9. And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in to the Lord the collection that Moses the slave of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
10. And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought in and cast into the ark until they had fulfilled their duty.
11. Now it came to pass, that at what time the ark was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the ark and took it and returned it to its place. Thus they did day by day and gathered money in abundance.
12. And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those that did the work of the service of the house of the Lord and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord and also those that wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the Lord.
13. So the workmen wrought, and by their hands the work was done, and they restored the house of God and strengthened it.