2 Kings 12:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So Joash collected everything he and his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah had dedicated to the LORD, as well as the gold in the storage rooms in the temple and palace. He sent it all to Hazael as a gift, and when Hazael received it, he ordered his troops to leave Jerusalem.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:26

He took everything of value from the temple and the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.

1 Kings 15:18

When Asa heard about this, he took the silver and gold from his palace and from the LORD's temple. He gave it to some of his officials and sent them to Damascus with this message for King Benhadad of Syria:

2 Kings 12:19

Everything else Joash did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah.

2 Kings 12:4

One day, Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that has been given to the LORD's temple, whether from taxes or gifts,

2 Kings 14:14

He took the gold and silver, as well as everything of value from the LORD's temple and the king's treasury. He took hostages, then returned to Samaria.

2 Kings 16:8

Along with the message, Ahaz sent silver and gold from the LORD's temple and from the palace treasury as a gift for the Assyrian king.

2 Kings 8:12

“Sir, why are you crying?” Hazael asked. Elisha answered, “Because I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn down their walled cities and slaughter their young men. You will even crush the heads of their babies and rip open their pregnant women.”

2 Chronicles 16:2

When Asa heard about this, he took the silver and gold from his palace and from the LORD's temple. Then he sent it to Damascus with this message for King Benhadad of Syria:

2 Chronicles 24:17

After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the leaders of Judah went to Joash and talked him into doing what they wanted.

Joel 3:5

You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples.