2 Kings 12:16-18

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¹⁶ But the money that people gave when they made a guilt offering or a sin offering belonged to the priests. It did not pay for the repairs on the temple.

¹⁷ At that time, Hazael, the king of Syria, attacked Gath.^[a] His army took the city for him. Then King Hazael decided to attack Jerusalem.

¹⁸ Joash, the king of Judah, took all the valuable things that he and his ancestors had given to God. Those ancestors were the kings of Judah: Jehoshaphat, Jehoram and Ahaziah. He also took gold that was in the palace and in the temple. He sent all those valuable things to Hazael, king of Syria.^[b] When Hazael received the gifts from Joash, he took his army away from Jerusalem.