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²tn Heb “and Jehoash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord all his days.”
³tn Heb “that which.” Jehoiada taught the king the Lord’s will.
⁴tn The words “I place at your disposal” are added in the translation for clarification.
⁵tn Heb “the silver of passing over a man.” The precise meaning of the phrase is debated, but rb^u* (’avar), “pass over,” probably refers here to counting, suggesting the reference is to a census conducted for taxation purposes. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
⁶tn Heb “the silver of persons, his valuation.” The precise meaning of the phrase is uncertain, but parallels in Lev 27 suggest that personal vows are referred to here. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 137.
⁷tn Heb “all the silver which goes up on the heart of a man to bring to the house of the Lord.”
⁸tn Heb “Let the priests take for themselves, each from his treasurer, and let them repair the damage of the temple, with respect to all the damage that is found there.” The word rK*m^ (makar), translated here “treasurer,” occurs only in this passage. Some suggest it means “merchant” or “benefactor.” Its usage in Ugaritic texts, where it appears in a list of temple officials, suggests that it refers in this context to individuals who were in charge of disbursing temple funds.
⁹tn Heb “Now, do not take silver from your treasurers, because for the damages to the temple you must give it.”
¹⁰tn Outside of this passage the verb tWa (’ut) appears only in Gen 34:15-22.
¹¹tn Heb “and not to repair the damages to the temple.” This does not mean that the priests were no longer interested in repairing the temple. As the following context makes clear, the priests decided to hire skilled workers to repair the damage to the temple, rather than trying to make the repairs themselves.
¹²tn Heb “on the right side of the altar as a man enters.”
¹³tn Heb “went up and tied [it] and counted the silver that was found in the house of the Lord.”
¹⁴tn Heb “would give.”
¹⁵tn Heb “doers of the work.”
¹⁶tn Heb “and for all that which was going out concerning the house for repair.”
¹⁷tn Heb “was given.”
¹⁸tn Heb “gave.”
¹⁹tn Heb “and they did not conduct a reckoning of the men who gave the silver into their hand to give to the doers of the work, for in honesty they were working.”
²⁰tn Heb “went up and fought against.”
²¹tn Heb “Hazael set his face to go up against Jerusalem.”
²²tn The object (“it all”) is supplied in the translation for clarification.
²³tn Heb “went up.”
²⁴tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?”
²⁵tn Heb “rose up and conspired [with] a conspiracy.”
²⁶tn Heb “which goes down [toward].”
²⁷tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”
²⁸tn Heb “they buried him.”