⁵ let the priests take, each from his donor, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.”

⁵ And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, “Go out to the cities of ^(A)Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly.” But the Levites did not act quickly.

^5 (A)And let it be given into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord, and let them give it to the workmen who are at the house of the Lord, repairing the house ⁶ (that is, to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons), and let them use it for buying timber and quarried stone to repair the house.

¹² and ^(A)to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house.

²⁷ And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. ^(A)Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.

⁷ For ^(A)the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God, and had also used all ^(B)the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Baals.