2 Kings 11:17, 2 Kings 11:18, 2 Kings 12:2-16, 2 Chronicles 24:4-14 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

2 Kings 12:2-16

2 And Jehoash did what was right in the sight of Yahweh all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 Only ^athe high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Jehoash Repairs the House of Yahweh

4 Then Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the sacred things ^awhich is brought into the house of Yahweh, both ^bthe money for each ¹numbered man—the money from each person’s assessment in the census—and all the money which any man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of Yahweh, 5 let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the ¹damages of the house wherever any damage may be found.”
6 Now it happened that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash ^athe priests had not repaired the damages of the house. 7 Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests and said to them, “Why do you not repair the damages of the house? So now, take no more money from your acquaintances, but give it over to pay for the damages of the house.” 8 So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.
9 But ^aJehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Yahweh; and the priests who kept watch over the threshold put in it all the money which was brought into the house of Yahweh. 10 Now it happened that when they saw that there was much money in the chest, ^athe king’s scribe and the high priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of Yahweh. 11 And they gave the money, which was weighed out, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and they ¹paid it out to the craftsmen of wood and the builders who worked on the house of Yahweh; 12 and ^ato the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of Yahweh, and for all that ¹was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 But ^athere were not made for the house of Yahweh ^bsilver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of Yahweh; 14 for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of Yahweh. 15 Moreover, ^athey did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they paid the money in order to pay those who did the work, for they were doing it faithfully. 16 The ^amoney from the guilt offerings and ^bthe money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of Yahweh; ^cit was for the priests.

2 Chronicles 24:4-14

The Levites Did Not Act Quickly

4 Now it happened afterwards, that Joash ¹had in his heart ^ato restore the house of Yahweh. 5 And he gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and gather money from all ^aIsrael to ¹repair the house of your God ²annually, and you shall do the matter quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly. 6 So the king called for Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem ^athe levy fixed by Moses the servant of Yahweh on the congregation of Israel ^bfor the tent of the testimony?” 7 For ^athe sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God and even ¹used the holy things of the house of Yahweh for the Baals.

The House of Yahweh Restored

8 So the king said the word, and ^athey made a chest and put it outside by the gate of the house of Yahweh. 9 ^aAnd they ¹made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to Yahweh ^bthe levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the officials and all the people were glad and brought in their levies and ¹dropped them into the chest until they had ²finished. 11 Now it happened that whenever the chest was brought in to the king’s officer by the hand of the Levites, and when ^athey saw that there was much money, then the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come, empty the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected much money. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and ¹carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also craftsmen in iron and bronze to ²repair the house of Yahweh. 13 So those who did the work labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they ¹restored the house of God ²according to its specifications and strengthened it. 14 When they had completed it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and it was made into utensils for the house of Yahweh, utensils for the ministry and the burnt offering, and pans and utensils of gold and silver. And they were offering burnt offerings in the house of Yahweh continually all the days of Jehoiada.