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10 So all the princes and all the people gladly brought their tax and placed it into the chest until they had completed paying the tax.[a] 11 Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officials by the descendants of Levi, the royal secretary and the chief priest’s designated officer would come, empty the chest, and take it back to its place. They did this day after day until they had collected a large amount of cash.[b]

12 Both the king and Jehoiada paid the money to those who were working to maintain the service of the Lord’s Temple, and they, in turn, hired masons and carpenters to restore the Lord’s Temple. Iron and bronze workers also were brought in to repair the Lord’s Temple.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 24:10 The Heb. lacks paying the tax.
  2. 2 Chronicles 24:11 Lit. silver