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When they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the king's secretary and the cohen hagadol would come up, count the money found in the house of ADONAI and put it in bags.
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Then they would give the weighed-out money to those supervising the work in the house of ADONAI, who would use it to pay the carpenters and construction-workers doing the work in the house of ADONAI,
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on masons, stoneworkers, timber, worked stone and everything else needed for repairing the damaged places in the house of ADONAI.
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But none of the money brought into the house of ADONAI was used to make silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets or other articles of gold or silver for the house of ADONAI;
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because they gave the money to those doing the
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More-work, thus restricting its use to repairing the damage in the house of ADONAI. over, they did not require an accounting from the supervisors given the money to pay the workers, because they dealt honestly.
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Money from guilt offerings and sin offerings, however, was not brought into the house of ADONAI; it went to the cohanim.
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Haza'el king of Aram went up and fought against Gat; and after capturing it, Haza'el made his decision to attack Yerushalayim.
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Y'ho'ash king of Y'hudah took all the consecrated articles that Y'hoshafat, Y'horam and Achazyah, his ancestors, kings of Y'hudah, had dedicated, as well as his own consecrated articles and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of ADONAI and of the royal palace, and sent them to Haza'el king of Aram, who then withdrew from Yerushalayim.
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Other activities of Yo'ash and all his accomplishments are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Y'hudah.
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Then his servants got together, formed a conspiracy and murdered Yo'ash at Beit-Millo on the way down to Sila.