And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

After this Joas had a mind to repair the house of the Lord.

And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah.

And it cometh to pass after this, it hath been with the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah,

Now after this Joash had a desire to put the house of the Lord into good order again;

It happened after this, that Joash intended to restore the house of the LORD.

After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.

To repair the house of the Lord - During the reigns of Joram and Athaliah, the temple of God had been pillaged to enrich that of Baal, and the whole structure permitted to fall into decay; see 2-Chronicles 24:7.

And it came to pass after this,.... After his marriage, when he was about twenty or twenty one years of age, perhaps:
that Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord; which in some places might be fallen to decay, having been built one hundred and fifty years or more, and in others defaced by Athaliah, and needed ornamenting, see 2-Kings 12:4.

Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord--(See on 2-Kings 12:4-16).

As to the repair of the temple, see the commentary on 2-Kings 12:5-17, where both the formal divergences and the essential agreement of the two narratives are pointed out.