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And after this it happened; it had been in the heart of Joash to renew the house of Jehovah;

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 fully from year to year; and you shall do the matter quickly. But the Levites didnot act quickly.

And the king called for Jehoiada the head, and said to him, Why have you not required the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the offering of Moses, the servant of Jehovah, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of the testimony?

For the sons of Athaliah, the wicked one, have broken up the house of God, and also they have prepared all the holy things of the house of Jehovah for the Baals.

And the king commanded, and they made one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah outside;

and they gave a call in Judah and in Jerusalem to bring in to Jehovah the tribute of Moses, the servant of God, laid on Israel in the wilderness.

And all the leaders, and all the people rejoiced; and they brought in and threw into the chest until it was finished.

And it happened, at the time one brought in the chest to the king's overseers, by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the silver was much a scribe of the king came in, and an officer of the head priest, and they emptiedthe chest and took it up and returned it to its place; so they did day by day, and gathered much silver.

And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired stone cutters and carpenters to repair the house of Jehovah; and also artisans in iron and bronze to strengthen the house ofJehovah.

And the workmen did the work and the repair work prospered in their hands; and they set up the house of God by its proper measure, and made it strong.

And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the silver in before the king and Jehoiada; and they made vessels of it for the house of Jehovah, vessels of serving, and of offering, and spoons, even vessels of gold and silver; and theyoffered burnt offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada.