2 Chronicles 24:8

2 Chronicles 24:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then at the king’s command they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So now the king ordered a chest to be made and set outside the gate leading to the Temple of the Lord.

Context of 2 Chronicles 24:8

6So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?" 7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Baals. So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord. 9And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness. 10And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.

2 Chronicles 24:8 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ אֲר֣וֹן אֶחָ֑ד וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֛הוּ בְּשַׁ֥עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה חֽוּצָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And at the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• commandmentאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• they madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• chestאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• and setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• it withoutחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• at the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 24:8

• 2 Kings 12:8So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.
• Mark 12:41And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 24:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8They made a chest - See the notes on the parallel places, 2 Kings 12:4; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8We do not know when Joash first tried to refurbish the temple. After failing to raise funds the first time, Joash called Jehoiada again in the twenty-third year of his reign (2 Kings 12:6). The priests might not have acted because they disagreed about who should fund and oversee the restoration. The king criticized Jehoiada for not acting and suggested a plan to make the offering more voluntary.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-144-14. Joash was minded to repair the house of the Lord--(See on 2Ki 12:4-16). 2Ch 24:15, 16. Jehoiada Being Dead.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 24:8

• Chest
• Jehoiada
• Joash
• Liberality
• Priest
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Chest
• Jehoash; Joash
• Jehoiada
• Jerusalem
• Jesus Christ
• Priest, High
• Tax; Taxing
• Treasury, (of Temple)

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings