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2 Kings 12 (WEBP)

[1] Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
[2] Jehoash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
[3] However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
[4] Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the holy things that is brought into Yahweh’s house, in current money, the money of the people for whom each man is evaluated, and all the money that it comes into any man’s heart to bring into Yahweh’s house,
[5] let the priests take it to them, each man from his donor; and they shall repair the damage to the house, wherever any damage is found.”
[6] But it was so, that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damage to the house.
[7] Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said to them, “Why aren’t you repairing the damage to the house? Now therefore take no more money from your treasurers, but deliver it for repair of the damage to the house.”
[8] The priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, and not repair the damage to the house.
[9] But Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into Yahweh’s house; and the priests who kept the threshold put all the money that was brought into Yahweh’s house into it.
[10] When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put it in bags and counted the money that was found in Yahweh’s house.
[11] They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of Yahweh’s house; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on Yahweh’s house,
[12] and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to Yahweh’s house, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
[13] But there were not made for Yahweh’s house cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into Yahweh’s house;
[14] for they gave that to those who did the work, and repaired Yahweh’s house with it.
[15] Moreover they didn’t demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
[16] The money for the trespass offerings and the money for the sin offerings was not brought into Yahweh’s house. It was the priests’.
[17] Then Hazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
[18] Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and of the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he went away from Jerusalem.
[19] Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[20] His servants arose and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
[21] For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city; and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

2 Kings 12:4

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Kings 12 (KJVS)

[1] In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
[2] And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
[3] But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
[4] And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the Lord,
[5] let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
[6] But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
[7] Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
[8] And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
[9] But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
[10] And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
[11] And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord,
[12] and to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
[13] Howbeit there were not made for the house of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:
[14] but they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
[15] Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
[16] The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the Lord: it was the priests’.
[17] Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
[18] And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
[19] And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
[20] And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
[21] For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 12:4a Or, holy things: Heb. holinesses
2 Kings 12:4b Heb. the money of the souls of his estimation
2 Kings 12:6 Heb. in the twentieth year, and third year
2 Kings 12:9 Heb. threshold
2 Kings 12:10 Or, secretary
2 Kings 12:11 Heb. brought it forth
2 Kings 12:12 Heb. went forth
2 Kings 12:18 Heb. went up
2 Kings 12:20 Or, Bethmillo

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Kings 12 (BYZ)

