And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
And he gathered together the kohanim and the Lvim, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Yhudah, and gather of all Yisrael money to repair the house of your Elohim from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Lvim hastened it not.
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of YY , and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of Elohim; and also all the dedicated things of the house of YY did they bestow upon Baalim.
And Jehoash said to the kohanim, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of YY , even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of YY ,
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of YY .
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto YY , whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Go up to Hilkiah kohen hagadol, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of YY , which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Yisrael and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to YY : and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.