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And he gathered the priests and the Levites ,
and said to them , "
Go out to the cities of Judah ,
and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year ;
and see that you hasten the matter ."
But the Levites did not hasten it .
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So the king summoned Jehoi '
ada 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 ,
on the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony ?"
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For the sons of Athali '
ah ,
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 Ba '
als .
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So the king commanded ,
and they made a chest ,
and set it outside the gate of the house of the LORD .
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And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem ,
to bring in for the LORD the tax 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 their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished .
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And whenever the chest was brought to the king '
s officers by the Levites ,
when they saw that there was much money in it ,
the king '
s secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place .
Thus they did day after day ,
and collected money in abundance .
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And the king and Jehoi '
ada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the LORD ,
and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD ,
and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD .
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So those who were engaged in the work labored ,
and the repairing went forward in their hands ,
and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it .
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And when they had finished ,
they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoi '
ada ,
and with it were made utensils for the house of the LORD ,
both for the service and for the burnt offerings ,
and dishes for incense ,
and vessels of gold and silver .
And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoi '
ada .