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And Joas did that which was right before the Lord all the days that Joiada the priest taught him.

But yet he took not away the high places: for the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

And Joas said to the priests: O All the money of the sanctified things, which is brought into the temple of the Lord by those that pass, which is offered for the price of a soul, and which of their own accord, and of their own free heart they bring into the temple of the Lord:

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Joash did what was right(A) in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him. The high places,(B) however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

Joash said to the priests, “Collect(C) all the money that is brought as sacred offerings(D) to the temple of the Lord—the money collected in the census,(E) the money received from personal vows and the money brought voluntarily(F) to the temple.

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