2 Chronicles 24:8

8 At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:8 in Other Translations

8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the LORD.

8 So now the king ordered a chest to be made and set outside the gate leading to the Temple of the LORD .

8 Following the king's orders, they made a chest and placed it at the entrance to The Temple of God.

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

8 The king issued an order, and they made a box and placed it outside the gate of the LORD's temple.

8 At the king's command a chest was made and placed outside the gate of the Lord's temple.

8 King Joash commanded that a wooden chest be made. It was placed outside near the gate of the LORD's temple.

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 Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?”

7 Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.

8 At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the LORD.

9 A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness.

10 All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was full.