II. Curonicies XXIV.

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18~ Also Jehoiada appo oftices_of the-house_of ‘the Lorn. the _ hand _ of the priests the Levites, whom David had_distributed in the_ house_of J the Lorp, to offer« the_ « burnt_offerings_of Jthe Lorp, as it is written in the_law_of Moses, with re- joicing and with singing, as it was ordained by «t David.
19 And he set the porters at the_gates_ of the_house_of/ the Lorp, that none which was unclean in any thing should_ enter in.
20 And he took +the_captains_of xhun- dreds, and the nobles, and «the gover- nors of the «people, and people_of the land, and brought_down -the king from the_house_of / the Lorp: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set «the king upon the_throne_of the kingdom.
21 And all the_people_of the land rejoiced: and the city was_quiet, after that they had_slain “Athaliah with the
sword.
2 J JOASH was seven years old when he began_to_reign, and he reigned
forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s
name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 And Joash did that which was|j.
might in the_sight_of ‘the Lorp all the_days_of Jehoiada the priest.
3 And Jehoiada took for him two| (
wives; and he begat sons and daugh- ters.
4 And it came_to_pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair -the_house_ of ’ the Lorp. 2 tilt.
5 And he gathered _together -the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “-Go_out unto the _cities _ of J udah, and «gather of all Israél s money to repair -the_house_of your =God from year to year, and tsee that pe hasten the matter.” Howbeit the Le- vites hastened 7t not.
6 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 ‘collection, according to the commandment of Moses the_ servant_of the Lorn, and of the «con- gregation of Israél, for the_te tabernacle_ of xwitness ?” is
7 For the_sons_of Athaliah, that wicked_woman, had_broken_up_ «the_ house_of x=God; and also all the_ dedicated_things_of the_house_of / the Lorp did_they_bestow upon Baalim.
8 And at the king’s commandment they made ea chest, and set it without at the_gate_of the_house_of J the Lorn.
9 And they made a_ proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring_in to ‘the Lorp the ¢collection that Moses the_servant_of x=God laid upon Israél in the wilderness.
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought-_in, and cast into the chest, until they had_ made_an_end.
11 Now it came_to_pass, that at what time -the chest 'was_brought unto the king’s office by the_hand_of the Levites,
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much smoney, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied e chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
© And the king and Jehoiada gave it to +such_as_did_the_work_of the_ service_of the_house_of 4 the Lorp, and
. hired masons and carpenters to repair
the_house_of / the Lorp, and also such_ as_wrought iron and brass to stmend -the_house_of / the Lorp.
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was_perfected by them, and they set -the_house_of x=God in his ar state, and strengthened it.
14 And when they had_finished 7¢, they brought -the_rest_of the s money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were_made vessels for the _house_of +the Lorp, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels_ of gold and silver. And they +offered « aburnt_offerings in the_house_of / the Lorp continually all the _ days _of Jehoiada.
15 But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full_of days when he died; a hundred — thirty years old was he when he
16 And they buried him in the_city_of David among the kings, because he had_done good in Israél, both toward x=God, and toward his house.
Now after the_death_of Jehoiada came the_princes_of Judah, and made_ obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18 And they left -the_house_of / the Lorp =God_of their fathers, and served ‘groves and g*idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
13 Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring_them_again unto ‘the Lorp ; and
they testified against them: but they |
would not give_ear.
2 And the_Spirit_of =God ccame_ upon -Zechariah the_son_of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the peo- ple, and said unto them, “Thus -saith
Why pe -the_com- mandments_of J the Lorn, that ye tcan- not prosper ? because ye -haye_forsaken tthe Lorp, He hath also forsaken
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the_ commandment_of the king in the_ cour of the_house_of J the Lorp.
= 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, > eee Lorp look upon it, and require
3 And it came_to_pass at the_end_of the year, that the_/ host_of Syria came_ up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed eall the_princes_of the people from among the people, and sent all the_
ea them unto the_king_of Da- mat F For the_/army-of the Syrians came |