2 Kings 12:9

Then took Jehoiada a certain chest, and bored a hole in the door thereof,—and set it beside the altar, on the right as one entereth into the house of Yahweh, and the priests that kept the entrance-hall, used to put therein—all the silver that was brought into the house of Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

8The priests therefore consented, not to take silver from the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.

10And it came to pass, when they saw that there was much silver in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and brought together and counted the silver that was found in the house of Yahweh;

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:4Go up unto Hilkiah, the high priest, that he pour out the silver that hath been brought into the house of Yahweh,—which the keepers of the entrance-hall have gathered from the people,

2 Kings 25:18And the chief of the royal executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,—and the three keepers of the entrance hall;

1 Chronicles 15:24And, Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were blowing with the trumpets, before the ark of God,—and, Obed-edom and Jehiah, were door-keepers, to the ark.

Psalms 84:10For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.

Jeremiah 52:24And the chief of the royal executioners, took away, Seraiah the first priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest,—and the three keepers of the entrance-hall;

Luke 21:1And, looking up, he saw the, rich, who were casting their gifts into the treasury,—

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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