2 Kings 12:1 Cross References - LITV

¹ Joash reigned in the seventh year of Jehu. And he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Zibiah of Beersheba.

²⁷ And Ahaziah the king of Judah saw, and he fled the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and said, Strike him, him also, in the chariot, in the ascent to Gur, that is, Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

¹ And Athaliah was the mother of Ahaziah. And when she saw that her son was dead, then she rose up and destroyed all the seed of the kingdom. ² But Jehosheba the daughter of king Jehoram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons who were put to death, him and his nurse, in the room of sleeping. And they hid him from the face of Athaliah, and he was not killed. ³ And he was with her in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land. ⁴ And in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and called the rulers of the hundreds, with the Carites and the runners. And he brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and cut a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah. And he revealed the king's son to them.

²¹ Joash was a son of seven years when he began to reign.

¹¹ Joram his son; Ahaziah his son, Joash his son;

¹ Joash was a son of seven years when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. ² And Joash did the right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest. ³ And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he fathered sons and daughters. ⁴ And after this it happened; it had been in the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah; ⁵ and he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God fully from year to year; and you shall do the matter quickly. But the Levites did not act quickly. ⁶ And the king called for Jehoiada the head, and said to him, Why have you not required the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, the servant of Jehovah, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of the testimony? ⁷ For the sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also they have prepared all the holy things of the house of Jehovah for the Baals. ⁸ And the king commanded, and they made one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah outside; ⁹ and they gave a call in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring in to Jehovah the tribute of Moses, the servant of God, laid on Israel in the wilderness. ¹⁰ And all the leaders, and all the people rejoiced; and they brought in and threw into the chest until it was finished. ¹¹ And it happened, at the time one brought in the chest to the king's overseers, by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the silver was much a scribe of the king came in, and an officer of the head priest, and they emptied the chest and took it up and returned it to its place; so they did day by day, and gathered much silver. ¹² And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired stone cutters and carpenters to repair the house of Jehovah; and also artisans in iron and bronze to strengthen the house of Jehovah. ¹³ And the workmen did the work and the repair work prospered in their hands; and they set up the house of God by its proper measure, and made it strong. ¹⁴ And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the silver in before the king and Jehoiada; and they made vessels of it for the house of Jehovah, vessels of serving, and of offering, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and they offered burnt offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.