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12:1 In Jehu’s <03058> seventh <07651> year <08141> Jehoash <03060> became king <04427>; he reigned <04427> for forty <0705> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Zibiah <06645>, who was from Beer Sheba <0884>. 12:2 Throughout <03605> his lifetime <03117> Jehoash <03060> did <06213> what the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>, just as <0834> Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> taught <03384> him. 12:3 But <07535> the high places <01116> were not <03808> eliminated <05493>; the people <05971> continued <05750> to offer sacrifices <02076> and burn incense <06999> on the high places <01116>. 12:4 Jehoash <03060> said <0559> to <0413> the priests <03548>, “I place at your disposal all <03605> the consecrated <06944> silver <03701> that has been <0834> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, including the silver <03701> collected <05674> from the census <0376> tax, the silver <03701> received from <06187> those who have made vows <05315>, and all <03605> the silver <03701> that people <0376> have voluntarily <03820> contributed <05927> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 12:5 The priests <03548> should receive <03947> the silver they need <0376> from the treasurers <04378> and repair <02388> any <03605> damage <0919> to the temple <01004> they discover <04672>.” 12:6 By the twenty-third <07969> <06242> <08141> year <08141> of King <04428> Jehoash’s <03060> reign the priests <03548> had still not <03808> repaired <02388> the damage <0919> to the temple <01004>. 12:7 So King <04428> Jehoash <03060> summoned <07121> Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> along with the other priests <03548>, and said <0559> to <0413> them, “Why <04069> have you not <0369> repaired <02388> the damage <0919> to the temple <01004>? Now <06258>, take <03947> no <0408> more silver <03701> from your treasurers <04378> unless <03588> you intend to use it to repair <05414> the damage <0919>.” 12:8 The priests <03548> agreed <0225> not <01115> to collect <03947> silver <03701> from the people <05971> and relieved <01115> themselves of personal responsibility for the temple <01004> repairs <02388>. 12:9 Jehoiada <03077> the priest <03548> took <03947> a chest <0727> and drilled <05344> a <0259> hole <02356> in its lid <01817>. He placed <05414> it on the right side <03225> of the altar <04196> near <0681> the entrance of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. The priests <03548> who guarded <08104> the entrance <05592> would put <05414> into it all <03605> the silver <03701> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 12:10 When <01961> they saw <07200> the chest <0727> was full <07227> of silver <03701>, the royal <04428> secretary <05608> and the high <01419> priest <03548> counted <04487> the silver <03701> that had been brought <04672> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and bagged <06696> it up <06696>. 12:11 They would then hand over <05414> the silver <03701> that had been weighed <08505> to <05921> the construction <06213> foremen <04399> assigned <06485> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. They hired <03318> carpenters <06086> <02796> and builders <01129> to work <06213> on the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, 12:12 as well as masons <01443> and stonecutters <068> <02672>. They bought <07069> wood <06086> and chiseled <04274> stone <068> to repair <02388> the damage <0919> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and also paid <03318> for <05921> all <03605> the other expenses. 12:13 The silver <03701> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> was not <03808> used <06213> for silver <03701> bowls <05592>, trimming <04212> shears, basins <04219>, trumpets <02689>, or any <03605> kind of gold <02091> or silver <03701> implements <03627>. 12:14 It was handed over <05414> to the foremen <04399> who used <06213> it to repair <02388> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 12:15 They did not <03808> audit <02803> the treasurers <0582> who disbursed <05414> the funds <03701> to <05921> the foremen <04399>, for <03588> they <01992> were honest <0530>. 12:16 (The silver <03701> collected in conjunction with reparation offerings <0817> and sin offerings <02399> was not <03808> brought <0935> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>; it belonged to the priests <03548>.) 12:17 At that time <0227> King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758> attacked <05921> <03898> <05927> Gath <01661> and captured <03920> it. Hazael <02371> then decided <07760> to attack <05921> <05927> Jerusalem <03389>. 12:18 King <04428> Jehoash <03060> of Judah <03063> collected <03947> all <03605> the sacred <06944> items that his ancestors <01> Jehoshaphat <03092>, Jehoram <03088>, and Ahaziah <0274>, kings <04428> of Judah <03063>, had consecrated <06942>, as well as his own sacred <06944> items and all <03605> the gold <02091> that could be found <04672> in the treasuries <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and the royal <04428> palace <01004>. He sent <07971> it all to King <04428> Hazael <02371> of Syria <0758>, who then withdrew <05927> from <05921> Jerusalem <03389>.

