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2 Kings 11:19 (NIV)

He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the Lord and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne.
 
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2 Kings 11:19 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot] and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne.[/FONT]
 
[h=1]2 Kings 11:20 New International Version (NIV)[/h][FONT=&quot]20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace.[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 12:1 (KJV)
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
 
2 Kings 12:4 New Living Translation (NLT)

"One day King Joash said to the priests, "Collect all the money brought as a sacred offering to the LORD's Temple, whether it is a regular assessment, a payment of vows, or a voluntary gift."
 
2 Kings 12:5 New Living Translation (NLT)

"Let the priests take some of that money to pay for whatever repairs are needed at the Temple."
 
[h=1](2 Kings 12:6): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]6 But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house.
 
[h=1](2 Kings 12:7): ...New American Standard Bible (NASB)[/h]7 Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests and said to them, “Why do you not repair the damages of the house? Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house.”
 
2 Kings 12:8 (NASB)

[FONT=&quot]So the priests agreed that they would take no [/FONT]more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.
 
2 Kings 12:9 (NASB)

[FONT=&quot]But [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot]; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money which was brought into the house of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot].[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 12:10 (King James 2000 Bible)
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 it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
 
2 Kings 12:11 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]When the amount had been determined, they gave the money to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. With it they paid those who worked on the temple of the [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Lord[/FONT][FONT=&quot]—the carpenters and builders,[/FONT]
 
2 Kings 12:12
New International Version (NIV)


the masons and stonecutters. 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.
 
2 Kings 12:15 (KJV)

15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
 
[h=1](2 Kings 12:16): ...New King James Version (NKJV)[/h]16 The money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. It belonged to the priests.