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And in the seventh year [of Athaliah's reign], Jehoiada sent for the officers (the leaders of hundreds), the Carites, and the guards, and brought them to the house of the Lord (Yahweh). And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the Lord (Yahweh) and showed them the king's son [Joash/Jehoash].
And the officers (the leaders of hundreds) did all that the priest Jehoiada commanded, and each man took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath and those who went out on the Sabbath, and came to the priest Jehoiada.
And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds and the captains of the armies, and said unto them, "Bring her out between the people, and whosoever followeth her, slay with the sword," for the priest said, "Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord (Yahweh)."
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord (Yahweh) and the king and the people that they would be the Lord's (Yahweh's) people, and also between the king and the people.
Jehoash did what was right (straight) in the eyes of the Lord (Yahweh) all his days, as the priest Jehoiada taught him.
And King Jehoash called Jehoiada, the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, "Why are you not strengthening (repairing) the house [the temple in Jerusalem]? Now you shall no longer take the silver from your appraisers (Hebr. makar). You shall give it to the cracks (damage) in the house." [Jehoash urges that the collection that had been ordered be ended, see , and instead a new way of collecting funds via collection boxes is introduced, see .]
Then the priest Jehoiada took a chest and drilled a hole in the lid of it and placed it beside the altar, on the right side when one enters the house of the Lord (Yahweh). And the priests who guarded (protected, preserved) the threshold put all the silver that was brought into the house of the Lord (Yahweh) into it.
But just as the royal children were about to be killed, the king's daughter Joshabath secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, away from the royal sons and brought him and his nurse into the bedroom. There, Joshabath, the daughter of King Joram and wife of the priest Jehoiada—who was also Ahaziah's sister—hid him from Athaliah so that she would not kill him.
In the seventh year, Jehoiada took courage and made a covenant with the commanders Azariah, the son of Jeroham, Ishmael, the son of Johanan, Azariah, the son of Obed, Maaseiah, the son of Adai, and Elishaphat, the son of Zikri.
The Levites and all Judah did everything that the priest Jehoiada commanded them. Each of them took his men, both those who were to go on duty on the Sabbath and those who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, for the priest Jehoiada did not leave any division free from service.
And the priest Jehoiada gave the commanders the spears and various kinds of shields that had belonged to King David and were in the house of God.
Then they brought out the king's son, put the crown on him, gave him the testimony, and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and shouted, "Long live the king!"
But the priest Jehoiada commanded the captains who were in charge of the guard to come forward and said to them, "Take her out between the ranks! And if anyone follows her, he shall be put to death with the sword." For the priest forbade them to kill her in the house of the Lord (Yahweh).
Joiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king that they would be the Lord's people.
Joiada entrusted the supervision of the house of the Lord (Yahweh) to the Levitical priests, whom David had divided into classes for service in the house of the Lord (Yahweh), to offer burnt offerings to the Lord (Yahweh), as prescribed in the teaching of Moses (Hebr. Torah), with rejoicing and singing according to David's instructions.
Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord as long as the priest Jehoiada lived.
And Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he had sons and daughters.
Then the king summoned the high priest Jehoiada and said to him, "Why have you not ensured that the Levites collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax for the tabernacle of the testimony, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded the congregation of Israel?
Then the king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were to do the work on the house of the Lord (Yahweh). They also hired stonecutters and craftsmen to repair the house of the Lord (Yahweh), and smiths who worked with iron and copper.
When they had finished the work, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and they made vessels for the house of the Lord (Yahweh), vessels for the service and sacrifices, bowls, and other vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord (Yahweh) throughout the days of Jehoiada's life.
But Jehoiada grew old and tired of life, and he died. He was 130 years old when he died.
But after Jehoiada's death, the princes of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and he listened to them.
But Zechariah (Zecharjaho – meaning: the Lord remembers), the son of Jehoiada the priest, was filled with the Spirit of God. He stood before the people and said to them, "Thus says God (Elohim): Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord? It cannot end well. Because you have forsaken the Lord (Yahweh), he has also forsaken you."
King Joash did not remember the love that Zechariah's father, Jehoiada, had shown him, but killed his son. And at the moment of his death, Zechariah said, "The Lord will see this and avenge it."
When they withdrew from him—leaving him seriously ill—his servants conspired against him because he had shed the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. That was his death, and he was buried in the City of David. But he was not buried in the tombs of the kings.
