And the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ] In the registers and annals of those princes; some of them are to be met with in ( 2 Chronicles 24:1-27 ) .
17
About this same time, Aram's King Hazael came up, attacked Gath, and captured it. Next Hazael decided to march against Jerusalem.
18
Judah's King Jehoash took all the holy objects that had been dedicated by his ancestors-Judah's kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah-along with the holy objects he himself had dedicated, as well as all the gold in the treasure rooms of the LORD's temple and the palace, and he sent them to Aram's King Hazael. Hazael then pulled back from Jerusalem.
19
The rest of Jehoash's deeds and all that he accomplished, aren't they written in the official records of Judah's kings?
20
Jehoash's officials plotted a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo on the road that goes down to Silla.
21
It was Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his officials, who struck him so that he died. He was buried with his ancestors in David's City. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Heb Joash (also in 13:20); the king’s name is variously spelled in either long Jehoash or short Joash form. The latter is the form used in 2 Chron.