2 Kings 12:9

And Jodae the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it by the + 12:9 The Gr. is a Hebrew word in Greek letters. altar in the house of a man belonging to the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

In Context

8And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.

10And it came to pass, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest went up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:4Go up to Chelcias the high priest, and + 22:4 Gr. seal. take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.

2 Kings 25:18And the captain of the guard took Saraias the + 25:18 Gr. first priest. high-priest, and Sophonias + 25:18 Gr. the son of the second rank. the second in order, and the three doorkeepers.

1 Chronicles 15:24And Somnia, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharia, and Banaea, and Eliezer, the priests, were sounding with trumpets before the ark of God: and Abdedom and Jeia were doorkeepers of the ark of God.

Psalms 84:10Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 1

Jeremiah 52:24And the captain of the guard took the chief priest, and the second priest, and those that kept the way;

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:5-17

The Repairing of the Temple. ( b. c. 853.) 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord , even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord , 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that in… Read the whole commentary →

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