7
For the sons of that wicked 'Atalyahu had broken up the house of God, and they had given all the consecrated things belonging to the house of ADONAI to the ba'alim.
8
Then, at the king's order, they made a box and placed it outside the entrance to the house of ADONAI.
9
They proclaimed throughout Y'hudah and Yerushalayim that the tax Moshe the servant of God had imposed on Isra'el in the desert should be brought in for ADONAI.
10
All the leaders and all the people were glad to bring in their contributions and put them in the box, until it was full.
11
When the box was brought to the king's officials by the L'vi'im, and when they saw how much money there was, the king's secretary and the chief cohen's official came and emptied the box; then they took it and returned it to its place. They did this daily, and they collected money in abundance.
12
The king and Y'hoyada gave it to those in charge of taking care of the house of ADONAI. They, in turn, hired stone-workers and carpenters to restore the house of ADONAI, also iron- and bronze-workers to repair the house of ADONAI.
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The workers got on with their tasks, so that the restoration progressed well, until they had returned the house of God to its earlier condition and strengthened it.
14
When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Y'hoyada, and it was used to make equipment for the house of ADONAI - articles for ministry, buckets, fire pans, and utensils of gold and silver. So they offered burnt offerings in the house of ADONAI regularly throughout the time of Y'hoyada.
15
But Y'hoyada grew old; and when he was full of days, he died. He was 130 years old when he died.
16
They buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had served Isra'el, God and his house well.
17
After Y'hoyada died, the leaders of Y'hudah came and prostrated themselves before the king. Then the king listened to them;