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However, it was not long before the king suffered punishment for
his transgression; for when Hazael, king of Syria, made an irruption into
his country, and when he had overthrown Gath, and spoiled it, he made an
expedition against Jerusalem; upon which Jehoash was afraid, and emptied
all the treasures of God and of the kings [before him], and took down the
gifts that had been dedicated [in the temple], and sent them to the king
of Syria, and procured so much by them, that he was not besieged, nor his
kingdom quite endangered; but Hazael was induced by the greatness of the
sum of money not to bring his army against Jerusalem; yet Jehoash fell
into a severe distemper, and was set upon by his friends, in order to revenge
the death of Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada. These laid snares for the
king, and slew him. He was indeed buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal
sepulchers of his forefathers, because of his impiety. He lived forty-seven
years, and Amaziah his son succeeded him in the kingdom.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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