2 Chronicles 24:8

8 So the king gave command, and they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 24:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 24:8

And at the king's commandment they made a chest
(See Gill on 2 Kings 12:9).

2 Chronicles 24:8 In-Context

6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the covenant?"

7 For the children of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had even used all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Baals.

8 So the king gave command, and they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord.

9 A proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.

10 All the leaders and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until it was full.