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Jehoiada the priest taught Joash what was right, and so for the rest of his life Joash obeyed the Lord. But even Joash did not destroy the local shrines,[a] and they were still used as places for offering sacrifices.

(A) One day, Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money that has been given to the Lord's temple, whether from taxes or gifts,

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Footnotes

  1. 12.3 local shrines: The Hebrew text has “high places,” which were local places to worship God or foreign gods.

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