5. Each priest was to be responsible for the money brought by those he served, and the money was to be used to repair the Temple, as needed.
6. But by the 23rd year of Joash's reign the priests still had not made any repairs to the Temple.
7. So he called in Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why aren't you repairing the Temple? From now on you are not to keep the money you receive; you must hand it over, so that the repairs can be made.”
8. The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple.
9. Then Jehoiada took a box, made a hole in the lid, and placed the box by the altar, on the right side as one enters the Temple. The priests on duty at the entrance put in the box all the money given by the worshippers.
10. Whenever there was a large amount of money in the box, the royal secretary and the High Priest would come, melt down the silver, and weigh it.
11. After recording the exact amount, they would hand the silver over to the men in charge of the work in the Temple, and these would pay the carpenters, the builders,