16. The money from the guilt offerings and the offerings for sin was not brought into the Lord’s temple. It belonged to the priests.
17. At this time King Hazael of Aram fought against Gath and conquered it. He was also determined to attack Jerusalem.
18. So King Joash of Judah took all the gifts his ancestors Kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah of Judah, had dedicated to the Lord, the things he had dedicated to the Lord, and all the gold that could be found in the storerooms of the Lord’s temple and the royal palace. He sent these things to King Hazael of Aram, who called off the attack on Jerusalem.
19. Isn’t everything else about Joash—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah?
20. His own officials plotted against him and killed him at Beth Millo on the road that goes down to Silla.
21. Joash’s officials Jozacar, son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, son of Shomer, executed him. They buried him with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Amaziah succeeded him as king.