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2 Kings 12:9

Jehoiada

7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

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.

10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

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BSB
Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar on the right side as one enters the house of the LORD. There the priests who guarded the threshold put all the money brought into the house of the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the LORD’s house; and the priests who kept the threshold put all the money that was brought into the LORD’s house into it.
ASV
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 Jehovah: and the priests that kept the threshold put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah.
DARBY
And Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of Jehovah; and the priests that kept the door put into it all the money brought into the house of Jehovah.
BLB
And Jehoiada the priest took one chest and bored a hole in its lid and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of YHWH. And the priests who kept the door put there all the silver brought into the house of YHWH.
ÅB
Så tok presten Jojada en kiste og boret et hull i dens lokk og satte den ved alteret på høyre side, der hvor folk går inn i Herrens hus, og i den la prestene som hadde vakt ved dørtreskelen, alle de penger som kom inn til Herrens hus.
OTB
Men presten Jojada tok en kiste, boret et hull i lokket, og plasserte den ved siden av alteret, på høyre side når man kommer inn i Herrens hus; og prestene som voktet terskelen la i den alle pengene som ble brakt inn i Herrens hus.
B1930
Så tok presten Jojada en kiste og boret et hull i dens lokk og satte den ved alteret på høire side, der hvor folk går inn i Herrens hus, og i den la prestene som hadde vakt ved dørtreskelen, alle de penger som kom inn til Herrens hus.

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  • Mark 12:41

    And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:24

    And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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  • Psalms 84:10

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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  • Jeremiah 35:4

    And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

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  • Luke 21:1

    And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

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  • 2 Kings 23:4

    And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:8–14

    And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:18

    And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

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