2 Chronicles 24:8

8 And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,

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 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses the servant of Jehovah [laid upon] the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

7 For the wicked Athaliah [and] her sons had devastated the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals.

8 And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,

9 and they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring to Jehovah the tribute of Moses the servant of God [laid upon] Israel in the wilderness.

10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished.