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3 But athe high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.  
4 And Jehoash said to the priests, a“All the money of the dedicated gifts that are brought into the house of the Lord—each man’s bcensus money, each man’s cassessment money—and all the money that2 a man dpurposes in his heart to bring into the house of the Lord,  
5 let the priests take it themselves, each from his constituency; and let them repair the1 damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found.”  
6 Now it was so, by the twenty-third year of King Jehoash, athat the priests had not repaired the damages of the temple.  
7 aSo King Jehoash called Jehoiada the priest and the other priests, and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages of the temple? Now therefore, do not take more money from your constituency, but deliver it for repairing the damages of the temple.”  
8 And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took aa chest, bored a hole in its lid, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the Lord; and the priests who1 kept the door put bthere all the money brought into the house of the Lord.  
10 So it was, whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s ascribe and the high priest came up and2 put it in bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.  
11 Then they gave the money, which had been apportioned, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they1 paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord,  
12 and to masons and stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone, to arepair the damage of the house of the Lord, and for all that was paid out to repair the temple.  
13 However athere were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the Lord.  
14 But they gave that to the workmen, and they repaired the house of the Lord with it.
15 Moreover athey did not require an account from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be paid to workmen, for they dealt faithfully.  
16 aThe money from the trespass offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord. bIt belonged to the priests.  

Hazael Threatens Jerusalem

17 aHazael king of Syria went up and fought against Gath, and took it; then bHazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.  
18 And Jehoash king of Judah atook all the sacred things that his fathers, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things, and all the gold found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king’s house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria. Then he went away from Jerusalem.  

Death of Joash

19 Now the rest of the acts of1 Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?  
Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 12:5

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American Standard Version
let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

Amplified® Bible
Let the priests solicit {and} receive such contributions, every man from his acquaintance, and let them repair the Lord's house wherever any such need may be found.

Contemporary English Version
and use it to repair the temple. You priests can contribute your own money too."

Darby English Version
let the priests take it, every man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach is found.

Good News Bible
Each priest was to be responsible for the money brought by those he served, and the money was to be used to repair the Temple, as needed.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found."

New International Version
Let every priest receive the money from one of the treasurers, and let it be used to repair whatever damage is found in the temple."

New King James Version
let the priests take it themselves, each from his constituency; and let them repair the damages of the temple, wherever any dilapidation is found.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may they may find."

Revised Standard Version
let the priests take, each from his acquaintance; and let them repair the house wherever any need of repairs is discovered."

Young's Literal Translation
do the priests take to them, each from his acquaintance, and they strengthen the breach of the house, in all `places' where there is found a breach.'


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