1. In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash reigned. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebiah from Beersheba.
2. And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of the Lord, during all the days that Jehoiada, the priest, taught him.
3. Yet still he did not take away the high places. For the people were still immolating, and burning incense, in the high places.
4. And Jehoash said to the priests: "All of the money for the holy things, which has been brought into the temple of the Lord from those who pass by, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which they bring into the temple of the Lord willingly, from their own free heart:
5. let the priests, according to their ranks, take and use it in order to repair the surfaces of the house, wherever they see anything in need of repair."
6. And yet, even until the twenty-third year of king Jehoash, the priests did not repair the surfaces of the temple.
7. And king Jehoash called the high priest, Jehoiada, and the priests, saying to them: "Why have you not repaired the surfaces of the temple? Therefore, you may no longer accept money according to your ranks. Instead, return it in order that the temple may be repaired."
8. And so the priests were prohibited from accepting any more money from the people to repair the surfaces of the house.