• 2Ki 11:21--12:21 -- Joash's Reign over Judah

• Jehoiada

  [ebd] Jehovah-known. (1.) The father of Benaiah, who was one of David's chief warriors (2 Sam. 8:18; 20:23). (2.) The high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah. He married Jehosheba, or Jehoshabeath, ...
  [isbe] JEHOIADA - je-hoi'-a-da (yehoyadha`, "Yahweh knows"; Iodae): (1) Father of Benaiah, the captain of David's body-guard (2 Sam 8:18; 20:23; 23:20,22; 1 Ki 1:8, etc.). Jehoiada was "the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel" (2 Sam 2...
  [nave] JEHOIADA 1. Father of Benaiah, one of David's officers, 2 Sam. 8:18. 2. A high priest. Overthrows Athaliah, the usurping queen of Judah, and establishes Jehoash upon the throne, 2 Kin. 11; 2 Chr. 23. Salutary influence of,...
  

• Revivals

  [nave] REVIVALS. Religious Zech. 8:20-23. Prayer for, Hab. 3:2. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 32:15; Joel 2:28; Mic. 4:1-8; Hab. 3:2. Instances of Under Joshua, Josh. 5:2-9; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:1-6; Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:17-40; Jehoas...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• TREASURY, (OF TEMPLE)

  [isbe] TREASURY, (OF TEMPLE) - trezh'-ur-i ('otsar, usually; ganzakh, 1 Ch 28:11; gazophulakion, korbanas): 1. Origin of the Treasury: The need of a "treasury" in connection with the house of Yahweh would early be felt for the rece...
  

• JERUSALEM, 4

  [isbe] JERUSALEM, 4 - IX. History. Pre-Israelite period.--The beginnings of Jerusalem are long before recorded history: at various points in the neighborhood, e.g. at el Bukei`a to the Southwest, and at the northern extremity of th...
  

• Joash

  [nave] JOASH 1. Son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7:8. 2. Keeper of the stores of oil, 1 Chr. 27:28. 3. Father of Gideon, Judg. 6:11, 29, 31; 7:14; 8:13, 29-32. 4. Son of Ahab, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 22:26; 2 Chr. 18:25. 5. Called also Jeh...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• Money

  [isbe] MONEY - mun'-i: Various terms are used for money in the Bible, but the most common are the Hebrew keceph, and Greek argurion, both meaning silver. We find also qesiTah, rendered by Septuagint "lambs," probably referring to m...
  [nave] MONEY Silver used as, Gen. 17:12, 13, 23, 27; 20:16; 23:9, 13; 31:15; 37:28; 42:25-35; 43:12-23; 44:1-8; 47:14-18; Ex. 12:44; 21:11, 21, 34, 35; 22:7, 17, 25; 30:16; Lev. 22:11; 25:37, 51; 27:15, 18; Num. 3:48-51; 18:16; Deu...
  

• Liberality

  [nave] LIBERALITY. Ex. 22:29, 30 Ex. 13:2, 12. Ex. 23:15 Ex. 34:20. Ex. 25:1-8; Ex. 35:4-29; Ex. 36:3-6; Ex. 38:8; Lev. 19:5 Lev. 22:29; Num. 35:8. Deut. 12:11, 12, 17-19; Deut. 14:27-29; Deut. 15:7-18; Deut. 16:10, 17; Deut. 18:1...
  

• Storehouses

  [nave] STOREHOUSES Of kings, 2 Kin. 20:13; 1 Chr. 27:25; 2 Chr. 32:27, 28; Ezra 1:7, 8; Esth. 3:9. Records preserved in, Ezra 5:17; 6:1. Treasurers in charge of, Ezra 7:20, 21. Heathen temples used for, Dan. 1:2. Tabernacle use...
  

• Temple

  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• JEHOASH; JOASH

  [isbe] JEHOASH; JOASH - je-ho'-ash, the uncontracted form of (yeho'ash, yo'ash, "Yahweh has bestowed"; compare 2 Ki 11:2,21; 12:1,19; 2 Ch 24:1, etc.; Ioas): (1) The 9th king of Judah; son of Ahaziah and Zibiah, a woman of Beersheb...
  

