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10. For children as a sign of blessing see 1 Chron. 14:3-7 (David); 2 Chron. 11:18-23(Rehoboam); and 2 Chron. 13:21 (Abijah).11. Raymond B. Dillard, 2 Chronicles (WBC 15; Waco, Tex.: Word Books, 1987), 188.12. It is impossible to tell whether Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, the mother of Joash's sonAmaziah (2 Chron. 25:1), was one of the two women picked by Jehoiada.1192 Kings 12 2 Chronicles 244Afterwards Joash decided to renew thehouse of Yahweh.SAnd Jehoash said to the priests, "All thesilver of the votive gifts, which is broughtto the house of Yahweh - silver of thecensus tax, silver from the valuation ofpersons, or any silver that a person mayvoluntarily bring to the house ofYahweh- 135 He gathered the priests and Levites andsaid to them, "Go out to the cities of Judahand gather from all Israel silver to repairthe house of your God, year by year; andyou shall act quickly in this matter." Butthe Levites did notact quickly. 146 let the priests take for themselves, eachfrom his benefactors, and let them repairthe damage to the house, wherever damagemay be found."7 1n the twenty-third year of KingJehoash, the priests had not repaired thedamage to the house.eSo King Jehoash called to Jehoiada thepriest and to the other priests, and he saidto them, "Why have you not repaired thedamage to the house? Now, do not takesilver from your benefactors, but you shallgive it for the damage to the house."the king called to Jehoiada the chief, 15 andhe said to him, "Why have you not requiredthe Levites to bring from Judah andJerusalem the tax required by Moses theservant of Yahweh and by the congregationof Israel for the tent of testimony?"
M e priests agreed not to take silver fromthe people, and not to repair the damage tothe house.10 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and boreda hole in its lid and put it on the south sideof the altar, as one enters the house ofYahweh. The priests, the keepers of thethreshold, would put there all the silverbrought to the house of Yahweh.7 "As for Athaliah, that wicked woman, hersons have broken into the house of God,and they have also given the votive gifts ofthe house of Yahweh to the Baals."8 The king gave orders that they shouldmake a chest and put it outside the gate ofthe house of Yahweh.9They made a proclamation in Judah andJerusalem to bring to Yahweh the taxrequired by Moses the servant of God forIsrael in the desert.13. The translation follows the suggestions of Mordechai Cogan and Hayim Tadmor, IIKings (AB 11; Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday, 1988), 137.14. H. G. M. Williamson (I and 2 Chronicles [New Century Bible Commentary; GrandRapids: Eerdmans, 19821, 320-21) proposes that vv. 5b-6 are secondary additions by apro-priestly redactor. For counterarguments, see Dillard, 2 Chronicles, 189-90, and SaraJaphet, I and II Chronicles (OTL; Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993), 843. Japhetbelieves that the second occurrence of "Levites" in this verse refers to all members of thetribe, priests and Levites alike.15. Normally the leading priest is called "chief priest" in Chronicles. See v. 11 and 2Chron. 19:11 and 31:10.1202 Kings 12 2 Chronicles 2410 And all the officials and all the peoplerejoiced, and they brought [the tax] andthrew it into the chest until it was full."When they saw that there was much silverin the chest, the scribe of the king and thehigh priest would go up and bundle it upand count the money found in the house ofYahweh."Whenever someone brought the chest tothe king's officers by the hand of theLevites, when they saw that there wasmuch silver in it, the scribe of the king andthe officer of the chief priest would comeand empty the chest, take it, and return itto its place. So they did every day, andthey gathered much silver.
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