1Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.stylus2 Kings 11:21, 2 Kings 12:15, 1 Chronicles 3:11, 2 Kings 11:21, 2 Kings 12:152And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.stylus2 Chronicles 26:4, 2 Chronicles 26:5, 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 26:4, 2 Chronicles 26:53Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.stylus2 Chronicles 24:15, Matthew 19:4, Matthew 19:8, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 4:194Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.stylus5So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.stylus2 Chronicles 21:2, 2 Chronicles 34:8, 2 Chronicles 34:9, 2 Chronicles 29:3, 2 Kings 12:46So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”stylusExodus 30:12, Exodus 30:16, Exodus 30:12, Exodus 30:16, Numbers 1:507For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.stylus2 Chronicles 21:17, 2 Chronicles 21:17, Ezekiel 16:17, Ezekiel 16:21, Proverbs 10:78At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.stylus2 Kings 12:8, 2 Kings 12:9, Mark 12:41, 2 Kings 12:8, 2 Kings 12:99And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.stylus2 Chronicles 24:6, 2 Chronicles 24:6, Matthew 17:24, Matthew 17:27, Matthew 17:2410All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.stylus2 Corinthians 9:7, 1 Chronicles 29:9, 2 Corinthians 8:2, Acts 2:45, Acts 2:4711Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.stylus2 Kings 12:10, 2 Kings 12:12, 1 Corinthians 16:2, 2 Kings 12:10, 2 Kings 12:1212Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.stylus1 Kings 5:15, 2 Chronicles 34:9, 2 Chronicles 34:11, 1 Kings 5:15, 2 Chronicles 34:913So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.stylusHaggai 2:3, 1 Chronicles 22:5, Nehemiah 4:7, Mark 13:1, Mark 13:214When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.stylusExodus 29:38, Exodus 29:42, 1 Kings 7:50, Proverbs 27:22, 2 Kings 12:1315When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.stylusGenesis 25:8, Genesis 15:15, Job 5:26, Psalms 90:10, Psalms 91:1616And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.stylusHebrews 6:10, Hebrews 6:10, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 1 Kings 2:1017After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.stylusDeuteronomy 31:27, Deuteronomy 31:27, Proverbs 29:12, Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 7:2318They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.stylusJoshua 22:20, Joshua 22:20, 2 Chronicles 19:2, Ephesians 5:6, 2 Chronicles 24:419Nevertheless, the LORD sent prophets to bring the people back to Him and to testify against them; but they would not listen.stylusJeremiah 7:25, Jeremiah 7:26, Isaiah 28:23, Isaiah 42:23, Luke 16:3120Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”stylusNumbers 14:41, Numbers 14:41, Jeremiah 5:25, Jeremiah 5:25, 2 Chronicles 20:1421But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.stylusActs 7:58, Acts 7:59, Nehemiah 9:26, Acts 7:58, Acts 7:5922Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”stylusGenesis 9:5, Genesis 9:5, Luke 11:51, Luke 11:51, John 10:3223In the spring, the army of Aram went to war against Joash. They entered Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the leaders of the people, and they sent all the plunder to their king in Damascus.stylus2 Kings 12:17, 2 Kings 12:18, 2 Kings 12:17, 2 Kings 12:18, Deuteronomy 32:3524Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.stylusLeviticus 26:37, Isaiah 30:17, Leviticus 26:8, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 28:2525And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.stylus2 Chronicles 24:21, 2 Chronicles 24:22, 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 24:21, 2 Chronicles 24:2226Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.stylus2 Kings 12:21, 2 Kings 12:2127The accounts of the sons of Joash, as well as the many pronouncements about him and about the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.stylus2 Chronicles 25:1, 2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 13:22, 1 Chronicles 3:12, 2 Kings 12:21