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Thursday, November 20th, 2025
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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New Century Version

2 Chronicles 24:8

King Joash commanded that a box for contributions be made. They put it outside, at the gate of the Temple of the Lord .

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 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,
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 was seven years old when he became king, and he ruled forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zibiah, and she was from Beersheba. 2 Joash did what the Lord said was right as long as Jehoiada the priest was alive. 3 Jehoiada chose two wives for Joash, and Joash had sons and daughters. 4 Later, Joash decided to repair the Temple of the Lord . 5 He called the priests and the Levites together and said to them, "Go to the towns of Judah and gather the money all the Israelites have to pay every year. Use it to repair the Temple of your God. Do this now." But the Levites did not hurry. 6 So King Joash called for Jehoiada the leading priest and said to him, "Why haven't you made the Levites bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax money that Moses, the Lord 's servant, and the people of Israel used for the Holy Tent?" 7 In the past the sons of wicked Athaliah had broken into the Temple of God and used its holy things for worshiping the Baal idols. 8 King Joash commanded that a box for contributions be made. They put it outside, at the gate of the Temple of the Lord . 9 Then the Levites made an announcement in Judah and Jerusalem, telling people to bring to the Lord the tax money Moses, the servant of God, had made the Israelites give while they were in the desert. 10 All the officers and people were happy to bring their money, and they put it in the box until the box was full.

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
Instead, go back to my country, to the land of my relatives, and get a wife for my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:6
Abraham said to him, "No! Don't take my son back there.
Genesis 24:17
The servant ran to her and said, "Please give me a little water from your jar."
Genesis 24:20
So she quickly poured all the water from her jar into the drinking trough for the camels. Then she kept running to the well until she had given all the camels enough to drink.
Numbers 30:5
But if her father hears about the promise or pledge and does not allow it, then the promise or pledge does not have to be kept. Her father would not allow it, so the Lord will free her from her promise.
Numbers 30:8
But if her husband hears about it and does not allow it, he cancels her pledge or the careless promise she made. The Lord will free her from keeping it.
Joshua 9:20
This is what we must do. We must let them live. Otherwise, God's anger will be against us for breaking the oath we swore to them.
John 8:32
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
Acts 7:2
Stephen answered, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to Abraham, our ancestor, in Mesopotamia before he lived in Haran.

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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