Iehoas was seven yeare olde
when he was made kyng. And
he beganne to raygne the seu&ebar;th
yeare of Iehu, ∧ raygned fourtye
yeare in Ierusalem. His mothers
name was Zebiah Bersabe. And he dyd
that pleased the Lorde, as longe as Iehoiada
the Prieste enformed hym. But they toke not
awaye the hyllaultares, for the people slue ∧
offered styll in the hyllaultares.
And Iehoas sayde to the prieste: all the syluer
that is dedicate ∧ brought to the house of
the Lorde in curraunt money, that is to saye,
the money that euerye man note is set at, with all
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Iehoahaz. Ioas.
the moneye that euerye mannes herte geueth
hym to brynge into the house of the Lord, let
the priestes take it to them, euery man of hys
acquayntaunce, and let them repayre the broken
places of the temple in all places where
ought is founde decayed.
B Neuerthelater the priestes had not mended
vnto the .xxiij. yeare of Iehoas, that was decayed
in the temple. Then kynge Iehoas called
for Iehoiada the priest, ∧ for the other priestes
also, and sayde to them: why repayre ye
not the broken places of the t&ebar;ple? Now therfore
se that ye receyue no more money of your
aquayntaunce, but delyuer it to repayre the t&ebar;ple
wythall. And the priestes consented to receyue
no more moneye of the people: But
that it shulde go to the mendynge of the temple.
Then Iehoiada the priest toke a cofer and
bored an hoale in the lyd of it, ∧ put it besyde
the aultare on the ryght syde as a m&abar; cometh
into the house of the Lorde. And into that dyd
the priestes that kepte the dores, put all the money
that was brought into the house of þe; lord.
And when they sawe that there was muche
money in the cofer note the kinges scribe, ∧ þe; hye
prieste came, and knyt vp the moneye þt; was
founde in the house of the Lorde, after they
had tolde it.
C And they gaue the moneye by sommes into
the handes of the worcke men that had þe; ouersyght
of the house of the Lord: ∧ they brought
it oute to the carp&ebar;ters ∧ buylders þt; wrought
vpon the house of the Lorde, ∧ to masons and
hewers of stone, to bye tymbre ∧ fre stone, to
repayre the decaye in the house of the Lorde,
∧ all þt; that neaded repayrynge in the house:
howe be it there was not made in the house of
the Lorde, booles of syluer, shredyng knyues,
basens trompettes or any other instrumentes
of goulde or syluer, of that money that was
brought for the house of the Lorde. For they
gaue that to the worckemen, to repayre therewyth
the house of the Lorde. Moreouer they
rekened not with the men, into whose handes
they delyuered the money to be bestowed on
worckemen: But they dyd it euen of fidelitye.
How be it trespace moneye and synne money
myght not be broughte into the house of the
Lorde, for it was the priestes.
D Then came Hazael kynge of Syrya, and
fought agaynste Geth, and toke it, ∧ apointed
hym selfe to go vp to Ierusalem. But Iehoas
kyng of Iuda toke all the dedicate thynges þt;
Iehosaphat Iehoram ∧ Ohoziah his fathers
kynges of Iuda, had dedicate, ∧ þt; he hym self
had dedicated, ∧ al the gould þt; coulde be fo&ubar;d
in the treasure of the house of the Lorde ∧ of
the kinges house, ∧ sent it to Hazael Kynge of
Syrya: and so he departed from Ierusalem.
The remnaunt of the actes of Iehoas ∧ al
he dyd, are writen in the chronicles of the kinges
of Iuda. And his owne seruauntes arose
and wroughte treason, and slue Iehoas in the
house Melo, in the way doune to Sela. Iozabar
the sonne of Semaath and Iehozabad the
sonne of Somer hys seruauntes, smote hym,
that he dyed. And they buryed hym wyth his
fathers in the cytye of Dauid. And Amaziah
hys sonne raygned in hys steade.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
