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2 Kings 12 Translation Questions
Q? Why did Joash do what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the time?
A. Joash did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the time, because Jehoiada the priest was instructing him. [12:2]
Q? By what were the people motivated to give money for the temple?
A. The people were motivated by Yahweh in their hearts to give. [12:4]
Q? Why did Joash tell the priests to take no more money from the taxpayers?
A. Joash told the priests this because they had not repaired anything in the temple. [12:6-7]
Q? Who put money into the chest?
A. The priests who were guarding the temple entrance put into the chest all the money that was brought to the house of Yahweh. [12:9]
Q? For what did the workers use the money?
A. The workers used the money for buying timber and cutting stone to repair the temple of Yahweh, and for all that was needed to be paid to repair it. [12:12]
Q? Why was the money for the guilt offerings and the money for the sin offerings not brought into the temple of Yahweh?
A. The money for the guilt offerings and the money for the sin offerings was not brought into the temple of Yahweh, because it belonged to the priests. [12:16]
Q? How did King Joash prevent King Hazael from attacking Jerusalem?
A. Joash took all the holy objects that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah had consecrated to Yahweh, his own holy things, and all the gold that was found in the storerooms of the houses of Yahweh and of the king, and he sent them to Hazael, king of Aram. Then Hazael went away from Jerusalem. [12:18]
Q? Who attacked Joash?
A. Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, his servants, attacked Joash. [12:21]