2 Chronicles 24:4

THE MESSAGE

The time came when Joash determined to renovate The Temple of God . He got the priests and Levites together and said, "Circulate through the towns of Judah every year and collect money from the people to repair The Temple of your God. You are in charge of carrying this out." But the Levites dragged their feet and didn't do anything.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Afterward, Joash took it to heart to renovate the Lord’s temple.

Hebrew Names Version
It happened after this, that Yo'ash was minded to restore the house of the LORD.

King James Version
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord .

English Standard Version
After this Joash decided to restore the house of the Lord .

New Century Version
Later, Joash decided to repair the Temple of the Lord .

New English Translation
Joash was determined to repair the Lord 's temple.

Amplified Bible
Now it came about after this that Joash decided to restore the house (temple) of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after this that Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD.

World English Bible
It happened after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Yahweh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And afterward it came into Ioash mind, to renew the house of the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened afterwards, that Joash had in his heart to restore the house of Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Some time later, Joash decided it was time to repair the temple.

Complete Jewish Bible
Some time later, Yo'ash decided to restore the house of Adonai .

Darby Translation
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then later on, Joash decided to rebuild the Lord 's Temple.

George Lamsa Translation
And it came to pass after this that Jehoiadah determined in his heart with Joash secretly to restore the house of the LORD and to repair everything that was needed in it.

Good News Translation
After he had been king for a while, Joash decided to have the Temple repaired.

Lexham English Bible
And afterward it was in the heart of Joash to repair the house of Yahweh.

Literal Translation
And after this it happened; it had been in the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Afterwarde deuysed Ioas to renue the house of the LORDE,

American Standard Version
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it chaunced after this, that Ioas was minded to renue the house of the Lorde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe after this that Ioash was minded to repaire the house of the Lord.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joas to repair the house of the Lord.

English Revised Version
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
After whiche thingis it pleside Joas to reparele the hows of the Lord.

Update Bible Version
And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass after this, [that] Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

New King James Version
Now it happened after this that Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.

New Living Translation
At one point Joash decided to repair and restore the Temple of the Lord .

New Life Bible
After this Joash decided to do the work that was needed on the Lord's house.

New Revised Standard
Some time afterward Joash decided to restore the house of the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, after this, that it was near the heart of Joash to renew the house of Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After this Joas had a mind to repair the house of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
After this Jo'ash decided to restore the house of the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass after this, it hath been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now it came about after this that Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

¹ Joash was seven years old when he became king; he was king for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Gazelle (Zibiah). She was from Beersheba. ²Taught and trained by Jehoiada the priest, Joash did what pleased God throughout Jehoiada's lifetime. Jehoiada picked out two wives for him; he had a family of both sons and daughters. ⁴The time came when Joash determined to renovate The Temple of God . He got the priests and Levites together and said, "Circulate through the towns of Judah every year and collect money from the people to repair The Temple of your God. You are in charge of carrying this out." But the Levites dragged their feet and didn't do anything. ⁷ Then the king called in Jehoiada the chief priest and said, "Why haven't you made the Levites bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax Moses, servant of God and the congregation, set for the upkeep of the place of worship? You can see how bad things are—wicked Queen Athaliah and her sons let The Temple of God go to ruin and took all its sacred artifacts for use in Baal worship." ⁸Following the king's orders, they made a chest and placed it at the entrance to The Temple of God . Then they sent out a tax notice throughout Judah and Jerusalem: "Pay the tax that Moses the servant of God set when Israel was in the wilderness." ¹⁰ The people and their leaders were glad to do it and cheerfully brought their money until the chest was full. ¹¹Whenever the Levites brought the chest in for a royal audit and found it to be full, the king's secretary and the official of the chief priest would empty the chest and put it back in its place. Day after day they did this and collected a lot of money. The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the managers of The Temple project; they in turn paid the masons and carpenters for the repair work on The Temple of God . The construction workers kept at their jobs steadily until the restoration was complete—the house of God as good as new! When they had finished the work, they returned the surplus money to the king and Jehoiada, who used the money for making sacred vessels for Temple worship, vessels for the daily worship, for the Whole-Burnt-Offerings, bowls, and other gold and silver liturgical artifacts. Whole-Burnt-Offerings were made regularly in The Temple of God throughout Jehoiada's lifetime. He died at a ripe old age—130 years old! They buried him in the royal cemetery because he had such a distinguished life of service to Israel and God and God's Temple. But after the death of Jehoiada things fell apart. The leaders of Judah made a formal presentation to the king and he went along with them. Things went from bad to worse; they deserted The Temple of God and took up with the cult of sex goddesses. An angry cloud hovered over Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin. God sent prophets to straighten them out, warning of judgment. But nobody paid attention. Then the Spirit of God moved Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest to speak up: "God's word: Why have you deliberately walked away from God 's commandments? You can't live this way! If you walk out on God , he'll walk out on you." But they worked out a plot against Zechariah, and with the complicity of the king—he actually gave the order!—they murdered him, pelting him with rocks, right in the court of The Temple of God . That's the thanks King Joash showed the loyal Jehoiada, the priest who had made him king. He murdered Jehoiada's son. Zechariah's last words were, "Look, God ! Make them pay for this!" A year or so later Aramean troops attacked Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, massacred the leaders, and shipped all their plunder back to the king in Damascus. The Aramean army was quite small, but God used them to wipe out Joash's large army—their punishment for deserting God , the God of their ancestors. Arameans implemented God's judgment against Joash. They left Joash badly wounded and his own servants finished him off—it was a palace conspiracy, avenging the murder of the son of Jehoiada the priest. They killed him in his bed. Afterward they buried him in the City of David, but he was not honored with a grave in the royal cemetery. The temple conspirators were Zabad, whose mother was Shimeath from Ammon, and Jehozabad, whose mother was Shimrith from Moab. The story of his sons, the many sermons preached to Joash, and the account of his repairs on The Temple of God can be found contained in the commentary on the royal history. Amaziah, Joash's son, was the next king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3148, bc 856

repair: Heb. renew, 2 Chronicles 24:5-7

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:18 - And they left

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
God appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass after this,.... After his marriage, when he was about twenty or twenty one years of age, perhaps:

that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord; which in some places might be fallen to decay, having been built one hundred and fifty years or more, and in others defaced by Athaliah, and needed ornamenting, see 2 Kings 12:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 24:4. To repair the house of the Lord. — During the reigns of Joram and Athaliah, the temple of God had been pillaged to enrich that of Baal, and the whole structure permitted to fall into decay; see 2 Chronicles 24:7.