2 Chronicles 24:8 — Meaning and Application

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.”

2 Chronicles 24:8

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And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, {according to the commandment} of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection {that} Moses the servant of God {laid} upon Israel in the wilderness. {a proclamation: Heb. a voice}

And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

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2 Chronicles 24:1

"Joash {was} seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Zibiah of Beersheba."

2 Chronicles 24:2

"And Joash did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest."

2 Chronicles 24:3

"And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters."

2 Chronicles 24:4

"And it came to pass after this, {that} Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. {to repair: Heb. to renew}"

2 Chronicles 24:5

"And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened {it} not."

2 Chronicles 24:6

"And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, {according to the commandment} of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?"

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