2 Kings 12:3-5

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³ Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued to sacrifice and make offerings on the high places.^(A)

⁴ Jehoash said to the priests, “All the silver offered as sacred donations that is brought into the house of the Lord—the census tax, personal redemption payments, and silver from voluntary offerings brought into the house of the Lord^(B)— ⁵ let the priests receive from each of the donors, and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered.”