Verse 11
2 Chronicles 24:11
Bible in Basic English
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So when the chest was taken to the king's servants by the Levites, and they saw that there was much money in it, the king's scribe and the chief priest's servant took the money out, and put the chest back in its place. They did this day by day, and got together a great amount of money.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֡י בְּ/עֵת֩ יָבִ֨יא אֶת הָֽ/אָר֜וֹן אֶל פְּקֻדַּ֣ת הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֮ בְּ/יַ֣ד הַ/לְוִיִּם֒ וְ/כִ/רְאוֹתָ֞/ם כִּי רַ֣ב הַ/כֶּ֗סֶף וּ/בָ֨א סוֹפֵ֤ר הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וּ/פְקִיד֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הָ/רֹ֔אשׁ וִ/יעָ֨רוּ֙ אֶת הָ֣/אָר֔וֹן וְ/יִשָּׂאֻ֖/הוּ וִֽ/ישִׁיבֻ֣/הוּ אֶל מְקֹמ֑/וֹ כֹּ֤ה עָשׂוּ֙ לְ/י֣וֹם בְּ/י֔וֹם וַ/יַּֽאַסְפוּ כֶ֖סֶף לָ/רֹֽב
English Translation
And it happened at the time he would bring the Ark to the king's place by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much silver and the king's scribe came and the chief priest, and they cherished the Ark and they would carry it and they would return it to its place; thus they did from day to day and they gathered money in abundance.
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