*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
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.
*More commentary available at chapter level.