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In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash began to reign, and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
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And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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But the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.
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And Joash said to the priests, "All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
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let the priests take it to themselves, every man from his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found."
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But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said unto them, "Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? Now therefore receive no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house."
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And the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.