2 Chronicles 24:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Joash and Jehoiada turned the money over to the men who were supervising the repairs to the temple. They used the money to hire stonecutters, carpenters, and experts in working with iron and bronze.

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11

King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them, and they brought cedar logs so they could build David a palace.

1 Kings 5:15

He also had eighty thousand workers to cut stone in the hill country of Israel, seventy thousand workers to carry the stones,

2 Chronicles 24:11

Each day, after the Levites took the box into the temple, the king's secretary and the high priest's assistant would take out the money and count it. Then the empty box would be taken back outside. This happened day after day, and soon a large amount of money was collected.

2 Chronicles 24:13

These workers went straight to work repairing the temple, and when they had finished, it looked as good as new.

2 Chronicles 24:27

The History of the Kings also tells more about the sons of Joash, what the prophets said about him, and how he repaired the temple. Amaziah son of Joash became king after his father's death.

2 Chronicles 34:8

In the eighteenth year of Josiah's rule in Judah, after he had got rid of all the sinful things from the land and from the LORD's temple, he sent three of his officials to repair the temple. They were Shaphan son of Azaliah, Governor Maaseiah of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joahaz, who kept the government records.