24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen 1 assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple. 24:13 They worked hard and made the repairs. 2 They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. 3
24:27 The list of Joash’s 4 sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God’s temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. 5 His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “doers of the work.”
2 tn Heb “and the doers of the work worked, and the repairs went up for the work by their hand.”
3 tn Heb “and they caused the house of God to stand according to its measurements and they strengthened it.”
4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joash) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “And his sons and the abundance of the oracle[s] against him, and the founding of the house of God, look are they not written on the writing of the scroll of the kings?”