2 Kings 12:4-16 - Temple Repairs Planned

⁴ And Jehoash saith unto the priests, 'All the money of the sanctified things that is brought in to the house of Jehovah, the money of him who is passing over, each the money of his valuation, all the money that it goeth up on the heart of a man to bring in to the house of Jehovah, ⁵ do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all places where there is found a breach.' ⁶ And it cometh to pass, in the twenty and third year of king Jehoash, the priests have not strengthened the breach of the house, ⁷ and king Jehoash calleth to Jehoiada the priest, and to the priests, and saith unto them, 'Wherefore are ye not strengthening the breach of the house? and now, receive no money from your acquaintances, but for the breach of the house give it.' ⁸ And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,

⁹ and Jehoiada the priest taketh a chest, and pierceth a hole in its lid, and putteth it near the altar, on the right side, as one cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and the priests keeping the threshold have put there all the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah. ¹⁰ And it cometh to pass, at their seeing that the money is abundant in the chest, that there goeth up a scribe of the king, and of the high priest, and they bind it up, and count the money that is found in the house of Jehovah, ¹¹ and have given the weighed money into the hands of those doing the work, those inspecting the house of Jehovah, and they bring it out to those working in the wood, and to builders who are working in the house of Jehovah, ¹² and to those repairing the wall, and to hewers of stone, and to buy wood and hewn stones to strengthen the breach of the house of Jehovah, and for all that goeth out on the house, to strengthen it.

¹³ Only, there is not made for the house of Jehovah basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessel of gold, and vessel of silver, out of the money that is brought into the house of Jehovah; ¹⁴ for to those doing the work they give it, and they have strengthened with it the house of Jehovah, ¹⁵ and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing. ¹⁶ The money of a trespass-offering, and the money of sin-offerings is not brought in to the house of Jehovah -- for the priests it is.