2 Chronicles 24:8

Temple Repaired

8 So the king commanded, and 1they made a chest and set it outside by 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 priest and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the levy fixed by Moses the servant of the LORD on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?"
7 For the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God and even used the holy things of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the LORD .
9 They made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the LORD the levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
10 All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought in their levies and dropped them into the chest until they had finished.

Cross References 1

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California.  All rights reserved.