2 Chronicles 24:11-14

24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.

24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple. 24:13 They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. 24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the Lord’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 24:2

24:2 Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

2 Chronicles 22:5-7

22:5 He followed their advice and joined Ahab’s son King Joram of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. 22:6 Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah 10  son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. 11 

22:7 God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall through his visit to Joram. 12  When Ahaziah 13  arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned 14  to wipe out Ahab’s family. 15 

Philippians 4:8

4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, 16  whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.


tn Heb “doers of the work.”

tn Heb “and the doers of the work worked, and the repairs went up for the work by their hand.”

tn Heb “and they caused the house of God to stand according to its measurements and they strengthened it.”

tn Heb “and Joash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

tn Heb “all the days of.”

sn Jehoram and Joram are alternate spellings of the Israelite king’s name (also in vv. 6-7). The shorter form is used in these verse to avoid confusion with King Jehoram of Judah, father of Azariah.

tn Heb “Aram” (also in v. 6).

tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joram) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “which the Syrians inflicted [on] him.”

10 tc Most Hebrew mss read “Azariah.” A few Hebrew mss, the LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac read “Ahaziah” (cf. 2 Kgs 8:29).

11 tn Heb “because he was sick,” presumably referring to the wounds he received in the battle with the Syrians.

12 tn Heb “From God was the downfall of Ahaziah by going to Joram.”

13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ahaziah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

14 tn Heb “anointed.”

15 tn Heb “to cut off the house of Ahab.”

16 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.