2 Chronicles 24:8

8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at 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 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 collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

7 For the sons of Athaliah that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD they bestowed upon Baalim.

8 And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without 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 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 made an end.