2Chronicles:24:4-14
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And it came to pass after this ,
that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD .
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And he gathered together the priests and the Levites ,
and said to them ,
Go out unto the cities of Judah ,
and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year ,
and see that ye hasten the matter .
Howbeit the Levites hastened it not .
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And the king called for Jehoiada the chief ,
and said unto him ,
Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection ,
according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD ,
and of the congregation of Israel ,
for the tabernacle of witness ?
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For the sons of Athaliah ,
that wicked woman ,
had broken up the house of God ;
and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim .
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And at the king '
s commandment they made a chest ,
and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD .
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And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem ,
to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness .
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And all the princes and all the people rejoiced ,
and brought in ,
and cast into the chest ,
until they had made an end .
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Now it came to pass ,
that at what time the chest was brought unto the king '
s office by the hand of the Levites ,
and when they saw that there was much money ,
the king '
s scribe and the high priest '
s officer came and emptied the chest ,
and took it ,
and carried it to his place again .
Thus they did day by day ,
and gathered money in abundance .
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And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD ,
and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD ,
and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD .
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So the workmen wrought ,
and the work was perfected by them ,
and they set the house of God in his state ,
and strengthened it .
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And when they had finished it ,
they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada ,
whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD ,
even vessels to minister ,
and to offer withal ,
and spoons ,
and vessels of gold and silver .
And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada .