7. (The followers of Athaliah, that corrupt woman, had damaged the Temple and had used many of the sacred objects in the worship of Baal.)
8. The king ordered the Levites to make a box for contributions and to place it at the temple gate.
9. They sent word throughout Jerusalem and Judah for everyone to bring to the Lord the tax which Moses, God's servant, had first collected in the wilderness.
10. This pleased the people and their leaders, and they brought their tax money and filled the box with it.