2 Chronicles 24:8 - Exposition

A chest ; Hebrew, אֲרוֹן אֶחָד , "one chest." This is more accurately described in 2 Chronicles 24:9 of the parallel. Without at the gate of the house of the Lord; i.e. in the court opposite the porch, and, as we learn from the parallel, by the side of the altar of burnt offering. Now, not the priests generally, but simply those who kept the door (probably the north door, Ezekiel 11:1-25 :35), receiving the contributions of the people at their hands, into their own hands deposited them in the one chest.