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2 Kings 12:6-16

6Butitwasso,thatinthethreeandtwentieth yearofking JehoashthepriestsH3548hadnotrepairedH2388thebreachesofthehouseH1004.

7ThenkingH4428JehoashH3060calledforJehoiadathepriestH3548,andfortheotherpriestsH3548,andsaid untothem,WhyrepairH2388yenotthebreachesofthehouseH1004?nowthereforetakeH2388nomoremoneyfromyouracquaintance,butdeliveritforthebreachesofthehouseH1004.

8AndthepriestsH3548consentedthattheyshouldtakeH3947nomoremoneyH3701fromthepeople,neitherrepairH2388thebreachesofthehouseH1004.

9ButJehoiadathepriestH3548tookH3947achest,andboredaholeinthelidofit,andsetitbesidethealtar,ontheright sideasonecomethintothehouseH1004ofJehovah:andthepriestsH3548thatkeptthethresholdputtherein allthemoneyH3701thatwasbroughtintothehouseH1004ofJehovah.

10Anditwasso,whentheysawthattherewasmuchmoneyH3701inthechestH727,thattheking’s scribeandthehighpriestH3548cameH935up,andtheyputH5414upinbagsandcountedthemoneyH3701thatwasfoundinthehouseH1004ofJehovah.

11AndtheygavethemoneyH3701thatwasH1961weighedoutintothehandsofthemthatdidthework,thathadtheoversightofthehouseH1004ofJehovah:andtheypaiditouttothecarpentersandthebuilders,thatwroughtuponthehouseH1004ofJehovah,

12andtothemasonsandthehewersofstone,andforbuyingtimberandhewn stonetorepairthebreachesofthehouseH1004ofJehovah,andforallthatwaslaidoutforthehouseH1004torepairit.

13ButtherewerenotmadeH2388forthehouseH1004ofJehovahcupsofsilver, snuffers, basins, trumpets,anyvesselsofgold,orvesselsofsilver,ofthemoneythatwasbroughtH3318intothehouseH1004ofJehovah;

14fortheygavethattothemthatdidthework,andrepaired therewiththehouseH1004ofJehovah.

15Moreovertheyreckonednotwiththemen,intowhosehandtheydeliveredthemoneytogiveH5414tothemthatdidtheworkH4399;fortheydealt faithfully.

16ThemoneyH3701forthetrespass-offerings,andthemoneyH3701forthesin-offerings,wasnotbroughtintothehouseofJehovah:itwasthepriests’.

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