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12:1 In Jehu’s seventh year Jehoash became king ; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem . His mother was Zibiah , who was from Beer Sheba . 12:2 Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved , just as Jehoiada the priest taught him. 12:3 But the high places were not eliminated ; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places . 12:4 Jehoash said to the priests , “I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple , including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows , and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple . 12:5 The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover .” 12:6 By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash’s reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple . 12:7 So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests , and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple ? Now , take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage .” 12:8 The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs . 12:9 Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid . He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of the Lord’s temple . The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord’s temple . 12:10 When they saw the chest was full of silver , the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord’s temple and bagged it up . 12:11 They would then hand over the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple . They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple , 12:12 as well as masons and stonecutters . They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord’s temple and also paid for all the other expenses. 12:13 The silver brought to the Lord’s temple was not used for silver bowls , trimming shears, basins , trumpets , or any kind of gold or silver implements .

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