1約阿施作猶大王（王下12:1~3）約阿施登基的時候是七歲，在耶路撒冷作王共四十年。他的母親名叫西比亞，是別是巴人。
1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah, of Beersheba.
2耶何耶大祭司在世的日子，約阿施行耶和華看為正的事。
2Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
3耶何耶大為他娶了兩個妻子，他就生了一些兒女。
3Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
4下令重修聖殿（王下12:4~16）此外，約阿施有意重修耶和華的殿，
4It happened after this, that Joash intended to restore the house of Yahweh.
5就召集了眾祭司和利未人，對他們說：“你們要去到猶大各城，向所有以色列人募捐金錢，可以年年修建你們 神的殿；你們應急速辦理這事。”可是利未人卻不急速辦理。
5He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter.” However the Levites didn’t do it right away.
6於是王把大祭司耶何耶大召來，對他說：“你為甚麼不命令利未人把耶和華的僕人摩西和以色列的會眾，為法櫃的會幕規定的稅款，從猶大和耶路撒冷徵收回來，作修殿的費用呢？”
6The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of Yahweh, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the tent of the testimony?”
7原來那惡婦亞他利雅的眾子曾經拆毀 神的殿，又把耶和華殿中一切分別為聖的物品用來供奉巴力。
7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God’s house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh to the Baals.
8於是王下令建造一個櫃，放在耶和華殿的門外；
8So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Yahweh.
9又在猶大和耶路撒冷發出通告，叫人把 神的僕人摩西，在曠野規定以色列人繳交的稅款帶來，獻給耶和華。
9They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Yahweh the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.
10眾領袖和人民都歡歡喜喜把稅款帶來，投進櫃中，直到他們都投完了。
10All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
11利未人把銀櫃抬到王指定負責這事的人那裡的時候，他們看見稅銀很多，王的書記和大祭司的屬員就來把銀櫃倒空，然後抬回原處。天天都是這樣，所以收集了很多銀子。
11It was so, that whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12王和耶何耶大把銀子交給耶和華殿的辦事人員，他們就雇了石匠和木匠，重建耶和華的殿，又雇了鐵匠和銅匠，重建耶和華的殿。
12The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also such as worked iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh.
13作工的人不住工作，重修的工程在他們手下順利進行；他們把 神的殿重建得和先前一樣，並且非常堅固。
13So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands, and they set up God’s house in its state, and strengthened it.
14他們完工以後，就把剩下的銀子送到王和耶何耶大面前，用來製造耶和華殿裡的器皿、供奉和獻祭所用的器皿、盤子，以及各種金銀器皿。耶何耶大在世的日子，眾人都常在耶和華的殿裡獻燔祭。
14When they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, of which were made vessels for the house of Yahweh, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15耶何耶大逝世耶何耶大年紀老了，壽數滿足就死了；他死的時候，是一百三十歲。
15But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he when he died.
16他和列王一同埋葬在大衛城裡，因為他在以色列為 神和 神的殿作了美善的事。
16They buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
17全國上下離棄耶和華耶何耶大死後，猶大的領袖們來朝拜王；王聽從了他們的主意。
17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them.
18他們離棄了耶和華他們列祖的 神的殿，去事奉亞舍拉和偶像。因為他們的罪， 神的忿怒臨到猶大和耶路撒冷。
18They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
19但耶和華仍然差派先知到他們中間，引導他們歸向耶和華；這些先知雖然警告他們，他們卻不肯聽從。
19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to Yahweh; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20撒迦利亞責民遭害那時， 神的靈臨到耶何耶大祭司的兒子撒迦利亞身上，他就站在眾民的面前，對他們說：“ 神這樣說：‘你們為甚麼違背耶和華的誡命，使你們不得亨通呢？因為你們離棄了耶和華，所以耶和華也離棄你們。’”
20The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you disobey the commandments of Yahweh, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you.’”
21眾人要殺害撒迦利亞，於是照著王的命令，在耶和華殿的院子裡用石頭把他打死。
21They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.
22約阿施王沒有記念撒迦利亞的父親耶何耶大對他所施的恩，反而殺了他的兒子。撒迦利亞臨死的時候，說：“願耶和華鑒察，並且責問你！”
22Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, “May Yahweh look at it, and repay it.”
23亞蘭軍攻打猶大（王下12:17~18）過了年，亞蘭的軍隊上來攻打約阿施；他們侵入猶大和耶路撒冷，殺了民間的領袖，又把他們的一切戰利品都送到大馬士革王那裡去。
23It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.
24亞蘭的軍隊雖然只來了一小隊人，耶和華卻把一支龐大的軍隊交在他們手裡；因為猶大人離棄了耶和華他們列祖的 神，亞蘭人向約阿施執行了懲罰。
24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
25約阿施被殺（王上12:19~21）亞蘭人離開約阿施的時候，他們丟下約阿施，因為他受了重傷，他的臣僕要殺害他，為了報復耶何耶大祭司的兒子流血的仇；他們在床上殺死他，他就死了；有人把他埋葬在大衛城裡，只是沒有埋葬在列王的陵墓裡。
25When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
26謀害他的是亞捫婦人示米押的兒子撒拔和摩押婦人示米利的兒子約薩拔。
26These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
27至於約阿施的眾子，以及許多警戒他的話，還有他重建 神的殿的事，都記在列王記的註釋上。約阿施的兒子亞瑪謝接續他作王。
27Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of God’s house, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. Amaziah his son reigned in his place.