2 Chronicles 24:8

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."

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.

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

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,

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 was seven years old when he became king; he was king for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Gazelle (Zibiah). She was from Beersheba. ²Taught and trained by Jehoiada the priest, Joash did what pleased God throughout Jehoiada's lifetime. Jehoiada picked out two wives for him; he had a family of both sons and daughters. ⁴The time came when Joash determined to renovate The Temple of God . He got the priests and Levites together and said, "Circulate through the towns of Judah every year and collect money from the people to repair The Temple of your God. You are in charge of carrying this out." But the Levites dragged their feet and didn't do anything. ⁷ Then the king called in Jehoiada the chief priest and said, "Why haven't you made the Levites bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax Moses, servant of God and the congregation, set for the upkeep of the place of worship? You can see how bad things are—wicked Queen Athaliah and her sons let The Temple of God go to ruin and took all its sacred artifacts for use in Baal worship." ⁸Following 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." ¹⁰ The people and their leaders were glad to do it and cheerfully brought their money until the chest was full. ¹¹Whenever the Levites brought the chest in for a royal audit and found it to be full, the king's secretary and the official of the chief priest would empty the chest and put it back in its place. Day after day they did this and collected a lot of money. The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the managers of The Temple project; they in turn paid the masons and carpenters for the repair work on The Temple of God . The construction workers kept at their jobs steadily until the restoration was complete—the house of God as good as new! When they had finished the work, they returned the surplus money to the king and Jehoiada, who used the money for making sacred vessels for Temple worship, vessels for the daily worship, for the Whole-Burnt-Offerings, bowls, and other gold and silver liturgical artifacts. Whole-Burnt-Offerings were made regularly in The Temple of God throughout Jehoiada's lifetime. He died at a ripe old age—130 years old! They buried him in the royal cemetery because he had such a distinguished life of service to Israel and God and God's Temple. But after the death of Jehoiada things fell apart. The leaders of Judah made a formal presentation to the king and he went along with them. Things went from bad to worse; they deserted The Temple of God and took up with the cult of sex goddesses. An angry cloud hovered over Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin. God sent prophets to straighten them out, warning of judgment. But nobody paid attention. Then the Spirit of God moved Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest to speak up: "God's word: Why have you deliberately walked away from God 's commandments? You can't live this way! If you walk out on God , he'll walk out on you." But they worked out a plot against Zechariah, and with the complicity of the king—he actually gave the order!—they murdered him, pelting him with rocks, right in the court of The Temple of God . That's the thanks King Joash showed the loyal Jehoiada, the priest who had made him king. He murdered Jehoiada's son. Zechariah's last words were, "Look, God ! Make them pay for this!" A year or so later Aramean troops attacked Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, massacred the leaders, and shipped all their plunder back to the king in Damascus. The Aramean army was quite small, but God used them to wipe out Joash's large army—their punishment for deserting God , the God of their ancestors. Arameans implemented God's judgment against Joash. They left Joash badly wounded and his own servants finished him off—it was a palace conspiracy, avenging the murder of the son of Jehoiada the priest. They killed him in his bed. Afterward they buried him in the City of David, but he was not honored with a grave in the royal cemetery. The temple conspirators were Zabad, whose mother was Shimeath from Ammon, and Jehozabad, whose mother was Shimrith from Moab. The story of his sons, the many sermons preached to Joash, and the account of his repairs on The Temple of God can be found contained in the commentary on the royal history. Amaziah, Joash's son, was the next king.

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 24:6
Abraham said, "Oh no. Never. By no means are you to take my son back there. God , the God of Heaven, took me from the home of my father and from the country of my birth and spoke to me in solemn promise, ‘I'm giving this land to your descendants.' This God will send his angel ahead of you to get a wife for my son. And if the woman won't come, you are free from this oath you've sworn to me. But under no circumstances are you to take my son back there."

Acts 7:2
Stephen replied, "Friends, fathers, and brothers, the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before the move to Haran, and told him, ‘Leave your country and family and go to the land I'll show you.'

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 chest — 2 Kings 12:4, &c.