had broken up] Rather, had broken into.
all the dedicated things] Compare xv. 18; 1 Chronicles xviii. 10, 11. Probably gold, silver and brass.
did they bestow upon the Baalim] Or, did they make into images of Baal. Compare Hosea ii. 8, Revised Version margin.
⁹And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. ¹⁰And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
9. Kings has nothing corresponding to this verse; compare verse 5 (note).
¹¹And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office[¹] by the hand[²] of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe[³] and the chief priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. ¹²And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the Lord.
[¹] Or, officers.
[²] Or, which was under the hand.
[³] Or, secretary.
11. at what time ... by the hand of the Levites] This clause is not in Kings.