• Chest

  [ebd] (Heb. 'aron, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered "coffin." In Ezek. 27:24 a different...
  [isbe] CHEST - chest ('aron, genazim; kibotos): (1) The ark of the covenant in Old Testament is invariably denoted by the word 'aron, elsewhere rendered the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "chest."...
  [smith] By this word are translated in the Authorized Version two distinct Hebrew terms: Aron ; this is invariably used for the ark of the covenant, and, with two exceptions, for that only. The two exceptions alluded to are (a) the ...
  [nave] CHEST for money, 2 Kin. 12:9; 2 Chr. 24:8-11. See: Ark; Coffer.
  

• JEHOASH

  [ebd] Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of King Ahaziah. While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his aunt Jehosheba, and was apparently the only surviving descendant of Solomon (2 Chr. 21:4, 17). His...
  [smith] (given by the Lord), the uncontracted form of Joash. The eighth king of Judah; son of Ahaziah. (2 Kings 11:21; 12:1,2,4,6,7,18; 14:13) [JOASH, 1] The twelfth king of Israel; son of Jehoahaz. (2 Kings 13:10,25; 14:8,9,1...
  

• Hazael

  [ebd] whom God beholds, an officer of Ben-hadad II., king of Syria, who ultimately came to the throne, according to the word of the Lord to Elijah (1 Kings 19:15), after he had put the king to death (2 Kings 8:15). His interview w...
  [isbe] HAZAEL - ha-za'-el, ha'-za-el, haz'-a-el (chaza'-el and chazah'-el; Hazael; Assyrian haza'ilu): 1. In Biblical History: Comes first into Biblical history as a high officer in the service of Ben-hadad II, king of Syria (2 Ki ...
  [smith] (whom God sees), a king of Damascus who reigned from about B.C. 886 to B.C. 840. He appears to have been previously a person in a high position at the court of Ben-hadad, and was sent by his master to Elisha to inquire if he ...
  [nave] HAZAEL, king of Syria. Anointed king by Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:15. Conquests by, 2 Kin. 8:28, 29; 9:14; 10:32, 33; 12:17, 18; 13:3, 22; 2 Chr. 22:5, 6. Conspires against, murders, and succeeds to the throne of Ben-hadad, 2 Kin. ...
  

• BREACH

  [ebd] an opening in a wall (1 Kings 11:27; 2 Kings 12:5); the fracture of a limb (Lev. 24:20), and hence the expression, "Heal, etc." (Ps. 60:2). Judg. 5:17, a bay or harbour; R.V., "by his creeks."
  [isbe] BREACH - brech: Represented by (1) perets = "a tear," "a rending asunder," "a break," hence, figuratively "enmity," "disruption," "strife" (Gen 38:29; Jdg 21:15; 2 Sam 5:20; 1 Ch 15:13; Neh 6:1; Job 16:14; Ps 106:23; Isa 30:...
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, place of worship. Called Courts, Psa. 65:4; 84:2, 10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; Isa. 1:12; 62:9; Zech. 3:7; House of God, Gen. 28:17, 22; Josh. 9:23; Judg. 18:31; 20:18, 26; 21:2; 1 Chr. 9:11; 24:5; 2 Chr. 5:14; 22:...
  

• Zibiah

  [ebd] the mother of King Joash (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chr. 24:1).
  [isbe] ZIBIAH - zib'-i-a (tsibhyah, probably "gazelle"): A woman of Beersheba, mother of King Jehoash (Joash) of Judah (2 Ki 12:1 (Hebrew verse 2); 2 Ch 24:1. Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus have Abia).
  [smith] (roe), a native of Beersheba and mother of King Joash. (2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:1) (B.C. 876)
  [nave] ZIBIAH, wife of Ahaziah, 2 Kin. 12:1; 2 Chr. 24:1.
  

• Joash Repairs the Temple

  

• The Death of Joash

  

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  Good question. The Matthew text certainly seems to square with the Book of Jonah. In chapter 1 the pagan sailors become worshippers of God (1:16). In chapter 3 we see the whole city of Nineveh repenting (the sackcloth and ash...

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