2 Chronicles · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
2 Chronicles 24 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name 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.
2 Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 And Jehoiada took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters.
3 Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4 And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.
4 After this, Joash intended to restore Yahweh’s house.
5 And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out into the cities of Judah, and collect money of all Israel to repair the house of the Lord from year to year, and make haste to speak [of it]. But the Levites hastened not.
5 He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter.” However the Levites didn’t do it right away.
6 And King Joash called Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Judah and Jerusalem that which was prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness?
6 The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the Tent of the Testimony?”
7 For Athaliah was a transgressor, and her sons tore down the house of God; for they offered the holy things of the house of the Lord to Baalim.
7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God’s house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of Yahweh’s house to the Baals.
8 And the king said, Let a box be made, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the Lord without.
8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of Yahweh’s house.
9 And let [men] proclaim in Judah and in Jerusalem, that [the people] should bring to the Lord, as Moses the servant of God spoke concerning Israel in the wilderness.
9 They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
10 And all the princes and all the people gave, and brought in, and cast into the box until it was filled.
10 All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had filled it.
11 And it came to pass, when they brought in the box to the officers of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the money was more than sufficient, then came the king’s scribe, and the officer of the high priest, and emptied the box, and restored it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and collected much money.
11 Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king and Jehoiada the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord.
12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of Yahweh’s house. They hired masons and carpenters to restore Yahweh’s house, and also those who worked iron and bronze to repair Yahweh’s house.
13 And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened [it].
13 So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God’s house as it was designed, and strengthened it.
14 And when they had finished [it], they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the remainder of the money, and they made vessels for the house of the Lord, vessels of service for whole burnt offerings, and gold and silver [censers]: and they offered up whole burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada.
14 When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for Yahweh’s house, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, including spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in Yahweh’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 And Jehoiada grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death.
15 But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old when he died.
16 And they buried him with the kings in the city of David, because he had dealt well with Israel, and with God and his house.
16 They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17 And it came to pass after the death of Jehoiada, [that] the princes of Judah went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king. Then the king listened to them.
18 And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and idols: and there was wrath upon Judah and Jerusalem in that day.
18 They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and the idols, so wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they hearkened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not.
19 Yet he sent prophets to them to bring them again to Yahweh, and they testified against them; but they would not listen.
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall ye not prosper; for ye have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.
20 The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “God says, ‘Why do you disobey Yahweh’s commandments, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you.’”
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him by command of King Joash in the court of the Lord’s house.
21 They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of Yahweh’s house.
22 So Joash remembered not the kindness which his father Jehoiada had exercised toward him, but slew his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon [it], and judge.
22 Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May Yahweh look at it, and repay it.”
23 And it came to pass after the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria went up against him, and came against Judah and Jerusalem: and they slew all the chiefs of the people among the people, and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus.
23 At the end of the year, the army of the Syrians came up against him. They came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their plunder to the king of Damascus.
24 For the army of Syria came with few men, yet God gave into their hands a very large army, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; and he brought judgments on Joash.
24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
25 And after they had departed from him, when they had left him in sore diseases, then his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulcher of the kings.
25 When they had departed from him (for they left him seriously wounded), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
26 And they that conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonite, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabite.
26 These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27 And all his sons, and the five came to him: and the other [matters], behold, they are written in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
27 Now concerning his sons, the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of God’s house, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Jehozabad
A servant of Joash, called 'son of Shomer', who struck Joash down at Beth-millo.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 12:21; 2 Chronicles 24:26
Shimeath
Ammonitess named as the mother of Zabad, who conspired against Joash.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 24:26
Shimrith
Moabitess named as the mother of Jehozabad, who conspired against Joash.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 24:26
Zibiah
A woman of Beersheba named as the mother of King Joash of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:1
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 3:11; 2 Kings 11:21–12:15
- 2 2 Chronicles 25:2; 2 Chronicles 26:4–5; 2 Chronicles 24:17–22; 2 Kings 12:2; Isaiah 29:13
- 3 Matthew 19:4–8; Genesis 4:19; Genesis 21:21; 2 Chronicles 24:15; Genesis 24:4
- 5 2 Kings 12:4–7; 2 Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 34:8–9; 2 Chronicles 21:2
- 6 Exodus 30:12–16; Numbers 1:50; Numbers 17:7–8; Acts 7:44; 2 Samuel 24:3
- 7 2 Chronicles 21:17; Ezekiel 16:17–21; Daniel 5:2–4; Proverbs 10:7; 2 Kings 12:4
- 8 2 Kings 12:8–9; Mark 12:41
- 9 2 Chronicles 24:6; Matthew 17:24–27
- 10 2 Corinthians 9:7; Acts 2:45–47; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 2 Corinthians 8:2; Isaiah 64:5
- 11 1 Corinthians 16:2; 2 Kings 12:10–12
- 12 2 Chronicles 34:9–11; 1 Kings 5:15
- 13 Nehemiah 4:7; Haggai 2:3; 1 Chronicles 22:5; Mark 13:1–2
- 14 2 Kings 12:13–14; 1 Kings 7:50; Numbers 28:2–29; Proverbs 27:22; Exodus 29:38–42
- 15 Psalm 90:10; Genesis 25:8; Genesis 47:9; Psalm 91:16; Genesis 15:15
- 16 Hebrews 6:10; 2 Chronicles 31:20; Nehemiah 13:14; 2 Chronicles 23:1–21; 1 Kings 2:10
- 17 Deuteronomy 31:27; Daniel 11:32; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 29:12; 2 Peter 1:15
- 18 Joshua 22:20; Ephesians 5:6; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 24:4; 2 Chronicles 32:25
- 19 Jeremiah 26:5; Luke 16:31; 2 Kings 17:13–15; Isaiah 55:3; Matthew 13:9
- 20 Numbers 14:41; Jeremiah 5:25; 2 Chronicles 15:1–2; 2 Chronicles 20:14; 1 Chronicles 12:18
- 21 Nehemiah 9:26; Acts 7:58–59; Jeremiah 38:4–6; Jeremiah 18:18; Jeremiah 11:19
- 22 Genesis 9:5; Luke 11:51; John 10:32; Revelation 19:2; Revelation 6:9–11
- 23 2 Kings 12:17–18; Deuteronomy 32:35; 1 Kings 20:22; Psalm 82:6–7; 2 Chronicles 24:17–18
- 24 Leviticus 26:37; 2 Chronicles 22:8; Leviticus 26:8; Leviticus 26:25; Deuteronomy 28:25
- 25 2 Chronicles 28:27; 2 Chronicles 24:21–22; Psalm 10:14; 2 Kings 14:19–20; 2 Chronicles 21:18–20
- 26 2 Kings 12:21
- 27 2 Chronicles 16:11; 2 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Chronicles 24:12; 1 Chronicles 3:12; 2 Chronicles 9:29
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