2 Chronicles 24:8
What does 2 Chronicles 24:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 24:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And at the king’s commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So at the king's order they made a chest and put it outside the doorway of the house of the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the king speaketh, and they make one chest, and put it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the king commanded, and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it at the gate of the house of Jehovah without,
Context
v.7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim.
v.8This passage
v.9And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 12:8
And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
- Mark 12:41
And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.