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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 24:8

The king ordered the Levites to make a box for contributions and to place it at the Temple gate.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chest;   Jehoiada;   Joash;   Liberality;   Priest;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Chests;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gates;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoash;   Jehoiada;   Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chest;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bag ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Jehoiada ;   Joash ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tax taxing taxation;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Chest;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chest;   Jehoash;   Jehoiada;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Tax;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Joash;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD.
King James Version
And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord .
English Standard Version
So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord .
New Century Version
King Joash commanded that a box for contributions be made. They put it outside, at the gate of the Temple of the Lord .
New English Translation
The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord 's temple.
Amplified Bible
So at the king's command they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore the King commaunded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of the Lord without.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the king said the word, and they made a chest and put it outside by the gate of the house of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
At the king's command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
Joash gave orders for a wooden box to be made and had it placed outside, near the gate of the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then, at the king's order, they made a box and placed it outside the entrance to the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,
Easy-to-Read Version
King Joash gave a command for a box to be made and put outside the gate at the Lord 's Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And at the kings commandment, they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the LORD.
Lexham English Bible
Then the king commanded, and they made a chest and put it at the gate outside the house of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And the king commanded, and they made one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah outside;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then commaunded the kynge to make a chest, and to set it without at the intraunce of the house of the LORDE:
American Standard Version
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And at the kinges commaundement they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lorde:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And at the kings commandement they made a chest, and set it without, at the gate of the house of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said, Let a box be made, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the Lord without.
English Revised Version
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng comaundide, and thei maden an arke, and settiden it bisidis the yate of the Lord with out forth.
Update Bible Version
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
New King James Version
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
So now the king ordered a chest to be made and set outside the gate leading to the Temple of the Lord .
New Life Bible
So the king had them make a box and set it outside by the gate of the Lord's house.
New Revised Standard
So the king gave command, and they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the king bade them , and they made a certain chest, - and set it in the gate of the house of Yahweh, outside.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king commanded, and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.
Revised Standard Version
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king speaketh, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,
THE MESSAGE
Following the king's orders, they made a chest and placed it at the entrance to The Temple of God . Then they sent out a tax notice throughout Judah and Jerusalem: "Pay the tax that Moses the servant of God set when Israel was in the wilderness."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 Joash became king of Judah at the age of seven, and he ruled in Jerusalem for forty years. His mother was Zibiah from the city of Beersheba. 2 He did what was pleasing to the Lord as long as Jehoiada the priest was alive. 3 Jehoiada chose two wives for King Joash, and they bore him sons and daughters. 4 After he had been king for a while, Joash decided to have the Temple repaired. 5 He ordered the priests and the Levites to go to the cities of Judah and collect from all the people enough money to make the annual repairs on the Temple. He told them to act promptly, but the Levites delayed, 6 so he called in Jehoiada, their leader, and demanded, "Why haven't you seen to it that the Levites collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax which Moses, the servant of the Lord , required the people to pay for support of the Tent of the Lord 's presence?" 7 (The followers of Athaliah, that corrupt woman, had damaged the Temple and had used many of the sacred objects in the worship of Baal.) 8 The king ordered the Levites to make a box for contributions and to place it at the Temple gate. 9 They sent word throughout Jerusalem and Judah for everyone to bring to the Lord the tax which Moses, God's servant, had first collected in the wilderness. 10 This pleased the people and their leaders, and they brought their tax money and filled the box with it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

at the king's: 2 Kings 12:8, 2 Kings 12:9, Mark 12:41

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:4 - sum the silver

Cross-References

Genesis 24:4
You must go back to the country where I was born and get a wife for my son Isaac from among my relatives."
Genesis 24:6
Abraham answered, "Make sure that you don't send my son back there!
Genesis 24:17
The servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a drink of water from your jar."
Genesis 24:20
She quickly emptied her jar into the animals' drinking trough and ran to the well to get more water, until she had watered all his camels.
Numbers 30:5
But if her father forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her father refused to let her keep it.
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her.
Joshua 9:20
We must let them live because of our promise; if we don't, God will punish us.
John 8:32
you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Acts 7:2
Stephen answered, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me! Before our ancestor Abraham had gone to live in Haran, the God of glory appeared to him in Mesopotamia

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And at the king's commandment they made a chest,....

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 24:8. They made a chest2 Kings 12:4, &c.


 
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