2 Kings 12:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Joash said to the priests, “There is much money in the Lord’s Temple. People have given things to the Temple and have paid the Temple tax when they were counted. And they have given money simply because they wanted to. You priests should take that money and repair the Lord’s Temple. Each priest should use the money he gets from the people he serves. He should use that money to repair the damage to the Temple.”

Cross References

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.

Exodus 35:5

Gather special gifts for the Lord. Each of you should decide in your heart what you will give. And then you should bring that gift to the Lord. Bring gold, silver, and bronze;

Exodus 35:29

All the Israelites who wanted to help brought gifts to the Lord. They gave these gifts freely, because they wanted to. These gifts were used to make everything the Lord had commanded Moses and the people to make.

Exodus 35:22

All the men and women who wanted to give brought gold jewelry of all kinds. They brought pins, earrings, rings, and other jewelry. They all gave their jewelry as a special offering to the Lord.

Luke 21:4

They have plenty, and they gave only what they did not need. This woman is very poor, but she gave all she had to live on.”

Ezra 7:16

You must also go through all the provinces of Babylonia. Collect the gifts from your people, from the priests, and from the Levites. The gifts are for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:69

They gave as much as they were able. These are the things they gave for building the Temple: 1100 pounds of gold, about 4 tons of silver, and 100 coats that priests wear.

Ezra 1:6

All their neighbors gave them many gifts. They gave them silver, gold, animals, and other expensive things. Their neighbors freely gave them all those things.

2 Chronicles 35:2

Josiah chose the priests to do their duties. He encouraged the priests while they were serving in the Lord’s Temple.

2 Chronicles 31:12

Then the priests brought the offerings, tithes, and other things that were to be given only to God. All these things collected were put in the storerooms in the Temple. Conaniah the Levite was in charge of everything that was collected. Shimei was second in charge of these things. Shimei was Conaniah’s brother.

2 Chronicles 15:18

Asa and his father had given some special gifts to God. Asa put these gifts of gold, silver, and other things into the Temple.

1 Chronicles 29:17

My God, I know that you test people, and that you are happy when people do what is right. I gladly give you all these things with a pure, honest heart. I see your people gathered here, and I see that they are happy about giving these things to you.

2 Kings 12:18

Joash and his ancestors—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah—had all been kings of Judah. They had given many things to the Lord that were kept in his Temple. Joash gathered all these things and all the gold that was stored in the Temple and in his palace. He sent all this treasure to King Hazael of Aram, who then commanded his army to leave Jerusalem.

1 Kings 7:1

King Solomon also built a palace for himself. It took 13 years to build Solomon’s palace.

Leviticus 27:31

So if you want to get back your tenth, you must add one-fifth to its price and then buy it back.

Exodus 36:3

Moses gave them everything the Israelites had brought as gifts, and they used these things to build the holy place. The people continued to bring gifts each morning.

1 Chronicles 18:11

King David made these things holy and gave them to the Lord. David did the same thing with all the silver and gold he had gotten from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalekites.

1 Kings 3:2

The Temple to honor the Lord had not yet been finished, so people were still making animal sacrifices on altars at the high places.

1 Kings 3:3

Solomon showed that he loved the Lord by obeying everything his father David told him to do, except that Solomon continued to go to the high places to offer sacrifices and to burn incense.

2 Kings 14:4

He did not destroy the high places. The people still sacrificed and burned incense at those places of worship.

2 Kings 15:4

But he did not destroy the high places. People still made sacrifices and burned incense in these places of worship.

2 Kings 16:4

Ahaz made sacrifices and burned incense at the high places and on the hills and under every green tree.

2 Kings 17:11

They burned incense there in all those places for worship. They did these things like the nations that the Lord forced out of the land before them. The Israelites did evil things that made the Lord angry.