2 Chronicles 24:4
2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3 Jehoiada took for himself two wives, and he had sons and daughters.
Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.
5 So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.
6 So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Some time later, Joash set his heart on repairing the house of the LORD.
- KJV
- And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
- WEB
- After this, Joash intended to restore the LORD’s house.
- ASV
- And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.
- BLB
- And it came to pass after this [that] it was with the heart of Joash to renew the house of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Siden fikk Joas i sinne å sette Herrens hus i stand.
- OTB
- Etter disse hendelsene besluttet Joasj å gjenopprette Herrens tempel.
- B1930
- Siden fikk Joas i sinne å sette Herrens hus i stand.