2. Jehoiada the priest taught Joash what was right, and so for the rest of his life Joash obeyed the Lord.
3. But even Joash did not destroy the local shrines, and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.
4. One day, Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that has been given to the Lord's temple, whether from taxes or gifts,
5. and use it to repair the temple. You priests can contribute your own money too.”
6. But the priests never started repairing the temple. So in the twenty-third year of his rule,
7. Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why aren't you using the money to repair the temple? Don't take any more money for yourselves. It is only to be used to pay for the repairs.”
8. The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money or be in charge of the temple repairs.
9. Jehoiada found a wooden box; he cut a hole in the top of it and set it on the right side of the altar where people went into the temple. Whenever someone gave money to the temple, the priests guarding the entrance would put it into this box.
10. When the box was full of money, the king's secretary and the chief priest would count the money and put it in bags.
11. Then they would give it to the men supervising the repairs to the temple. Some of the money was used to pay the builders, the woodworkers,