Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

Howbeit

Bible References

Gather of all israel

2 Chronicles 29:3
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
2 Chronicles 34:8
In the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, along with Maaseiah the governor of the city and the court historian Joah son of Joahaz, to repair the temple of the Lord his God.
2 Kings 12:4
Then Joash said to the priests, “All the dedicated money brought to the Lord’s temple, census money, money from vows, and all money voluntarily given for the Lord’s temple,

Howbeit

2 Kings 12:6
But by the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage to the temple.

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