8. The priests agreed that they wouldn’t take any more money from the people nor be responsible for temple repairs.
9. Then the priest Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in its lid, and placed it beside the altar, to the right as one enters the Lord’s temple. The priests who stood watch at the door put all the money brought to the Lord’s temple in the box.
10. As soon as they saw that a large amount of money was in the box, the royal scribe and the high priest would come, count the money that was in the temple, and put it in a bag.
11. They would then hand over the money that had been counted to those who supervised the work on the temple. These supervisors then paid money to those who worked on the Lord’s temple: carpenters, builders,
12. masons, and stonecutters. The money was used to purchase wood and quarried stone to repair the Lord’s temple and for every other cost involved in repairing it.
13. But the money that was brought to the Lord’s temple was not used to make silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any gold or silver object for the Lord’s temple.