Joas reigning piously, so long as Joiada liveth, causeth the Temple to be repaired, 14. and new sacred vessels to be made. 15. Joiada an hundred thirty years old dieth. 17. Joas falleth to idolatry: 20. causeth Zacharias to be slain in the court of the Temple. 23. A few Syrians kill the chief men about the king, and carry away great prays. 25. Joas is slain by his own men, and his son Amasias reigneth.Ioas reigning piously, so long as Ioiada liueth, causeth the Temple to be repayred, 14. and new sacred vessels to be made. 15. Ioiada an hundred thirtie yeares old dieth. 17. Ioas falleth to idolatrie: 20. causeth Zacharias to be slayne in the court of the Temple. 23. A few Syrians kil the chief men about the king, and carie away great prayes. 25. Ioas is slayne by his owne men, and his sonne Amasias reigneth.✦
Seven years old was Joas when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem, the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.SEVEN yeares old was Ioas when he began to reigne: and he reigned fourty yeares in Ierusalem, the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.Septem annorum erat Joas cum regnare cœpisset, et quadraginta annis regnavit in Jerusalem : nomen matris ejus Sebia de Bersabee.
2And he did that which is good before our Lord all the days of Joiada the Priest.And he did that which is good before our Lord al the dayes of Ioiada the Priest.Fecitque quod bonum est coram Domino cunctis diebus Jojadæ sacerdotis.
3And Joiada took for him two wives, of whom he begat sons & daughters.And Ioiada tooke for him two wiues, of whom he begat sonnes & daughters.Accepit autem ei Jojada uxores duas, e quibus genuit filios et filias.
4After which things it pleased Joas to repair the house of our Lord.After which thinges it pleased Ioas to repayre the house of our Lord.Post quæ placuit Joas ut instauraret domum Domini.
5And he assembled the Priests, and the Levites, and said to them: Go ye forth to the cities of Juda, and gather of all Israel money for the reparation of the temple of your God, year by year, and do this in haste: moreover the Levites did negligently.And he assembled the Priestes, and the Leuites, and sayd to them: Goe ye forth to the cities of Iuda, and gather of al Israel money for the reparation of the temple of your God, yeare by yeare, and doe this in hast: moreouer the Leuites did negligently.Congregavitque sacerdotes et Levitas, et dixit eis : Egredimini ad civitates Juda, et colligite de universo Israël pecuniam ad sartatecta templi Dei vestri per singulos annos, festinatoque hoc facite. Porro Levitæ egere negligentius.
6And the king called Joiada the prince, and said to him: why hast thou had no care to constrain the Levites to bring in out of Juda and Jerusalem the money, that was appointed of Moyses the servant of our Lord, that all the multitude of Israel should bring it in into the tabernacle of testimony?And the king called Ioiada the prince, and sayd to him: why hast thou had no care to constrayne the Leuites to bring in out of Iuda and Ierusalem the money, that was appointed of Moyses the seruant of our Lord, that al the multitude of Israel should bring it in into the tabernacle of testimonie?Vocavitque rex Jojadam principem, et dixit ei : Quare tibi non fuit curæ, ut cogeres Levitas inferre de Juda et de Jerusalem pecuniam quæ constituta est a Moyse servo Domini, ut inferret eam omnis multitudo Israël in tabernaculum testimonii ?
7For the most impious Athalia, and her children have destroyed the house of God, and of all things that had been sanctified in the temple of our Lord, they adorned the temple of Baalim.For the most impious Athalia, and her children haue destroyed the house of God, and of al thinges that had bene sanctified in the temple of our Lord, they adorned the temple of Baalim.Athalia enim impiissima, et filii ejus, destruxerunt domum Dei, et de universis quæ sanctificata fuerant in templo Domini, ornaverunt fanum Baalim.
8The king therefore commanded and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of our Lord on the out side.The king therfore commanded and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of our Lord on the out side.Præcepit ergo rex, et fecerunt arcam : posueruntque eam juxta portam domus Domini forinsecus.
9And it was proclaimed in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring the price to our Lord, which Moyses the servant of God appointed over all Israel, in the desert.And it was proclaymed in Iuda and Ierusalem, that euery man should bring the price to our Lord, which Moyses the seruant of God appoynted ouer al Israel, in the desert.Et prædicatum est in Juda et Jerusalem ut deferrent singuli pretium Domino, quod constituit Moyses servus Dei super omnem Israël in deserto.
