Verse 8
2 Chronicles 24:8
World English Bible
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So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of Yahweh’s house.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂ֖וּ אֲר֣וֹן אֶחָ֑ד וַֽ/יִּתְּנֻ֛/הוּ בְּ/שַׁ֥עַר בֵּית יְהוָ֖ה חֽוּצָ/ה
English Translation
And the king said, "Let them make one ark and set it at the gate of the house of the Lord outside."
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mothe...
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2
Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
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3
Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
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4
After this, Joash intended to restore Yahweh’s house.
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5
He gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah,...
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6
The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, “Why haven’t you required of the Levites to...
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7
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God (Elohim)’s house; and they also gave...
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8
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of Yahweh’s house.
9
They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Yahweh the tax that Moses the...
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10
All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had...
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11
Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw...
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12
The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of Yahweh’s house. They hired...
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13
So the workmen worked, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands. They set up God (Elohi...
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14
When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which...
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15
But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died. He was one hundred thirty years old when he...
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16
They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God...
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17
Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came, and bowed down to the king. Then the kin...
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18
They abandoned the house of Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles...
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19
Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to Yahweh, and they testified against them; but th...
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20
The Spirit of God (Elohim) came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the...
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21
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court o...
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22
Thus Joash the king didn’t remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but kill...
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23
At the end of the year, the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jeru...
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24
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army...
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25
When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against hi...
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26
These are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad th...
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27
Now concerning his sons, the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the rebuilding of God (Elohim...
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