que tinham o encargo da obra do serviço da casa do Senhor; e contrataram pedreiros e carpinteiros, para renovarem a casa do Senhor; como também ferreiros e serralheiros, para repararem a casa do Senhor. 
E os que tinham o encargo da obra faziam com que o trabalho de reparação fosse crescendo pelas suas mãos; e restauraram a casa de Deus no seu estado, e a fortaleceram. 
E, depois de acabarem, trouxeram ao rei e a Joiada o resto do dinheiro, e dele fizeram utensílios para a casa do Senhor, objetos para ministrar e oferecer, colheres, vasos de ouro e de prata. E continuamente sacrificaram holocaustos na casa do Senhor, todos os dias de Joiada. 
E envelheceu Joiada, e morreu farto de dias; era da idade de cento e trinta anos quando morreu. 
E o sepultaram na cidade de Davi com os reis; porque tinha feito bem em Israel, e para com Deus e a sua casa. 
Porém, depois da morte de Joiada vieram os príncipes de Judá e prostraram-se perante o rei; e o rei os ouviu. 
E deixaram a casa do Senhor Deus de seus pais, e serviram às imagens do bosque e aos ídolos. Então, por causa desta sua culpa, veio grande ira sobre Judá e Jerusalém. 
Porém enviou profetas entre eles, para os reconduzir ao Senhor, os quais protestaram contra eles; mas eles não deram ouvidos. 
E o Espírito de Deus revestiu a Zacarias, filho do sacerdote Joiada, o qual se pôs em pé acima do povo, e lhes disse: Assim diz Deus: Por que transgredis os mandamentos do Senhor, de modo que não possais prosperar? Porque deixastes ao Senhor, também ele vos deixará. 
E eles conspiraram contra ele, e o apedrejaram por mandado do rei, no pátio da casa do Senhor. 
Assim o rei Joás não se lembrou da beneficência que Joiada, pai de Zacarias, lhe fizera; porém matou-lhe o filho, o qual, morrendo, disse: O Senhor o verá, e o requererá. 
E sucedeu que, decorrido um ano, o exército da Síria subiu contra ele; e vieram a Judá e a Jerusalém, e destruíram dentre o povo a todos os seus príncipes; e enviaram todo o seu despojo ao rei de Damasco. 
Porque ainda que o exército dos sírios viera com poucos homens, contudo o Senhor entregou na sua mão um exército mui numeroso, porquanto deixaram ao Senhor Deus de seus pais. Assim executaram juízos contra Joás. 
E, quando os sírios se retiraram, deixaram-no gravemente ferido; então seus servos conspiraram contra ele por causa do sangue do filho do sacerdote Joiada, e o feriram na sua cama, e morreu; e o sepultaram na cidade de Davi, porém não nos sepulcros dos reis. 
Estes, pois, foram os que conspiraram contra ele; Zabade, filho de Simeate, a amonita, e Jeozabade, filho de Sinrite, a moabita. 
E, quanto a seus filhos, e à grandeza do cargo que se lhe impôs, e à restauração da casa de Deus, eis que estão escritos no livro da história dos reis; e Amazias, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar. 

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Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he was ruling for forty years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was living. 
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters. 
Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again; 
And getting together the priests and Levites, he said to them, Go out into the towns of Judah year by year, and get from all Israel money to keep the house of your God in good condition; and see that this is done without loss of time. The Levites, however, were slow in doing so. 
Then the king sent for Jehoiada, the chief priest, and said to him, Why have you not given the Levites orders that the tax fixed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and by the meeting of Israel, for the Tent of witness, is to be got in from Judah and Jerusalem and handed over? 
For the house of the Lord had been broken up by Athaliah, that evil woman, and her sons; and all its holy things they had given to the Baals. 
So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord. 
And an order was sent out through all Judah and Jerusalem that payment was to be made to the Lord of the tax which Moses, the servant of God, had put on Israel in the waste land. 
And all the chiefs and all the people came gladly and put their money into the chest, till they had all given. 
So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money. 
Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again. 
So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again. 
And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord. 
But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death. 
And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house. 
Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them. 
And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem. 
And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear. 
Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up. 
But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house. 
So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment! 
Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus. 
For though the army of Aram was only a small one, the Lord gave a very great army into their hands, because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they put into effect the punishment of Joash. 
And when they had gone away from him, (for he was broken with disease,) his servants made a secret design against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they put him to death on his bed; and they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings. 
Those who made designs against him were Zabad, the son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman. 
Now the story of his sons, and all the words said by the prophet against him, and the building up again of the Lord's house, are recorded in the account in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son became king in his place. 

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