12. They also paid the stoneworkers and stonecutters. They used the money to buy timber and cut stone. The money was used to repair the damage of the Temple of the Lord. It paid for everything.
13. The money brought into the Temple of the Lord was not used to make silver cups. It was not used for wick trimmers, bowls or trumpets. And it wasn’t used for any gold or silver vessels.
14. They paid the money to the workers. And the workers used it to repair the Temple of the Lord.
15. They did not make the men tell how the money was spent. This was because the men were honest.
16. The money from the penalty offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the Temple of the Lord. It belonged to the priests.
17. About this time Hazael king of Aram attacked Gath and captured it. Then he went to attack Jerusalem.
18. But Joash king of Judah took all the holy things his ancestors had given. His ancestors were the kings of Judah—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah. He also took his own holy things. He took the gold that was found in the treasuries of the Temple of the Lord. And he took the gold from the palace. Joash sent all this treasure to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael turned away from Jerusalem.
19. Everything else Joash did is written down. It is in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.
20. His officers made plans against him. They killed him at Beth Millo on the road to Silla.
21. The officers who killed him were Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer. Joash was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem. And Amaziah, his son, became king in his place.