• 2 Chronicles 24:2

    And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:3

    And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:4

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

  • 2 Chronicles 24:5

    And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:6

    And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

  • 2 Chronicles 24:7

    For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:8

    And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:9

    And they made a proclamationb through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:10

    And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:11

    Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:12

    And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:13

    So the workmen wrought, and the workc was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:14

    And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offerd withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

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