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Chronicles 24:1 |
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Joash was
seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years
in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of
Beersheba |
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Joash,
of Judah, The temple repaired |
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Bible reading: 2
Chronicles 24:1-14
1 Joash was
seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty
years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah
of Beersheba. 2 And Joash did that which was right
in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and
daughters. 4 And it came to pass after this, that
Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. 5 And
he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to
them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel
money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see
that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it
not. 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and
said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to
bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according
to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of
the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 7 For
the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house
of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the
LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. 8 And at the king’s
commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of
the house of the LORD. 9 And they made a proclamation
through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the
collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon
Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all
the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest,
until they had made an end. 11 Now it came to pass, that
at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by
the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was
much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer
came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his
place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in
abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such
as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and
hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and
also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the
LORD. 13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was
perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state,
and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it,
they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada,
whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even
vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and
vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in
the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
Joash is more
zealous about the repair of the temple than Jehoiada himself.
It is easier to build temples, than to be temples to God. But the
repairing of places for public worship is a good work, which all
should promote. And many a good work would be done that now lies
undone, if active men would put it forward. |
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