The Second Book of Divre Hayamim, starting at chapter 22
{22:1} The inhabitants of Yerushalayim made Achazyah his youngest
son king in his place; for the band of men who came with the `Aravi'im
to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Achazyah the son of Yehoram
king of Yehudah reigned. {22:2} Forty-two years old was Achazyah when
he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Yerushalayim: and his
mother's name was `Atalyah the daughter of `Omri. {22:3} He also
walked in the ways of the house of Ach'av; for his mother was his
counselor to do wickedly. {22:4} He did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ach'av; for they were his
counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. {22:5}
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Yehoram the son of
Ach'av king of Yisra'el to war against Haza'el king of Aram at
Ramot-Gil`ad: and the Aram wounded Yoram. {22:6} He returned to be
healed in Yizre`el of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah,
when he fought against Haza'el king of Aram. `Azaryah the son of
Yehoram king of Yehudah went down to see Yehoram the son of Ach'av in
Yizre`el, because he was sick. {22:7} Now the destruction of Achazyah
was of God, in that he went to Yoram: for when he was come, he went
out with Yehoram against Yehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had
anointed to cut off the house of Ach'av. {22:8} It happened, when Yehu
was executing judgment on the house of Ach'av, that he found the
princes of Yehudah, and the sons of the brothers of Achazyah,
ministering to Achazyah, and killed them. {22:9} He sought Achazyah,
and they caught him (now he was hiding in Shomron), and they brought
him to Yehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is
the son of Yehoshafat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. The
house of Achazyah had no power to hold the kingdom. {22:10} Now when
`Atalyah the mother of Achazyah saw that her son was dead, she arose
and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Yehudah. {22:11} But
Yehoshav`at, the daughter of the king, took Yo'ash the son of
Achazyah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were
slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Yehoshav`at,
the daughter of king Yehoram, the wife of Yehoiada the [1>]Kohen[<1]
(for she was the sister of Achazyah), hid him from `Atalyah, so that
she didn't kill him. {22:12} He was with them hid in the house of God
six years: and `Atalyah reigned over the land.
{23:1} In the seventh year Yehoiada strengthened himself, and took
the captains of hundreds, `Azaryah the son of Yerocham, and Yishma'el
the son of Yehochanan, and `Azaryah the son of `Oved, and Ma`aseyah
the son of `Adayah, and Elishaphat the son of Zikhri, into covenant
with him. {23:2} They went about in Yehudah, and gathered the Levites
out of all the cities of Yehudah, and the heads of fathers' [houses]
of Yisra'el, and they came to Yerushalayim. {23:3} All the assembly
made a covenant with the king in the house of God. He said to them,
Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD has spoken concerning
the sons of David. {23:4} This is the thing that you shall do: a third
part of you, who come in on the Shabbat, of the [1>]Kohanim[<1] and of
the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds; {23:5} and a third
part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the
foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of
the LORD. {23:6} But let none come into the house of the LORD, save
the [2>]Kohanim[<2], and those who minister of the Levites; they shall
come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge
of the LORD. {23:7} The Levites shall compass the king round about,
every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the
house, let him be slain: and be you with the king when he comes in,
and when he goes out. {23:8} So the Levites and all Yehudah did
according to all that Yehoiada the [3>]Kohen[<3] commanded: and they
took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Shabbat; with
those who were to go out on the Shabbat; for Yehoiada the
[4>]Kohen[<4] didn't dismiss the shift. {23:9} Yehoiada the
[5>]Kohen[<5] delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and
bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the
house of God. {23:10} He set all the people, every man with his weapon
in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the
house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.
