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Joash said to all the priests, ‘Bring together all the money that people have offered to the Lord in his temple. This includes:

the money that each person pays as his tax,

the money that people have given because of a promise,

and the money that people have chosen to give for the temple.

Each priest should receive the money that he needs to make repairs to the temple. When he sees that something is broken, he can use some of the people's money to mend it.’

When Joash had been king for 23 years, the priests had still not made any repairs to the temple.

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