1Joash 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.
2Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4It happened after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Yahweh.
5He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel 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.
6The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why haven`t you required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh did they bestow on the Baals.
