⁵ Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, then use it to repair^(A) whatever damage is found in the temple.”

⁵ He called together the priests and Levites and said to them, “Go to the towns of Judah and collect the money^(A) due annually from all Israel,^(B) to repair the temple of your God. Do it now.” But the Levites^(C) did not act at once.

⁵ Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair^(A) the temple of the Lord— ⁶ the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.^(B)

¹² the masons and stonecutters.^(A) They purchased timber and blocks of dressed stone for the repair of the temple of the Lord, and met all the other expenses of restoring the temple.

²⁷ Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces^[a](A) and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.

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.