2 Kings 12:8

And King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? now then receive no more money from your sales, for ye shall give it to repair the breaches of the house.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

In Context

7And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

9And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 12:5-17

The Repairing of the Temple. ( b. c. 853.) 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord , even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord , 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that in… Read the whole commentary →

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