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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.

וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

וּבָנֽוֹת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

וְהַלְוִיִּם֒ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקִבְצוּ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

וּמִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”וְהַקָּהָ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim.

וְגַם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”

And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it was so, that, at what time the chest was brought unto the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

וְכִרְאוֹתָ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְקִיד֙ (וּ) u. “and”וִיעָ֙רוּ֙ (וִ) vi. “so”וְיִשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽישִׁיבֻ֣הוּ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

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 restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah.

וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗ע (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְחָרָשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֠גַם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וּנְחֹ֔שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”

And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels wherewith to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.

וּֽכְכַלּוֹתָ֡ם (וּֽ) u. “and”וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֜ע (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְהַעֲל֣וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְכַפּ֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְלֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וָכָ֑סֶף (וָ) va. “and”

But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים (וּ) u. “and”

And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

וְעִ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

וְאַֽחֲרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וִ) vi. “and”

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto Jehovah; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.

וְר֣וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְמוֹת֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְיִדְרֹֽשׁ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.

וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וִ) vi. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.

וַֽיהוָה֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), 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 buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

וּבְלֶכְתָּ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

וְאֵ֖לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וִיה֣וֹזָבָ֔ד (וִ) vi. “and”

Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens [supplied: laid] upon him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

וּבָנָ֞יו (וּ) u. “and”וִיסוֹד֙ (וִ) vi. “and”

Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.

וְחָמֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָתֵ֙שַׁע֙ (וָ) va. “and”וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָנִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.

וּלְשָׂרֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”וָמַ֔עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וְצִנָּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”