2 Kings 12

1 in/on/with year seven to/for Jehu to reign Jehoash and forty year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Zibiah from Beersheba Beersheba

In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.

2 and to make: do Jehoash [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance LORD all day his which to show him Jehoiada [the] priest

And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.

3 except [the] high place not to turn aside: remove still [the] people to sacrifice and to offer: offer in/on/with high place

Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

4 and to say Jehoash to(wards) [the] priest all silver: money [the] holiness which to come (in): bring house: temple LORD silver: money to pass man: anyone silver: money soul: person valuation his all silver: money which to ascend: rise upon heart man to/for to come (in): bring house: temple LORD

Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.

5 to take: take to/for them [the] priest man: anyone from with acquaintance his and they(masc.) to strengthen: strengthen [obj] breach [the] house: home to/for all which to find there breach

Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”

6 and to be in/on/with year twenty and three year to/for king Jehoash not to strengthen: strengthen [the] priest [obj] breach [the] house: home

By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

7 and to call: call to [the] king Jehoash to/for Jehoiada [the] priest and to/for priest and to say to(wards) them why? nothing you to strengthen: strengthen [obj] breach [the] house: home and now not to take: take silver: money from with acquaintance your for to/for breach [the] house: home to give: give him

So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

8 and to consent [the] priest to/for lest to take: take silver: money from with [the] people and to/for lest to strengthen: strengthen [obj] breach [the] house: home

So the priests agreed that they would not receive money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

9 and to take: take Jehoiada [the] priest ark one and to pierce hole in/on/with door his and to give: put [obj] him beside [the] altar (from right *Q(K)*) in/on/with to come (in): come man: anyone house: temple LORD and to give: put there [to] [the] priest to keep: guard [the] threshold [obj] all [the] silver: money [the] to come (in): bring house: temple LORD

Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.

10 and to be like/as to see: see they for many [the] silver: money in/on/with ark and to ascend: rise secretary [the] king and [the] priest [the] great: large and to confine and to count [obj] [the] silver: money [the] to find house: temple LORD

Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.

11 and to give: give [obj] [the] silver: money [the] to measure upon (hand *Q(K)*) to make: [do] [the] work ([the] to reckon: overseer *Q(K)*) house: temple LORD and to come out: send him to/for artificer [the] tree: carpenter and to/for to build [the] to make: do house: temple LORD

Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,

12 and to/for to wall up/off and to/for to hew [the] stone and to/for to buy tree: wood and stone hewing to/for to strengthen: strengthen [obj] breach house: temple LORD and to/for all which to come out: issue upon [the] house: home to/for to strengthen: strengthen

masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

13 surely not to make house: temple LORD basin silver: money snuffer bowl trumpet all article/utensil gold and article/utensil silver: money from [the] silver: money [the] to come (in): bring house: temple LORD

However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.

14 for to/for to make: [do] [the] work to give: give him and to strengthen: strengthen in/on/with him [obj] house: temple LORD

Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

15 and not to devise: count with [the] human which to give: give [obj] [the] silver: money upon hand their to/for to give: pay to/for to make: do [the] work for in/on/with faithfulness they(masc.) to make: do

No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.

16 silver: money guilt (offering) and silver: money sin: sin offering not to come (in): bring house: temple LORD to/for priest to be

The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.

17 then to ascend: rise Hazael king Syria and to fight upon Gath and to capture her and to set: make Hazael face his to/for to ascend: rise upon Jerusalem

At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.

18 and to take: take Jehoash king Judah [obj] all [the] holiness which to consecrate: dedicate Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah father his king Judah and [obj] holiness his and [obj] all [the] gold [the] to find in/on/with treasure house: temple LORD and house: home [the] king and to send: depart to/for Hazael king Syria and to ascend: rise from upon Jerusalem

So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

19 and remainder word: deed Joash and all which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book word: deed [the] day to/for king Judah

As for the rest of the acts of Joash, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

20 and to arise: rise servant/slave his and to conspire conspiracy and to smite [obj] Joash Beth-millo Beth-millo [the] to go down Silla

And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

21 and Jozacar son: child Shimeath and Jehozabad son: child Shomer servant/slave his to smite him and to die and to bury [obj] him with father his in/on/with city David and to reign Amaziah son: child his underneath: instead him

His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.