2 Kings 12:18
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And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
In other translations
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.So King Joash of Judah took all the sacred objects dedicated by his fathers—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the kings of Judah—along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. So Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקַּחvaiyikachand he tookH3947יְהוֹאָשׁyeho'ashJehoashH3060מֶלֶךְ־melekh-[the] king ofH4428יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063אֵת'et<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הַקֳּדָשִׁיםhakodashimthe holy thingsH6944אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834הִקְדִּישׁוּhikdishuthey had consecratedH6942יְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafatJehoshaphatH3092וִיהוֹרָםvihoramand JehoramH3088וַאֲחַזְיָהוּva'achazyahuand AhaziahH274אֲבֹתָיו'avotavancestors hisH1מַלְכֵיmalkhei[the] kings ofH4428יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853קֳדָשָׁיוkodashavown holy things hisH6944וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הַזָּהָבhazahavthe goldH2091הַנִּמְצָאhanimtza'which was foundH4672בְּאֹצְרוֹתbe'otzerotin [the] treasuries ofH214בֵּית־beit-[the] house ofH1004יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וּבֵיתuveitand [the] house ofH1004הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וַיִּשְׁלַחvaiyishlachand he sent [them]H7971לַחֲזָאֵלlachaza'elto HazaelH2371מֶלֶךְmelekh[the] king ofH4428אֲרָם'aramAramH758וַיַּעַלvaiya'aland he went upH5927מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃yerushalimJerusalemH3389
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Related verses
- 1 Kings 15:18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 2 Kings 18:15-1615 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace. 16 At that time Hezekiah stripped the gold with which he had plated the doors and doorposts of the temple of the LORD, and he gave it to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 12:4And Jehoash 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,Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 16:2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben–hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,So Asa withdrew the silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he sent it with this message to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:
- 1 Kings 14:26And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.
- 2 Kings 16:8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
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People and places
People: Ahaziah, Hazael, Jehoram, Jehoshaphat, Joash (son of Ahaziah), Judah