A large box or a room used for storing offerings or valuable items in the Temple.
About Treasury
The treasury was a place for storing valuables belonging to a king or other national authorities. The Temple in Jerusalem had its own treasury. There was no standard size or structure of a treasury.
Key References
Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
All Scripture References (11)
Genesis (1)
So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.
2 Kings (2)
Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.
Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
2 Chronicles (3)
At the king’s command a chest was made and placed outside, at the gate of the house of the LORD.
All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, and they dropped them in the chest until it was full.
Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
Matthew (1)
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
Mark (2)
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
Luke (1)
Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
John (1)
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.