13 These workers went right to work repairing the temple, and when they were finished, it looked as good as new.
14 They did not use all the tax money for the repairs, so the rest of it was handed over to Joash and Jehoiada, who then used it to make dishes and other gold and silver objects for the temple.Sacrifices to please the Lord were offered regularly in the temple for as long as Jehoiada lived.
15 He died at the ripe old age of 130 years,
16 and he was buried in the royal tombs in Jerusalem, because he had done so much good for the people of Israel, for God, and for the temple.
17 After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the leaders of Judah went to Joash and talked him into doing what they wanted.
18 The people of Judah soon stopped worshiping in the temple of the Lord God and started worshiping idols and the symbols of the goddess Asherah. These sinful things made the Lord God angry with the people of Judah and Jerusalem,
19 but he still sent prophets who warned them to turn back to him. The people refused to listen.