10And all the princes rejoiced, and all the people: and going in they contributed into the chest of our Lord, and cast in so that it was filled.And al the princes reioysed, and al the people: and going in they contributed into the chest of our Lord, and cast in so that it was filled.Lætatique sunt cuncti principes, et omnis populus, et ingressi contulerunt in arcam Domini, atque miserunt ita ut impleretur.
11And when it was time that they should bring the chest before the king by the hands of Levites (for they saw much money) the king's Scribe went in, and he whom the high priest had appointed: & they poured out the money that was in the chest, & recarried it to his place: and so did they from day to day, and there was gathered infinite money.And when it was time that they should bring the chest before the king by the handes of Leuites (for they saw much money) the kinges Scribe went in, and he whom the high priest had appoynted: & they powred out the money that was in the chest, & recaried it to his place: and so did they from day to day, and there was gathered infinite money.Cumque tempus esset ut deferrent arcam coram rege per manus Levitarum (videbant enim multam pecuniam), ingrediebatur scriba regis, et quem primus sacerdos constituerat, effundebantque pecuniam quæ erat in arca, porro arcam reportabant ad locum suum : sicque faciebant per singulos dies. Et congregata est infinita pecunia,
12Which the king and Joiada gave to them, that oversaw the works of the house of our Lord: but they hired with it hewers of stones, and artificers of all works, to repair the house of our Lord: smiths also of iron and brass, that that which began to fall, might be upholden.Which the king and Ioiada gaue to them, that ouersaw the workes of the house of our Lord: but they hired with it hewers of stones, and artificers of al workes, to repayre the house of our Lord: smithes also of yron and brasse, that that which began to fal, might be vpholden.quam dederunt rex et Jojada his qui præerant operibus domus Domini : at illi conducebant ex ea cæsores lapidum, et artifices operum singulorum ut instaurarent domum Domini : fabros quoque ferri et æris, ut quod cadere cœperat, fulciretur.
13And they that wrought did industriously, and the breach of the walls was closed by their hands, and they raised the house of our Lord into the old state, and made it stand firmly.And they that wrought did industriously, and the breach of the walles was closed by their handes, and they raysed the house of our Lord into the old state, and made it stand firmely.Egeruntque hi qui operabantur industrie, et obducebatur parietum cicatrix per manus eorum, ac suscitaverunt domum Domini in statum pristinum, et firmiter eam stare fecerunt.
14And when they had accomplished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Joiada: of the which were made vessels of the temple to the ministry, and for holocausts, phials also, and other vessels of gold and silver: and holocausts were offered in the house of our Lord continually all the days of Joiada.And when they had accomplished al the workes, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Ioiada: of the which were made vessels of the temple to the ministerie, and for holocaustes, phials also, and other vessels of gold and siluer: and holocaustes were offered in the house of our Lord continually al the daies of Ioiada.Cumque complessent omnia opera, detulerunt coram rege et Jojada reliquam partem pecuniæ : de qua facta sunt vasa templi in ministerium, et ad holocausta, phialæ quoque, et cetera vasa aurea et argentea : et offerebantur holocausta in domo Domini jugiter cunctis diebus Jojadæ.
15But Joiada became old being full of days, and died when he was an hundred and thirty years old.But Ioiada became old being ful of dayes, and died when he was an hundred and thirtie yeares old.Senuit autem Jojada plenus dierum, et mortuus est cum esset centum triginta annorum :
16And they buried him in the city of David with the kings, because he had done good with Israel, and with his house.And they buried him in the citie of Dauid with the kinges, because he had done good with Israel, and with his house.sepelieruntque eum in civitate David cum regibus, eo quod fecisset bonum cum Israël, et cum domo ejus.
17And after that Joiada was dead, the princes of Juda went in, and adored the king, who being altered by their obsequiis: helpfulness, usefulness; obsequious compliance, flattering deference, agreed to them.And after that Ioiada was dead, the princes of Iuda went in, and adored the king, who being altered by their seruiceablenesse, agreed to them.Postquam autem obiit Jojada, ingressi sunt principes Juda, et adoraverunt regem : qui delinitus obsequiis eorum, acquievit eis.
18And they forsook the temple of our Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves, and sculptilibus: graven idols, carved idols, and there came wrath against Juda, and Jerusalem for this sin.And they forsooke the temple of our Lord the God of their fathers, and serued groues, and sculptilles, and there came wrath agaynst Iuda, and Ierusalem for this sinne.Et dereliquerunt templum Domini Dei patrum suorum, servieruntque lucis et sculptilibus : et facta est ira contra Judam et Jerusalem propter hoc peccatum.
