Graphic Bible · Scene 19 of 22

Jehoash reluctantly gathers ancestral holy things and temple and palace gold into sealed chests for envoys to Hazael; Aramean army withdraws in distance.
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2 Kings 12:19

The treasury emptied

Joash Repairs the House · 2 Kings 12

Story guide: Joash sends dedicated gold to Hazael, who turns away.

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19Then Jehoash king of Judah took all the holy things that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, along with the holy things he himself had dedicated and all the gold in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and the royal palace. He sent all this to Hazael king of Aram, so Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

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