{23:11} Then they brought out the king's son, and put the crown on
him, and [gave him] the testimony, and made him king: and Yehoiada and
his sons anointed him; and they said, [Long] live the king. {23:12}
When `Atalyah heard the noise of the people running and praising the
king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: {23:13} and
she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance,
and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of
the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also [played] on
instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then `Atalyah
tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason! {23:14} Yehoiada the
[6>]Kohen[<6] brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over
the host, and said to them, Have her forth between the ranks; and
whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword: for the
[7>]Kohen[<7] said, Don't kill her in the house of the LORD. {23:15}
So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse
gate to the king's house: and they killed her there. {23:16} Yehoiada
made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king,
that they should be the LORD's people. {23:17} All the people went to
the house of Ba`al, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his
images in pieces, and killed Mattan the [8>]Kohen[<8] of Ba`al before
the altars. {23:18} Yehoiada appointed the officers of the house of
the LORD under the hand of the [9>]Kohanim[<9] the Levites, whom David
had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings
of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moshe, with rejoicing and
with singing, according to the order of David. {23:19} He set the
porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that no one who was
unclean in anything should enter in. {23:20} He took the captains of
hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the
people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the
LORD: and they came through the upper gate to the king's house, and
set the king on the throne of the kingdom. {23:21} So all the people
of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. `Atalyah they had slain
with the sword.
{24:1} Yo'ash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned forty years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was
Tzivyah, of Be'er-Sheva. {24:2} Yo'ash did that which was right in the
eyes of the LORD all the days of Yehoiada the [1>]Kohen[<1]. {24:3}
Yehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and
daughters. {24:4} It happened after this, that Yo'ash was minded to
restore the house of the LORD. {24:5} He gathered together the
[2>]Kohanim[<2] and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the
cities of Yehudah, and gather of all Yisra'el money to repair the
house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the
matter. However the Levites didn't hurry. {24:6} The king called for
Yehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why haven't you required of the
Levites to bring in out of Yehudah and out of Yerushalayim the tax of
Moshe the servant of the LORD, and of the assembly of Yisra'el, for
the tent of the testimony? {24:7} For the sons of `Atalyah, that
wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the
dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow on the
Ba`alim. {24:8} So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set
it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD. {24:9} They made a
proclamation through Yehudah and Yerushalayim, to bring in for the
LORD the tax that Moshe the servant of God laid on Yisra'el in the
wilderness. {24:10} All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and
brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
{24:11} It was so, that 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 [3>]Sofer[<3] and the chief [4>]Kohen[<4]'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. {24:12} The king and Yehoiada gave it to such as did the
work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons
and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as
worked iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD. {24:13} So the
workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands,
and they set up the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.
{24:14} When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money
before the king and Yehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house
of the LORD, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and
spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings
in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Yehoiada. {24:15}
But Yehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred
thirty years old was he when he died. {24:16} They buried him in the
city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Yisra'el,
and toward God and his house. {24:17} Now after the death of Yehoiada
came the princes of Yehudah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the
king listened to them. {24:18} They forsook the house of the LORD, the
God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath
came on Yehudah and Yerushalayim for this their guiltiness. {24:19}
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and
they testified against them: but they would not give ear. {24:20} The
Spirit of God came on Zekharyah the son of Yehoiada the [5>]Kohen[<5];
and he stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why
disobey you the [6>]mitzvot[<6] of the LORD, so that you can't
prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.
{24:21} They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the
[7>]mitzvah[<7] of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
{24:22} Thus Yo'ash the king didn't remember the kindness which
Yehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died,
he said, the LORD look on it, and require it. {24:23} It happened at
the end of the year, that the army of the Aram came up against him:
and they came to Yehudah and Yerushalayim, and destroyed all the
princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of
them to the king of Dammesek. {24:24} For the army of the Aram came
with a small company of men; and the LORD delivered a very great host
into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their
fathers. So they executed judgment on Yo'ash. {24:25} When they were
departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants
conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Yehoiada the
[8>]Kohen[<8], and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried
him in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the
kings. {24:26} These are those who conspired against him: Zavad the
son of Shim`at the `Ammonite, and Yehozavad the son of Shimrit the
Mo'avite. {24:27} Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the
burdens [laid] on him, and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold,
they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amatzyah
his son reigned in his place.
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Footnotes:
[1] {22:11} priest
[1] {23:4} priests
[2] {23:6} priests
[3] {23:8} priest
[4] {23:8} priest
[5] {23:9} priest
[6] {23:14} priest
[7] {23:14} priest
[8] {23:17} priest
[9] {23:18} priests
[1] {24:2} priest
[2] {24:5} priests
[3] {24:11} scribe
[4] {24:11} priest
[5] {24:20} priest
[6] {24:20} commandments
[7] {24:21} commandment
[8] {24:25} priest
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