Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 994

23--16 HISTORY OF HOUSE OF DAVID.-·II. CHRON. 24--14 3;nrial1 §£¤2u1·s in the Quzxxtiiuiiuu. 16 jhoiada afterwards wrote a treaty between himself, and the Represen- tatives of the people, and the King, that they would be the people of the EVER-LIVING. 17 All the people afterwards went to the Temple of Bal and threw down his Altar, and shattered his Image, and killed Mathan the Priest of Bal before his Altar. ($78 B.c.) Qlyuiaha Ke-srgnnizzs ibn Scrlrirz at tl}: @2mp1c. :8 éhoiada subsequently appointed O cers for the House of the EVER- LIVING, beside the Priests and Levites, whom David had arranged for the LORD’s Temple, to offer Pre- sentations to the EVER-Lzvmc, as they are directed in the Laws of Moses, and to rejoice and sing as

Ig arranged by David. And he appointed Doorkeepers at the Gates of the EVER-L1v1NG’s Temple, so that any- thing unclean might not enter. (8;; nc.) Qi jiaiinnnl Qparlimnzni wunimkzh. 20 After that he assembled the Mili· tary Ofiicers, and the Nobles, and the Governors of the People, and the Representatives of the People of the country, and brought the King down from the House of the EVER-LIVING, and proceeded through the High Gate to the Royal Palace, and placed the King on the Throne of Government.

2t And all the Representatives of the People of the Country rejoiced that they had killed Athaliah with the sword. (878 ac.) Qllynusb Qzginz in Reign. 24 jhoash was seven years old at his coronation, and reigned forty years in ]erusalem. His mother’s name

2 was Zebiah of Bar·Sheba. And jhoash did right in the eyes _of the l£vER—LIv1NG, all the days of jhoiada the Priest. jhoiada chose two wives for him, and he begot sons and daughters. $l;¤n¤1; Repairs the Example. It ultimately came into the mind of

jhoash to repair the Temple of the }·;vaa·r.ivmo, so he assembled the Priests, and Levites, and said to Go out to the towns of judea and collect money from all Israel, to restore the House of your GOD, from year to year, and be energetic in the matter} But the Levites were not energetic. The King consequently summoned

jhoiada their Chief, and asked him, ‘Why have you not ordered the Levites to bring in from judea and jerusalem the Tax of Moses the Minister of the EvER—L1v1NG, and of the Parliament of Israel, for the Hall of Witnesses? Although the infamous Athaliah and her sons dilapidated the House of GOD, and also used the sacred thing of the LORD’s Temple for their Bals! 3 Mullrttiunn Qur Qrbcrrh fur the @21:1;:12. The King then ordered, and they 8 made a chest, and placed it at the outer-gate of the Temple of the EvER~L1v1NG. He also made a g proclamation to judea and jerusalem to bring to the Evan-Ltvmo the Taxes which Moses, the Servant of the LORD laid upon Israel in the Desert.-This pleased all the Nobles to and People, and they brought them, and poured into the chest until it was full; and when the chest was it brought to the King’s accountants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money, the clerks of the King came with an Omcer of the High Priest, and emptied the chest, then returned it to its place again. They did this from time to time, and collected a quantity of money, which the King and jhoiada gave to carry out the works about the House of the EVER-LIVING, and to pay the wages of the masons and carpenters who repaired the Temple of the EVER- L1v1NG. And the workmen did the work, and it proceeded regularly under their hands. They thus built up the House ot GOD in its proportions and restored it. When they had completed it, they I2 brought the rest of the money to the King and jhoiada the Priest, who made vessels for the House of the EVER-LIVING; vessels for rthe Ser- vices, and Offerings, and Cups; and furniture of Gold and Silver, which were for use in the Offerings at the EvER~L1vxNG's Temple continually all the time of jhoiada. 994