2Chronicles:24:1-16

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* Joash was seven years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem ; and his mother 's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba . * And Joash did what was right in the sight of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest . * And Jehoiada took for him two wives ; and he begot sons and daughters . * And it came to pass after this , that Joash was minded to renew the house of Jehovah . * And he gathered together the priests and the Levites , and said to them , Go out to the cities of Judah and collect of all Israel money for the repair of the house of your God from year to year , and ye shall hasten the matter . But the Levites hastened it not . * And the king called for Jehoiada the chief , and said to him , Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah [laid upon ] the congregation of Israel , for the tent of the testimony ? * For the wicked Athaliah [and ] her sons had devastated the house of God ; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals . * And the king commanded , and they made a chest , and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without , * and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem , to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God [laid upon ] Israel in the wilderness . * And all the princes and all the people rejoiced , and brought in and cast into the chest , until they had finished . * And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king 's control by the hand of the Levites , and when they saw that there was much money , the king 's scribe and high priest 's officer came , and they emptied the chest , and took it , and carried it to its place again . Thus they did day by day , and gathered money in abundance . * And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah , and they hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of Jehovah , and also such as wrought in iron and bronze , to repair the house of Jehovah . * So the workmen wrought , and the work was perfected by them , and they set the house of God in its state , and strengthened it . * And when they had finished , they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada ; and they made of it vessels for the house of Jehovah , utensils to minister , and with which to offer up , and cups , and utensils of gold and silver . And they offered up burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada . * And Jehoiada grew old and was full of days , and he died ; he was a hundred and thirty years old when he died . * And they buried him in the city of David among the kings , because he had done good in Israel , both toward God and toward his house .

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