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2 Kings 12:6-16

6Anditwas[sothat]inthetwenty-third yearofking Jehoash,thepriestsH3548hadnotrepairedH2388thebreachesofthehouseH1004.

7ThenkingH4428JehoashH3060calledforJehoiadathepriestH3548,andthepriestsH3548,andsaidtothem,WhyhaveyenotrepairedH2388thebreachesofthehouseH1004?Andnowreceivenomoneyofyouracquaintances,butgiveitforthebreachesofthehouseH1004.

8AndthepriestsH3548consentedtoreceiveH3947nomoneyH3701ofthepeople,andthattheyshouldonlyrepairH2388thebreachesofthehouseH1004.

9AndJehoiadathepriestH3548tookH3947achest,andboredaholeinthelid,andsetitbesidethealtar,ontheright sideasonecomesintothehouseH1004ofJehovah;andthepriestsH3548thatkeptthedoorputintoitallthemoneyH3701broughtintothehouseH1004ofJehovah.

10AnditcameH935topasswhentheysawthattherewasmuchmoneyH3701inthechestH727,thattheking's scribeandthehighpriestH3548cameH935up,andtheytiedupandcountedthemoneyH3701thatwasfoundinthehouseH1004ofJehovah.

11AndtheygavethemoneyH3701, weighedoutintothehandsofthemthatdidthework,whowereH1961appointedH4487overthehouseH1004ofJehovah;andtheylaiditouttothecarpentersandbuildersthatwroughtuponthehouseH1004ofJehovah,

12andtomasons,andhewersofstone,andtobuytimberandhewn stonetorepairthebreachesofthehouseH1004ofJehovah,andforallthathadtobelaidoutonthehouseH1004forrepairs.

13HowevertherewerenotmadeH2388forthehouseH1004ofJehovahbasonsofsilver, knives, bowls, trumpets, noranyutensilofgoldorutensilofsilver,ofthemoneythatwasbroughtH3318[into]thehouseH1004ofJehovah;

14buttheygavethattotheworkmen,andrepairedthehouseH1004ofJehovahwithit.

15AndtheydidnotreckonwiththemenintowhosehandtheygaveH5414themoneytobebestowedonworkmen;fortheydealt faithfully.

16ThemoneyH3701oftrespass-offerings,andthemoneyH3701ofsin-offerings,wasnotbroughtintothehouseofJehovah:itwasforthepriests.

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