10. So all the officials and people rejoiced, and they brought in the money and cast it into the chest until it was full.
11. And it happened that at the time the Levites brought the chest to the guards of the king that there was a large amount of money. So the king’s scribe and head priest’s commissioner would bring it and empty the chest and then take it and return it to its place. They continued to do this every day and collected a great amount of money.
12. So the king and Jehoiada gave it to those doing a work of labor on the house of the Lord. And they hired masons and craftsmen to repair the house of the Lord, and even metal workers in iron and bronze to fortify the house of the Lord.
13. So the workmen worked, and the work was completed by them. They restored the house of God to its specifications and strengthened it.
14. When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, who made vessels for the house of the Lord, vessels for serving and for making burnt offerings, spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They continually offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada.
15. Then Jehoiada became old and full of days and died. He was one hundred and thirty years old when he died.
16. So they buried him in the City of David with the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God and His house.
17. After the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king. At that time the king listened to them.
18. Then they abandoned the house of the Lord and God of their fathers, and they served the Asherah poles and idols. And divine wrath was on Judah and Jerusalem because of this guilt.