2 Kings 12:8 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 12:8

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.

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 12:8

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American Standard Version
And the priests consented that they should take no `more' money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.

Amplified® Bible
And the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house.

Contemporary English Version
The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money or be in charge of the temple repairs.

Darby English Version
And the priests consented to receive no money of the people, and that they should only repair the breaches of the house.

Good News Bible
The priests agreed to this and also agreed not to make the repairs in the Temple.

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

New American Standard Bible
So the priests agreed that they would take no {more} money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.

New International Version
The priests agreed that they would not collect any more money from the people and that they would not repair the temple themselves.

New King James Version
And the priests agreed that they would neither receive more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the temple.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house.

Revised Standard Version
So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house.

Young's Literal Translation
And the priests consent not to receive money from the people, nor to strengthen the breach of the house,

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