Then KingJehoashcalledfor Jehoiadathe priest,and for the [other] priestsand saidto them, "Whydo you not repairthe damagesof the house?Nowtherefore takeno[more] moneyfrom your acquaintances,but payit for the damagesof the house."
Now in the seventhyearJehoiadasentand broughtthe captainsof hundredsof the Caritesand of the guard,and broughtthem to him in the houseof the LORD.Then he madea covenantwith them and putthem underoathin the houseof the LORD,and showedthem the king'sson.
Jehoashdidrightin the sightof the LORDallhis daysin whichJehoiadathe priestinstructedhim.
But it cameabout that in the twenty-thirdyearof KingJehoashthe priestshad not repairedthe damagesof the house.
So the priestsagreedthat they would takeno[more] moneyfrom the people,norrepairthe damagesof the house.
Joabsaid,"May the LORDaddto His peoplea hundredtimesas many as they are! But, my lordthe king,are they not allmy lord'sservants?Whydoes my lordseekthisthing?Whyshould he be a causeof guiltto Israel?"
Now in the seventhyearJehoiadastrengthenedhimself, and tookcaptainsof hundreds:Azariahthe sonof Jeroham,Ishmaelthe sonof Johanan,Azariahthe sonof Obed,Maaseiahthe sonof Adaiah,and Elishaphatthe sonof Zichri,[and they entered] into a covenantwith him.
They buriedhim in the cityof Davidamongthe kings,becausehe had donewellin Israeland to Godand His house.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Thispeoplesays,"The timehas not come,[even] the timefor the houseof the LORDto be rebuilt."'"
