2 Kings 12:10-21

12:10 When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary ¹  and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up. ²  12:11 They would then hand over ³  the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen ⁴  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple, 12:12 as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses. ⁵  12:13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements. 12:14 It was handed over ⁶  to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple. 12:15 They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed ⁷  the funds to the foremen, for they were honest. ⁸  12:16 (The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

12:17 At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked ⁹  Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. ¹⁰  12:18 King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent it all ¹¹  to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew ¹²  from Jerusalem.

12:19 The rest of the events of Joash’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. ¹³  12:20 His servants conspired against him ¹⁴  and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla. ¹⁵  12:21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. ¹⁶  He was buried ¹⁷  with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

[12:10]  ¹ tn Heb “the king’s scribe.”

[12:10]  ² tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged in the translation to make better sense in English, since it seems more logical to count the money before bagging it (cf. NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

[12:11]  ³ tn Heb “would give.”

[12:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[12:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”

[12:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “was given.”

[12:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “gave.”

[12:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they did not conduct a reckoning of the men who gave the silver into their hand to give to the doers of the work, for in honesty they were working.”

[12:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “went up and fought against.”

[12:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”

[12:18]  ¹¹ tn The object (“it all”) is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:18]  ¹² tn Heb “went up.”

[12:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”

[12:20]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “rose up and conspired [with] a conspiracy.”

[12:20]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Beth Millo which goes down [toward] Silla.”

[12:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”

[12:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “they buried him.”