19And he sent them prophets, that they should return to our Lord, whom protesting they would not hear.And he sent them prophetes, that they should returne to our Lord, whom protesting they would not heare.Mittebatque eis prophetas ut reverterentur ad Dominum, quos protestantes illi audire nolebant.
20The spirit of God therefore induit: put money into; clothed, endued Zacharias the son of Joiada the Priest, & he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith our Lord God: Why transgress you the precept of our Lord, which thing shall not profit you, & have forsaken our Lord, that he should forsake you?The spirit of God therfore inuested Zacharias the sonne of Ioiada the Priest, & he stood in the sight of the people, and sayd to them: Thus sayth our Lord God: Why transgresse you the precept of our Lord, which thing shal not profit you, & haue forsaken our Lord, that he should forsake you?Spiritus itaque Dei induit Zachariam filium Jojadæ sacerdotem, et stetit in conspectu populi, et dixit eis : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Quare transgredimini præceptum Domini, quod vobis non proderit, et dereliquistis Dominum ut derelinqueret vos ?
21Who being gathered against him, they threw stones according to the king's commandement, in the court of the house of our Lord.Who being gathered agaynst him, they threw stones according to the kinges commandement, in the court of the house of our Lord.Qui congregati adversus eum, miserunt lapides juxta regis imperium in atrio domus Domini.
22And Joas the king did not remember the mercy, that Joiada his father had done with him, but he killed his son. Who when he died, said: Our Lord see, and requirat: need; demand requital for, call to account it.And Ioas the king did not remember the mercie, that Ioiada his father had done with him, but he killed his sonne. Who when he died, sayd: Our Lord see, and require it.✦Et non est recordatus Joas rex misericordiæ quam fecerat Jojada pater illius secum, sed interfecit filium ejus. Qui cum moreretur, ait : Videat Dominus, et requirat.
23And when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him: & it came into Juda & Jerusalem, & slew all the princes of the people, and all the pray they sent to the king into Damascus.And when a yeare was come about, the armie of Syria came vp against him: & it came into Iuda & Ierusalem, & slewe al the princes of the people, and al the pray they sent to the king into Damascus.Cumque evolutus esset annus, ascendit contra eum exercitus Syriæ : venitque in Judam et Jerusalem, et interfecit cunctos principes populi, atque universam prædam miserunt regi in Damascum.
24And whereas there was come a very small number of the Syrians, our Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, for that they had forsaken our Lord the God of their fathers: on Joas also they exercised ignominious judgments.And wheras there was come a very smal number of the Syrians, our Lord deliuered into their handes an infinit multitude, for that they had forsaken our Lord the God of their fathers: on Ioas also they exercised ignomious iudgementes.Et certe cum permodicus venisset numerus Syrorum, tradidit Dominus in manibus eorum infinitam multitudinem, eo quod dereliquissent Dominum Deum patrum suorum : in Joas quoque ignominiosa exercuere judicia.
25And departing they left him in great diseases: and his servants rose against him, for revenge of the blood of the son of Joiada the priest, & they slew him in his bed, & he died: and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the kings' sepulchres.And departing they left him in great diseases: and his seruantes rose agaynst him, for reuenge of the bloud of the sonne of Ioiada the priest, & they slewe him in his bed, & he dyed: and they buried him in the Citie of Dauid, but not in the kinges sepulchres.Et abeuntes dimiserunt eum in languoribus magnis : surrexerunt autem contra eum servi sui in ultionem sanguinis filii Jojadæ sacerdotis, et occiderunt eum in lectulo suo, et mortuus est : sepelieruntque eum in civitate David, sed non in sepulchris regum.
26And there conspired against him Zabad the son of Semmaath an Ammonitess, & Jozabad the son of Semarith a Moabitess.And there conspired against him Zabad the sonne of Semmaath an Ammonitesse, & Iozabad the sonne of Semarith a Moabitesse.Insidiati vero sunt ei Zabad filius Semmaath Ammanitidis, et Jozabad filius Semarith Moabitidis.
27Moreover his children, and the sum of money, which was gathered under him, & the repairing of the house of God are written more diligently in the Book of kings: and Amasias his son reigned for him.Moreouer his children, and the summe of money, which was gathered vnder him, & the repayring of the house of God are writen more diligently in the Booke of kinges: and Amasias his sonne reigned for him.Porro filii ejus, ac summa pecuniæ quæ adunata fuerat sub eo, et instauratio domus Dei, scripta sunt diligentius in libro regum : regnavit autem Amasias filius ejus pro eo.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.