Jehoash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. Only (A)the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

The Temple to Be Repaired

Then Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money of the sacred things (B)which is brought into the house of the Lord, in current money, both (C)the money of each man’s assessment and all the money [a]which any man’s heart prompts him to bring into the house of the Lord,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 12:4 Lit which it comes into...to bring

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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