2 Kings 12:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ The money from the ·penalty [guilt] offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, because it belonged to the priests.

Joash Saves Jerusalem^(A)

¹⁷ About this time Hazael king of Aram attacked Gath and captured it. Then he ·went [^Lset his face] to attack Jerusalem. ¹⁸ Joash king of Judah took all the ·holy things [sacred objects; votive gifts] ·given [dedicated] by his ·ancestors [fathers], the kings of Judah—Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah. He also took his own ·holy things [sacred objects; votive gifts] as well as the gold that was found in the treasuries of the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord and the gold from the ·palace [^Lking’s house]. Joash sent all this treasure to Hazael king of Aram, who ·turned away [withdrew] from Jerusalem.