Tempļa sienu labošana
(2Ķēn 12:1–17)1 Joāšs sāka valdīt septiņu gadu vecumā. Viņš valdīja Jeruzālemē četrdesmit gadus. Viņa mātes vārds bija Cibja no Bēršebas. 2 Visu priestera Jehojādas laiku Joāšs darīja to, kas tīkams Kungam. 3 Jehojāda izraudzījās viņam divas sievas, tās viņam dzemdēja dēlus un meitas.
4 Pēc tam Joāšs nolēma atjaunot Kunga namu. 5 Viņš sapulcināja priesterus un levītus un sacīja: “Ejiet pa Jūdas pilsētām, vāciet no visa Israēla naudu, lai ik gadu nostiprinātu Dieva namu. Steidziet to darīt!” Bet levīti nesteidzās. 6 Tad ķēniņš sauca augsto priesteri Jehojādu un teica: “Kādēļ tu nesūtīji levītus savākt no Jūdas un Jeruzālemes nodevas, kā Mozus, Kunga kalps, to pavēlēja Israēla sapulcei darīt saiešanas labad?” – 7 Jo grēcīgā Atalja un viņas dēli bija postījuši Dieva namu, un arī visas Kunga nama svētlietas bija lietotas baāliem. – 8 Ķēniņš pavēlēja tiem izgatavot lādi, un to nolika ārpusē pie Kunga nama ieejas. 9 Tad Jūdā un Jeruzālemē tika sludināts: “Nesiet nodevas Kungam, kā Dieva kalps Mozus tuksnesī pavēlēja Israēlam!” 10 Visi augstmaņi un tauta priecājās – nesa un meta lādē, līdz tā bija pilna. 11 Kad pienāca laiks, levīti aiznesa lādi ķēniņa ierēdņiem, un tie redzēja, ka tajā ir daudz naudas, tad nāca ķēniņa rakstvedis un augstā priestera ierēdnis – iztukšoja lādi un aiznesa atpakaļ vietā. Tā viņi darīja dienu no dienas un savāca daudz naudas. 12 Ķēniņš un Jehojāda to deva Kunga nama darbu veicējiem, kas nolīga akmeņkaļus un amatniekus, lai tie atjauno Kunga namu, kā arī vara un dzelzs kalējus Kunga nama nostiprināšanai. 13 Strādnieki darīja darbus, un atjaunošana veicās. Dieva nams atguva savu sākotnējo izskatu, un viņi to nostiprināja. 14 Kad darbs bija galā, tie atnesa pārējo naudu ķēniņam un Jehojādam. Viņš no tās darināja lietas Kunga namam – traukus kalpošanai, kausus upuriem, arī zelta un sudraba traukus. Visu Jehojādas laiku Kunga namā vienmēr pienesa sadedzināmos upurus.
15 Jehojāda bija pieredzējis daudz dienu un kļuva vecs. Viņš nomira simts trīsdesmit gadu vecumā. 16 Viņu apbedīja Dāvida pilsētā pie ķēniņiem, jo viņš bija darījis labi Israēlam, Dievam un viņa namam.
Joāša atkrišana
17 Pēc Jehojādas nāves Jūdas augstmaņi nāca un zemojās ķēniņam, un ķēniņš tos uzklausīja. 18 Viņi pameta Kunga, savu tēvu Dieva, namu un sāka kalpot ašērām un tēliem. Šī nodarījuma dēļ pār Jūdu un Jeruzālemi nāca dusmība. 19 Tad Kungs sūtīja tiem praviešus, lai tie atgriežas pie viņa, bet tie viņus aizraidīja un neklausījās.
20 Tad Dieva Gars apņēma priestera Jehojādas dēlu Zeharju, viņš nostājās ļaužu priekšā un sacīja: “Tā saka Dievs: kāpēc jūs pārkāpjat Kunga pavēles? Jums neveiksies, jo jūs pametāt Kungu un viņš pametīs jūs!” 21 Bet tie sazvērējās pret viņu un Kunga nama pagalmā nomētāja akmeņiem – tā bija pavēlējis ķēniņš. 22 Ķēniņš Joāšs nepieminēja laipnību, ko bija parādījis viņa tēvs Jehojāda, – viņš nokāva tā dēlu. Mirstot tas teica: “Kungs redz un atmaksā!”
Joāša nāve
(2Ķēn 12:20–22)23 Gada beigās aramieši devās karā un nāca uz Jūdu un Jeruzālemi. Tie nomaitāja visus tautas augstmaņus. Visu laupījumu tie aizveda Damaskas ķēniņam. 24 Kaut arī aramiešu karaspēkā bija maz vīru, Kungs viņiem nodeva visu lielo jūdu karaspēku, jo tie bija pametuši Kungu, savu tēvu Dievu! Tā viņi Joāšam sprieda tiesu. 25 Aramieši aizgāja, pametot Joāšu smagi sasirgušu, un kalpi sazvērējās pret viņu priestera Jehojādas dēlu asiņu dēļ. To nokāva savā gultā. Viņš nomira un tika apbedīts Dāvida pilsētā, taču ne ķēniņu kapenēs.
26 Pret viņu sazvērējās šie ļaudis: amonietis Zābāds, Šimāta dēls, un moābietis Jehozābāds, Šimrīta dēls.
27 Par viņa dēliem un daudzajiem pravietojumiem, kas par viņu sacīti, un par to, kā viņš nostiprināja Dieva namu, – ir rakstīts Ķēniņu grāmatas skaidrojumā. Pēc tam sāka valdīt viņa dēls Amacjāhu.
1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4 ¶ And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 7 For the sons of Athaliah, 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 upon Baalim. 8 And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. 9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. 13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished it , they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal , and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. 17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it , and require it .
23 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons 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 sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27 ¶ Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
