2 Kings 12:5-9
2 Kings 12:5
the priests are to take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair damage to the house wherever any damage is found.”
2 Kings 12:6
But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, the priests had not repaired any damage to the house.
2 Kings 12:7
So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, “Why do you not repair damage to the house? Now then, you are not to take any more money from your acquaintances, but give it up for the damage to the house.”
2 Kings 12:8
The priests then agreed that they would not take any more money from the people, nor would they repair damage to the house.
2 Kings 12:9
Instead, Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.