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2 Kings 12:5

3 But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

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,

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 the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.

7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

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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

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

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  • 1 Kings 11:27

    And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:5

    And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

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  • 2 Kings 22:5–6

    And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

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  • 2 Kings 12:12

    And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

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  • 2 Chronicles 24:7

    For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

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