2 Chronicles 24:11
9 And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
10 All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
12 Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
13 So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
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- BSB
- Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
- KJV
- Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
- WEB
- Whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
- ASV
- And it was so, that, at what time the chest was brought unto the king`s officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king`s scribe and the chief priest`s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king's control by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and high priest's officer came, and they emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
- BLB
- And it came to pass at the time when the chest was brought in to the official of the king by the hand of the Levites and they saw, that [there was] much silver, that a scribe of the king came, and an officer of the high priest, and emptied the chest, and they took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and they gathered silver in abundance.
- ÅB
- Og hver gang kisten av levittene ble båret inn til kongens tilsynsmenn, og de så at det var mange penger i den, da kom kongens skriver og den av ypperstepresten innsatte tilsynsmann og tømte den, og så bar de den tilbake på dens plass. Slik gjorde de dag etter dag og samlet en mengde penger.
- OTB
- Hver gang kisten ble brakt inn til kongens offiser av levittene, og når de så at det var en stor mengde penger, kom kongens skriver og yppersteprestens offiser og tømte kisten, tok den og returnerte den til dens plass. De gjorde dette daglig, og samlet inn en stor mengde penger.
- B1930
- Og hver gang kisten av levittene blev båret inn til kongens tilsynsmenn, og de så at det var mange penger i den, da kom kongens skriver og den av ypperstepresten innsatte tilsynsmann og tømte den, og så bar de den tilbake på dens plass. Således gjorde de dag efter dag og samlet en mengde penger.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
Read in context2 Kings 12:10–12
Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
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