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For the house of the Lord had been broken up by Athaliah, that evil woman, and her sons; and all its holy things they had given to the Baals.
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So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.
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And an order was sent out through all Judah and Jerusalem that payment was to be made to the Lord of the tax which Moses, the servant of God, had put on Israel in the waste land.
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And all the chiefs and all the people came gladly and put their money into the chest, till they had all given.
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So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.
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Then the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were responsible for getting the work done on the Lord's house, and with it they got wall-builders and woodworkers and metal-workers to put the house of the Lord in good order again.
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So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.
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And when the work was done, they took the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and it was used for making the vessels for the house of the Lord, all the vessels needed for the offerings, the spoons and the vessels of gold and silver. And as long as Jehoiada was living, the regular burned offerings were offered in the house of the Lord.
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But Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he came to his end; he was a hundred and thirty years old at the time of his death.
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And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.
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Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.