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2 Chronicles 24:6-8
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 24:6-8
New English Translation
6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest,[a] and said to him, “Why have you not made[b] the Levites collect[c] from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?”[d] 7 (Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the Lord’s temple in their worship of the Baals.) 8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple.[e]
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- 2 Chronicles 24:6 tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 tn Heb “demanded of.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 tn Heb “to bring.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:6 tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”
- 2 Chronicles 24:8 tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.”
2 Chronicles 24:6-8
New International Version
2 Chronicles 24:6-8
New International Version
6 Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the Lord and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?”(A)
7 Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.
8 At the king’s command, a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the temple of the Lord.
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