1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begot sons and daughters.
4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.
5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall hasten the matter. But the Levites hastened it not.
6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah {laid upon} the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
7 For the wicked Athaliah {and} her sons had devastated the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals.
8 And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,
9 and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God {laid upon} Israel in the wilderness.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished.
11 And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king's control by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and high priest's officer came, and they emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought in iron and bronze, to repair the house of Jehovah.
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
14 And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and they made of it vessels for the house of Jehovah, utensils to minister, and with which to offer up, and cups, and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered up burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; he was a hundred and thirty years old when he died.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and toward his house.
17 And after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and made obeisance to the king; then the king hearkened to them.
18 And they forsook the house of Jehovah the God of their fathers, and served the Asherahs and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
19 And he sent prophets among them to bring them again to Jehovah, and they testified against them; but they would not give ear.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
22 And king Joash remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah see and require {it}!
23 And it came to pass at the end of the year {that} the army of Syria came up against him; and they entered into Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king at Damascus.
24 Truly with a small company of men came the army of the Syrians, but Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers; and they executed judgment upon Joash.
25 And when they had departed from him (for they left him in great diseases), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.
26 And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 And as to his sons, and the greatness of the burdens {laid} upon him, and the building of the house of God, behold, they are written in the treatise of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1 Tinha Joás sete anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou quarenta anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Zíbia de Berseba.
2 Joás fez o que era reto aos olhos de Jeová todos os dias do sacerdote Joiada.
3 Tomou-lhe Joiada duas mulheres, das quais teve filhos e filhas.
4 Depois disto resolveu Joás restaurar a casa de Jeová.
5 Congregou os sacerdotes e os levitas e disse-lhes: Saí pelas cidades de Judá, e levantai de todo o Israel dinheiro para reparardes a casa de vosso Deus de ano em ano, e fazei isto depressa. Contudo os levitas não o fizeram depressa.
6 O rei mandou chamar o sacerdote Joiada, e perguntou-lhe: Por que não tens obrigado os levitas a trazerem de Judá e de Jerusalém o imposto que Moisés, servo de Jeová, pôs sobre a congregação de Israel, para a tenda do testemunho?
7 Pois os filhos de Atália, essa mulher ímpia, tinham arruinado a casa de Deus; e usaram todas as coisas sagradas da casa de Jeová no serviço dos Baalins.
8 Mandou o rei, e fizeram um cofre, e puseram-no do lado de fora à porta da casa de Jeová.
9 Publicou-se em Judá e em Jerusalém que trouxessem para Jeová o imposto que Moisés, servo de Deus, tinha lançado sobre Israel no deserto.
10 Regozijaram-se todos os príncipes e todo o povo, e trouxeram o imposto e o lançaram no cofre, até ficar cheio.
11 Quando o cofre era levado para o rei examiná-lo por meio dos levitas, na ocasião em que estes viam que havia muito dinheiro, vinham o escrivão do rei e o deputado do sumo sacerdote e esvaziavam o cofre e, tomando-o, tornaram a levá-lo para o seu lugar. Assim faziam dia após dia, e ajuntaram dinheiro em abundância.
12 O rei e Joiada deram-no aos que estavam encarregados do serviço da casa de Jeová, os quais alugaram pedreiros e carpinteiros para restaurarem a casa de Jeová, bem como os que trabalhavam em ferro e em bronze para repararem a casa de Jeová.
13 Assim trabalhavam os oficiais, e por eles a obra era levada à perfeição, e restituíram a casa de Deus ao seu estado, e a consolidaram.
14 Tendo eles acabado a obra, trouxeram ao rei e ao Joiada o resto do dinheiro, de que se fizeram vasos para a casa de Jeová, vasos para se usar no ministério e nas ofertas, e colheres, e vasos de ouro e de prata. Ofereceram holocaustos continuamente na casa de Jeová durante todos os dias de Joiada.
15 Joiada, porém, envelheceu e, cheio de dias, morreu. Tinha ele cento e trinta anos quando morreu.
16 Sepultaram-no com os reis na cidade de Davi, porque tinha feito o bem em Israel, e para com Deus e sua casa.
17 Ora depois da morte de Joiada, vieram os príncipes de Judá, e prostraram-se diante do rei. Então o rei lhes deu ouvidos.
18 Abandonaram a casa de Jeová, Deus de seus pais, e serviram aos aserins e os ídolos; e por esta sua culpa veio grande ira sobre Judá e sobre Jerusalém.
19 Contudo Jeová lhes enviou profetas para os reconduzir a si; estes protestaram contra eles, que não lhes quiseram, porém, dar ouvidos.
20 O espírito de Deus apoderou-se de Zacarias, filho do sacerdote Joiada, que se pôs em pé acima do povo, e lhe disse: Assim diz Deus: Por que transgredis vós os mandamentos de Jeová, de modo que não possais prosperar? porque abandonastes a Jeová, ele também vos abandonará.
21 Conspiraram contra ele, e por ordem do rei o apedrejaram no átrio da casa de Jeová.
22 Assim o rei Joás não se lembrou da bondade que Joiada, pai de Zacarias, lhe mostrara, mas matou-lhe o filho. Este quando expirava, disse: Veja-o Jeová, e o retribua.
23 Decorrido o ano, subiu contra ele o exército dos siros; e vindo a Judá e a Jerusalém, destruíram dentre o povo a todos os seus príncipes, cujo despojo remeteram todo ao rei de Damasco.
24 Veio o exército dos siros composto de poucos homens; mas Jeová entregou-lhes nas mãos um exército mui grande, porque tinham deixado a Jeová, Deus de seus pais. Assim executaram juízos sobre Joás.
25 Quando os siros se retiraram dele (pois o deixaram muito doente), conspiraram contra ele os seus servos por causa do sangue dos filhos do sacerdote Joiada, e o mataram no seu leito, e ele morreu. Sepultaram-no na cidade de Davi, porém não o sepultaram nos sepulcros dos reis.
26 Estes são os que conspiraram contra ele: Zebade, filho de Simeate amonita, e Jozabade, filho de Sinrete moabita.
27 Ora quanto a seus filhos, e ao número das profecias de que foi objeto, e à restauração da casa de Deus, eis que estão escritos no comentário do livro dos reis. Em seu lugar reinou seu filho Amazias.