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Jehoash did what the Lord considered to be right during the entire time when Jehoiada the priest was instructing him, except that the high places were not demolished, so the people continued to sacrifice and burn incense on the high places.

Jehoash Institutes Temple Repairs

Jehoash spoke to the priests about all of the proceeds[a] of the consecrated gifts that were being brought into the Lord’s Temple, cash from every man who was traveling through the area,[b] cash obtained by personal assessment,[c] and all the cash that came through voluntary gifts[d] into the Lord’s Temple:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:4 Lit. silver; i.e., money from conversion of gifts into cash
  2. 2 Kings 12:4 The Heb. lacks the area
  3. 2 Kings 12:4 Lit. cash from souls to their appointment
  4. 2 Kings 12:4 Lit. through the heart of a man