2 Kings 12:9

Easy To Read Version

So Jehoiada the priest took a box and made a hole in the top of it. Then Jehoiada put the box on the south side of the altar. This box was by the door where people came into the Lord’s temple. Some of the priests guarded the doorway [143] of the temple. Those priests took the money people had given to the Lord, and they put that money into that box.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:8

The priests agreed to stop taking money from the people. But they also decided not to repair the temple.

2 Kings 22:4

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest. Tell him that he must get the money that people brought to the Lord’s temple. The gatekeepers collected that money from the people.

2 Kings 23:4

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the other priests, and the gatekeepers, to bring out of the Lord’s temple [277] all the dishes and things that were made to honor Baal, [278] Asherah, [279] and the stars of heaven. Then Josiah burned those things outside Jerusalem in the fields in Kidron Valley. Then they carried the ashes to Bethel.

2 Kings 25:18

{From the temple,} Nebuzaradan took

1 Chronicles 15:18

There was also a second group of Levites. {\cf2\super [163]} They were Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel. These men were the Levite guards.

1 Chronicles 15:24

The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer had the job of blowing trumpets \{as they walked\} in front of the Box of the Agreement. Obed Edom and Jehiah were the other guards for the Box of the Agreement.

Psalm 84:10

One day in your temple is better\par than a thousand days in any other place.\par Standing at the gate of my God’s house\par is better than living in the house\par of a wicked man.\par

Jeremiah 35:4

Then I brought the Recabite family into the temple of the Lord. We went into the room called the room of the sons of Hanan. Hanan was the son of a man named Igdaliah. Hanan was a man of God. {\cf2\super [293]} The room was next to the room where the princes of Judah stay. It was over the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum. Maaseiah was the doorkeeper in the temple.

Jeremiah 52:24

The commander of the king’s special guards took Seraiah and Zephaniah as prisoners. Seraiah was the high priest, and Zephaniah was the next highest priest. The three doorkeepers were also taken as prisoners.

Mark 12:41

Jesus sat near the temple money box {\cf2\super [178]} where people put their gifts. He watched the people put money in the box. Many rich people gave much money.

Luke 21:1

Jesus saw some rich people putting their gifts for God into the temple money box. {\cf2\super [329]}