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2 Kings 12:5

3 Nevertheless, the high places were not removed; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there.

4 Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.

Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”

6 By the twenty-third year of the reign of Joash, however, the priests had not yet repaired the damage to the temple.

7 So King Joash called Jehoiada and the other priests and said, “Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, therefore, take no more money from your constituency, but hand it over for the repair of the temple.”

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BSB
Let every priest receive it from his constituency, and let it be used to repair any damage found in the temple.”
KJV
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.
WEB
let the priests take it to them, each man from his donor; and they shall repair the damage to the house, wherever any damage is found.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
let the priests take it, every man of his acquaintance; and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach is found.
BLB
let the priests take [it] unto themselves, each from his constituency, and they shall strengthen the breach of the house in every [place] where there is found a breach.”
ÅB
dem skal prestene ta imot, hver av sine kjenninger, og de skal bøte husets brøst overalt hvor det finnes noen brøst.
OTB
La prestene ta dem for seg selv, hver fra sin egen bekjent; og la dem reparere skadene på huset hvor som helst det finnes skade."
B1930
dem skal prestene ta imot, hver av sine kjenninger, og de skal bøte husets brøst overalt hvor det finnes nogen brøst.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 58:12

    Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

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  • 1 Kings 11:27

    and this is the account of his rebellion against the king. Solomon had built the supporting terraces and repaired the gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:5

    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

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  • 2 Kings 22:5–6

    And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—

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  • 2 Kings 12:12

    masons, and stonecutters. They also purchased timber and dressed stone to repair the damage to the house of the LORD, and they paid the other expenses of the temple repairs.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:7

    For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.

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