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Adult Jehoash with dark curls and short beard in deep blue mantle addresses priests about money brought to Yahweh’s house, damaged stonework behind.
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2 Kings 12:5

Gifts for Yahweh’s house

Joash Repairs the House · 2 Kings 12

Story guide: Joash calls for sacred money to restore Yahweh’s house.

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5Jehoash said to the priests, “All the money brought as sacred offerings to the temple of Yahweh—the money paid by each man counted in the census, payments to fulfill vows involving the assessed value of persons, and all the money anyone freely chooses to bring to the temple of Yahweh—

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