[1] Ἐν () ἔτει () ἑβδόμῳ () τῷ () Ιου ἐβασίλευσεν () Ιωας καὶ () τεσσαράκοντα () ἔτη () ἐβασίλευσεν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () ὄνομα () τῆς () μητρὸς () αὐτοῦ () Αβια () ἐκ () τῆς () Βηρσαβεε.
[2] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () Ιωας τὸ () εὐθὲς ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας, () ἃς () ἐφώτισεν () αὐτὸν () Ιωδαε ὁ () ἱερεύς· ()
[3] πλὴν () τῶν () ὑψηλῶν () οὐ () μετεστάθησαν, () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ἔτι () ὁ () λαὸς () ἐθυσίαζεν καὶ () ἐθυμίων () ἐν () τοῖς () ὑψηλοῖς. ()
[4] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιωας πρὸς () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () Πᾶν () τὸ () ἀργύριον () τῶν () ἁγίων () τὸ () εἰσοδιαζόμενον ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () κυρίου, () ἀργύριον () συντιμήσεως, ἀνὴρ () ἀργύριον () λαβὼν () συντιμήσεως, πᾶν () ἀργύριον, () ὃ () ἐὰν () ἀναβῇ () ἐπὶ () καρδίαν () ἀνδρὸς () ἐνεγκεῖν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου, ()
[5] λαβέτωσαν () ἑαυτοῖς () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () ἀνὴρ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () πράσεως αὐτῶν, () καὶ () αὐτοὶ () κρατήσουσιν () τὸ () βεδεκ τοῦ () οἴκου () εἰς () πάντα, () οὗ () ἐὰν () εὑρεθῇ () ἐκεῖ () βεδεκ.
[6] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐν () τῷ () εἰκοστῷ καὶ () τρίτῳ () ἔτει () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Ιωας οὐκ () ἐκραταίωσαν () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () τὸ () βεδεκ τοῦ () οἴκου. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () Ιωας ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Ιωδαε τὸν () ἱερέα () καὶ () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτούς () Τί () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἐκραταιοῦτε () τὸ () βεδεκ τοῦ () οἴκου; () Καὶ () νῦν () μὴ () λάβητε () ἀργύριον () ἀπὸ () τῶν () πράσεων ὑμῶν, () ὅτι () εἰς () τὸ () βεδεκ τοῦ () οἴκου () δώσετε () αὐτό. ()
[8] Καὶ () συνεφώνησαν () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () τοῦ () μὴ () λαβεῖν () ἀργύριον () παρὰ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () καὶ () τοῦ () μὴ () ἐνισχῦσαι () τὸ () βεδεκ τοῦ () οἴκου. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Ιωδαε ὁ () ἱερεὺς () κιβωτὸν () μίαν () καὶ () ἔτρησεν τρώγλην ἐπὶ () τῆς () σανίδος () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () αὐτὴν () παρὰ () ιαμιβιν ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () ἀνδρὸς () οἴκου () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἔδωκαν () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () οἱ () φυλάσσοντες () τὸν () σταθμὸν πᾶν () τὸ () ἀργύριον () τὸ () εὑρεθὲν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () εἶδον () ὅτι () πολὺ () τὸ () ἀργύριον () ἐν () τῇ () κιβωτῷ, () καὶ () ἀνέβη () ὁ () γραμματεὺς () τοῦ () βασιλέως () καὶ () ὁ () ἱερεὺς () ὁ () μέγας () καὶ () ἔσφιγξαν καὶ () ἠρίθμησαν () τὸ () ἀργύριον () τὸ () εὑρεθὲν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἔδωκαν () τὸ () ἀργύριον () τὸ () ἑτοιμασθὲν () ἐπὶ () χεῖρας () ποιούντων () τὰ () ἔργα () τῶν () ἐπισκόπων () οἴκου () κυρίου, () καὶ () ἐξέδοσαν () τοῖς () τέκτοσιν () τῶν () ξύλων () καὶ () τοῖς () οἰκοδόμοις τοῖς () ποιοῦσιν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου ()
[12] καὶ () τοῖς () τειχισταῖς καὶ () τοῖς () λατόμοις τῶν () λίθων () τοῦ () κτήσασθαι () ξύλα () καὶ () λίθους () λατομητοὺς τοῦ () κατασχεῖν () τὸ () βεδεκ οἴκου () κυρίου () εἰς () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐξωδιάσθη ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () κραταιῶσαι· ()
[13] πλὴν () οὐ () ποιηθήσεται () οἴκῳ () κυρίου () θύραι () ἀργυραῖ, () ἧλοι, () φιάλαι () καὶ () σάλπιγγες, () πᾶν () σκεῦος () χρυσοῦν () καὶ () σκεῦος () ἀργυροῦν, () ἐκ () τοῦ () ἀργυρίου () τοῦ () εἰσενεχθέντος () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου, ()
[14] ὅτι () τοῖς () ποιοῦσιν () τὰ () ἔργα () δώσουσιν () αὐτό, () καὶ () ἐκραταίωσαν () ἐν () αὐτῷ () τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου. ()
[15] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἐξελογίζοντο τοὺς () ἄνδρας, () οἷς () ἐδίδουν () τὸ () ἀργύριον () ἐπὶ () χεῖρας () αὐτῶν () δοῦναι () τοῖς () ποιοῦσιν () τὰ () ἔργα, () ὅτι () ἐν () πίστει () αὐτῶν () ποιοῦσιν. ()
[16] Ἀργύριον () περὶ () ἁμαρτίας () καὶ () ἀργύριον () περὶ () πλημμελείας, ὅ () τι () εἰσηνέχθη () ἐν () οἴκῳ () κυρίου, () τοῖς () ἱερεῦσιν () ἐγένετο. ()
[17] Τότε () ἀνέβη () Αζαηλ βασιλεὺς () Συρίας () καὶ () ἐπολέμησεν () ἐπὶ () Γεθ καὶ () προκατελάβετο αὐτήν. () Καὶ () ἔταξεν () Αζαηλ τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἀναβῆναι () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Ιωας βασιλεὺς () Ιουδα πάντα () τὰ () ἅγια, () ὅσα () ἡγίασεν () Ιωσαφατ () καὶ () Ιωραμ () καὶ () Οχοζιας οἱ () πατέρες () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () βασιλεῖς () Ιουδα, καὶ () τὰ () ἅγια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πᾶν () τὸ () χρυσίον () τὸ () εὑρεθὲν () ἐν () θησαυροῖς () οἴκου () κυρίου () καὶ () οἴκου () τοῦ () βασιλέως () καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () τῷ () Αζαηλ βασιλεῖ () Συρίας, () καὶ () ἀνέβη () ἀπὸ () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[19] Καὶ () τὰ () λοιπὰ () τῶν () λόγων () Ιωας καὶ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐποίησεν, () οὐκ () ἰδοὺ () ταῦτα () γεγραμμένα () ἐπὶ () βιβλίῳ () λόγων () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () τοῖς () βασιλεῦσιν () Ιουδα;
[20] Καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () οἱ () δοῦλοι () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἔδησαν () πάντα () σύνδεσμον () καὶ () ἐπάταξαν () τὸν () Ιωας ἐν () οἴκῳ () Μαλλω τῷ () ἐν () Γααλλα.
[21] Καὶ () Ιεζιχαρ υἱὸς () Ιεμουαθ καὶ () Ιεζεβουθ ὁ () υἱὸς () αὐτοῦ () Σωμηρ οἱ () δοῦλοι () αὐτοῦ () ἐπάταξαν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν· () καὶ () ἔθαψαν () αὐτὸν () μετὰ () τῶν () πατέρων () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () πόλει () Δαυιδ, () καὶ () ἐβασίλευσεν () Αμεσσιας υἱὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἀντ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()

2 Kings 12:1 Originally verse 12:2.
2 Kings 12:2 Originally verse 12:3.
2 Kings 12:3 Originally verse 12:4.
2 Kings 12:4 Originally verse 12:5.
2 Kings 12:5 Originally verse 12:6.
2 Kings 12:6 Originally verse 12:7.
2 Kings 12:7 Originally verse 12:8.
2 Kings 12:8 Originally verse 12:9.
2 Kings 12:9 Originally verse 12:10.
2 Kings 12:10 Originally verse 12:11.
2 Kings 12:11 Originally verse 12:12.
2 Kings 12:12 Originally verse 12:13.
2 Kings 12:13 Originally verse 12:14.
2 Kings 12:14 Originally verse 12:15.
2 Kings 12:15 Originally verse 12:16.
2 Kings 12:16 Originally verse 12:17.
2 Kings 12:17 Originally verse 12:18.
2 Kings 12:18 Originally verse 12:19.
2 Kings 12:19 Originally verse 12:20.
2 Kings 12:20 Originally verse 12:21.
2 Kings 12:21 Originally verse 12:22.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.