8
And at the king’s commandment they made an ark and set it outside at the gate of the house of the LORD.
9
And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in to the LORD the collection
that Moses the slave 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 ark until they had fulfilled
their duty.
11
Now it came to pass, that at what time the ark was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that
there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the ark and took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance.
12
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those that did the work of the service of the house of the LORD and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD and also those that wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.