And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.

Then Jehoiada the priest took (A)a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who [a]kept the door put (B)there all the money brought into the house of the Lord. 10 So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s (C)scribe[b] and the high priest came up and [c]put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:9 guarded at the door
  2. 2 Kings 12:10 secretary
  3. 2 Kings 12:10 tied it up

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