Then Jehoiada the Priest took a chest and bored an hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the [a]right side, as every man cometh into the Temple of the Lord. And the Priests that kept the [b]door, put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.

10 And when they saw there was much money in the chest, the king’s Secretary came up and the high Priest, and put it up after that they had told the money that was found in the house of the Lord,

11 And they gave the money made ready into the hands of them, [c]that undertook the work, and that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of the Lord,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:9 That is, on the South side.
  2. 2 Kings 12:9 Or, vessel.
  3. 2 Kings 12:11 For the King had appointed others which were meet for that purpose, 2 Kings 22:5.

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