2 Kings 12:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ Jehoiada the priest took a box and made a hole in the ·top of it [lid]. Then he put it by the altar, on the right side as the people came into the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord. The priests guarding the ·doorway [entrance; threshold] put all the money brought to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord into the box.

¹⁰ Each time the priests saw that the box was full of money, the king’s royal secretary and the high priest came. They counted the money that had been brought to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, and they put it into bags. ¹¹ Next they weighed the money and gave it to the people in charge of the work on the ·Temple [^Lhouse]. With it they paid the carpenters and the builders who worked on the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord,