Joash repairs the temple
2 Kings 12:1–16; 2 Chronicles 24:1–14
King Joash had a collection chest placed at the temple, and the people gave generously to repair God's house.
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into Yahweh’s house; and the priests who kept the threshold put all the money that was brought into Yahweh’s house into it.
2 Kings 12:9 (World English Bible)
When the priests had been slow to carry out repairs, Jehoiada bored a hole in the lid of a chest and set it by the altar. The money went straight to the carpenters, builders, and masons, who were honest enough that no one had to check their accounts.
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Dating notes
The 23rd year of Joash (2 Kings 12:6), which is 856 BC counting from 878 BC.