2 Kings 12:8

וַיִּקְרָא הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוֹאָשׁ לִיהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן וְלַכֹּהֲנִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם מַדּוּעַ אֵינְכֶם מְחַזְּקִים אֶת ־ בֶּדֶק הַבָּיִת וְעַתָּה אַל ־ תִּקְחוּ ־ כֶסֶף מֵאֵת מַכָּֽרֵיכֶם כִּֽי ־ לְבֶדֶק הַבַּיִת תִּתְּנֻֽהוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

7וַיְהִי בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ יְהוֹאָשׁ לֹֽא ־ חִזְּקוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אֶת ־ בֶּדֶק הַבָּֽיִת ׃

9וַיֵּאֹתוּ הַכֹּֽהֲנִים לְבִלְתִּי קְחַת ־ כֶּסֶף מֵאֵת הָעָם וּלְבִלְתִּי חַזֵּק אֶת ־ בֶּדֶק הַבָּֽיִת ׃

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Cross References

2 Kings 22:4עֲלֵה אֶל ־ חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל וְיַתֵּם אֶת ־ הַכֶּסֶף הַמּוּבָא בֵּית יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר אָסְפוּ שֹׁמְרֵי הַסַּף מֵאֵת הָעָֽם ׃

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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