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Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.
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So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.
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And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.
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But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.
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And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.
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Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.
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And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.
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And the Lord sent them prophets to make them come back to him; and they gave witness against them, but they would not give ear.
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Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.
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But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
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So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!