2 Kings 12:7 Cross References - Rotherham

⁷ So King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them––Why are ye not repairing the breaches of the house? Now, therefore, do not take silver from your acquaintances, for, to [repair] the breaches of the house, ought ye to have given it?

⁴ But, in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and took the captains over hundreds, of the Carian body–guard, and of the runners, and brought them unto him, in the house of Yahweh,––and, when he had solemnised a Covenant with them, and put them on oath, in the house of Yahweh, then shewed he them the king’s son;

² And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all his days,––whereunto, Jehoiada the priest, instructed him:

³ Then said Joab, May Yahweh add unto his people, as many as they are, a hundred times, but are they not, my lord O king, all of them my lord’s, as servants? wherefore should my lord seek this? wherefore should it become guilt to Israel?

¹ And, in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the rulers of hundreds––even Azariah son of Jeroham, and Ishmael son of Jehohanan, and Azariah son of Obed, and Maaseiah son of Adaiah and Elishaphat son of Zichri––unto himself, in covenant.

⁵ So he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said unto them––Go ye out unto the cities of Judah, and gather out of all Israel silver to repair the house of your God, year by year, and, ye, shall hasten the matter,––but the Levites hastened it not. ⁶ Then the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites, to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the convocation of Israel,––for the tent of testimony? ⁷ For, as for Athaliah the Lawless, her sons, brake up the House of God,––moreover, all the hallowed things of the house of Yahweh, offered they unto the Baalim. ⁸ So the king bade [them], and they made a certain chest,––and set it in the gate of the house of Yahweh, outside. ⁹ And they made a proclamation, throughout Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in unto Yahweh the tribute of Moses the servant of God, laid upon Israel in the desert. ¹⁰ And all the rulers and all the people rejoiced,––and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished. ¹¹ And it came to pass, what time the chest was brought into the office of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they had seen that abundant was the silver, that the scribe of the king came in, and the officer of the chief priest, and they emptied the chest, and bare it, and put it back in its place,––thus, they did, day by day, and collected silver, in abundance; ¹² and the king and Jehoiada gave it unto such as were doing the work of labouring upon the house of Yahweh, and they were hiring masons and carpenters, to renew the house of Yahweh,––moreover also, such as were fashioners of iron and bronze, to repair the house of Yahweh. ¹³ So the doers of the work wrought, and the work of restoration went forward, in their hand,––and they caused the house of God to stand forth according to its due proportions, and made it strong. ¹⁴ And, when they had finished, they brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the silver, and he made it into utensils for the house of Yahweh, utensils of attendance, and bowls and spoons, even utensils of gold and silver. Then were they offering ascending–sacrifices in the house of Yahweh, continually, all the days of Jehoiada.

¹⁶ And they buried him in the city of David, with the kings,––because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and his house.