1. Jehoash was seven years old when he became king.
2. Jehoash began his reign in the seventh year of Jehu and he reigned 40 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
3. Now Jehoash did what was right in Adonai’s eyes all his days, just as Jehoiada the kohen instructed him.
4. The high places, however, were not taken away. The people were still sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.
5. Then Jehoash said to the kohanim, “All the money of the sacred donations brought to the House of Adonai—the money in exchange for each person’s valuation, as well as all the money that anyone’s heart prompts him to bring to the House of Adonai—
6. let the kohanim receive it, each from one of the treasurers, so they may repair the damage to the House wherever any damage is found.”
7. But by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the kohanim still had not repaired the damage to the House.