The completion and consecration — 'And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made vessels for the house of the LORD, vessels for the service and for burnt offerings, and dishes for incense, and vessels of gold and of silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada' (ויכלו את המלאכה וישׂביאו את יתרת הכסף לפני המלך וליהוידע ויעשׂו ממנה כלים לבית יהוה כלים לעבודה וקרבן וכפות וכלים מזהב וכסף וישׁיחו עלות בבית יהוה תמיד כל ימי יהוידע). The completion of structural repairs allows the residual funds to be used for sacred vessels (כלים) — implements for service (עבודה) and sacrifice. The enumeration of vessels — sacrificial implements, dishes for incense, gold and silver vessels — indicates comprehensive cultic equipment. The statement that burnt offerings are made 'continually all the days of Jehoiada' (תמיד כל ימי יהוידע) marks the restoration's culmination in resumed worship. The temple restoration project becomes the framework for sustained covenantal obedience while Jehoiada lives.

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