Catholic Public Domain Version
"Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside. "
— 2 Chronicles 24:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.”
“So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of Jehovah. ”
“So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of the house of Yahweh.”
“The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the LORD’s temple.”
“And the king commanded, and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.”
“So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.”
“And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.”
And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: “Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.” But the Levites acted negligently.
And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: “Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?
For that very impious woman Athaliah and her sons have destroyed the house of God, and they have adorned the shrine of Baal from all the things that had been sanctified in the temple of the Lord.”
Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside.
And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel.
And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced. And upon entering, they together took and placed so much into the ark of the Lord that it was filled.
And when it was time for them to bring the ark before the king by the hands of the Levites, for they saw that there was much money, the scribe of the king, and the one whom the high priest had appointed, entered. And they poured out the money that was in the ark. Then they carried the ark back to its place. And they did this on each day. And an immense sum of money was gathered.