1. Joash began to rule during Jehu’s seventh year as king of Israel. Joash ruled 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother was named Zibiah of Beersheba.
10. Whenever the king’s secretary and the high priest saw that the box was full, they counted all the money that had been given for the Lord’S Temple and put it in bags.
11. Then they paid the men who were in charge of the work on the Lord’S Temple. They paid the carpenters and other builders who worked on the Lord’S Temple.
12. They used that money to pay the stoneworkers and stonecutters, and they used it to buy timber, cut stone, and everything else to repair the Lord’S Temple.
13-14. People gave money for the Lord’S Temple, but the priests could not use this money to make silver cups, snuffers, basins, trumpets, or any of the gold and silver dishes that were to be used inside the Lord’S temple. This money was used only to pay the workers who repaired the Lord’S Temple.