Bible Dictionary
TREASURY, (OF TEMPLE)
The temple treasury was the place where offerings, tithes, dedicated spoils, and other valuables were kept. In Herod’s temple, worshipers gave offerings in the treasury court, where Jesus observed a poor widow giving two small coins.
Biblical Usage
Israel’s treasury received dedicated spoils and offerings. In the New Testament, Jesus taught in the treasury and observed a poor widow place two small coins in its offering boxes.